Eoin Plant
eoin plant

Dr Eoin Plant

Associate Professor

 0131 455 4255

  E.Plant-O'Toole@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Dr Eoin Plant-O’Toole is an Associate Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Edinburgh Napier University Business School. Eoin is Head of Research Degrees in the Business School and programme lead for the MSc Global Logistics and Supply Chain Analytics. Eoin also sits on the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Ireland and currently chairs CILT Ireland’s Policy Committee.

Eoin has held a number of academic positions in the UK and Ireland. Including head of the National Institute for Transport and Logistics (NITL), and Assistant Head - School of Transport Engineering, Environment and Planning at Technological University Dublin. Eoin has been on national expert advisory panels (Ireland) for logistics and supply chains. He has also published in a variety of international journals. His research is not only focused on the policy level, but also the practical elements for industry.

Eoin was previously head of the Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) programme at the University of Glamorgan. He has supervised PhD and DBA researchers to completion and examined in a number of UK and Irish institutions. He is open to supervising new PhD students.

Research Interest/Agenda:
Decoupling negative externalities of transport-logistics from economic growth,
Urban Logistics,
Physical Internet,
Supply Chain Technology Adoption,
Sustainable Supply Chain Management,
Modelling Business Decision-making.
The Theory of Planned Behaviour,
Structural Equation Modelling.

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Research Groups

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Research Areas

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Addressing the skills needs arising from the potential trade implications of Brexit. Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation (Ireland)
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Engagement Group, Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Ireland)
  • Steering committee for project: Identifying, reviewing and testing the factors that drive the sustainable behaviour and transition of communities, groups and individuals: 2015-SE-DS-3 (Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland)

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Chaired: ARE WE ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT TRANSPORT?, CILT Ireland Webinar

 

External Examining/Validations

  • External Examiner Aberystwyth University: Exec MMan and Exec Global MBA
  • External Academic Validation Panel Assessor- Exe Global MBA and Exe MMan -Aberystwyth University
  • External Academic Validation Panel Assessor- MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management (University of Westminster)
  • External Academic Validation Panel Assessor- BA (Hon’s) Logistics and Supply Chain (University of Derby)
  • External Examiner: Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Social Research Methods (structured PhD- Cardiff Met)
  • External Examiner: Supply Chain and Logistics undergraduate programmes (University of Huddersfield)
  • External Examiner: Foundation Degree in Express Logistics (Hull College-Leeds Met)

 

Grant Reviewer

  • Proposal reviewer EPA research programmes

 

Invited Speaker

  • Invited Panellist-availability of supports that can help to close the skills gap in industry: Data Management as a Competitive Advantage, Amazon HQ Dublin , January 2024
  • Offsite Manufacturing, Onsite Placement , Assembly & Logistics (Construction Wales Innovation Centre)
  • Offsite Ready: Estimating/Commercial and Logistics (Construction Scotland Innovation Centre)
  • Nilai University, Brickfields Asia College, University of Indonesia, Jakarta o Institute of Technology Bandung, Maranatha University, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
  • Fellow of Advance HE (Higher Education Academy)
  • Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Ireland)

 

Non-executive Directorship

  • Governing Council and Policy Committee Chair; Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport Ireland

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Chaired Public Consultation; Haulage Strategy Webinar. Department of Transport, Government of Ireland
  • Dublin City Centre Sustainable Deliveries Working Group, Dublin City Council

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • External Examiner: research masters. ( Institute of Technology, Carlow.)
  • Examined six doctorates (University of South Wales, Technological University Dublin, Manchester Metropolitan University, Edinburgh Napier University).

 

Reviewing

  • Asia Pacific Management Review
  • Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance
  • Irish Journal of Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability
  • International Journal of Logistics Research and Application
  • Strategic Change
  • Transport Policy (The official journal of the World Conference on Transport Research Society)
  • International Journal of Transport and Logistics
  • Academy of Management-Annual Meeting

 

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Attitudes and perceptions of freight operators in Europe towards adopting Biomethane fuelled Heavy Goods Vehicles

Presentation / Conference
Valantasis, N., Plant, E., & Zhang, X. (2023, November)
Attitudes and perceptions of freight operators in Europe towards adopting Biomethane fuelled Heavy Goods Vehicles. Paper presented at Climate security: Peace and security consequences of climate change the 1st international UNITAR research conference, UN Campus Bonn

Submission: All-Island Strategic Rail Review Public Consultation

Report
Plant-O'Toole, E., Zhang, X., Ivers, R., Hayes, T., & Kenny, J. (2023)
Submission: All-Island Strategic Rail Review Public Consultation. Dublin: CILT Ireland
Our submission on the all Island Strategic Rail Review has focused on the decarbonisation of all Irish rail systems, rail freight and passenger aspects. The primary emphasis o...

An Evaluation of Ireland’s Sustainable Freight Transport Policy

Journal Article
Zhang, X., Plant, E., & Valantasis Kanellos, N. (2022)
An Evaluation of Ireland’s Sustainable Freight Transport Policy. Logistics, 6(3), Article 65. https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics6030065
Background: The Irish government has put forth sustainable transport policy measures, yet the emphasis is mainly on the active travel and sustainable mobility for passenger tr...

Capturing Sustainability Goals in City Logistics: A Delphi Approach to Develop Sustainability Indicators

Presentation / Conference
Zhang, X., Plant, E., & Valantasis, N. (2022, July)
Capturing Sustainability Goals in City Logistics: A Delphi Approach to Develop Sustainability Indicators. Paper presented at 26th International Symposium on Logistics, University College Cork

Towards A Decarbonisation Roadmap For Road Transport Companies In Ireland 2022

Report
Plant, E., Zhang, X., Ivers, R., Hayes, T., Henry, J., & Curran, M. (2022)
Towards A Decarbonisation Roadmap For Road Transport Companies In Ireland 2022. Dublin: Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Ireland
The Government of Ireland has set out to pursue a climate-resilient economy and become carbon neutral by 2050. Increasing demands for emissions mitigation will put greater pre...

Towards a Decarbonisation Roadmap for Road Freight in Ireland: A Gap Analysis of Policy Agenda and Industry Perception

Presentation / Conference
Zhang, X., & Plant, E. (2021, September)
Towards a Decarbonisation Roadmap for Road Freight in Ireland: A Gap Analysis of Policy Agenda and Industry Perception. Paper presented at Logistics Research Network Conference 2021: Sustainable and resilient supply chains in disruptive times, Cardiff [Online]
Purpose - Transport carbon emissions in Ireland have been steadily increasing over the past ten years, in contrast to other countries in Europe. There have been policy measure...

Submission to the Department of Transport for the Public Consultation on the Ten- year Strategy for the Haulage Sector

Report
Plant, E., Zhang, X., Ivers, R., Hayes, T., Henry, J., & Curran, M. (2021)
Submission to the Department of Transport for the Public Consultation on the Ten- year Strategy for the Haulage Sector. Dublin: CILT Ireland
The Department of Transport sought views on the development of a strategy for the haulage sector and implement a 10-year strategy for the sector to improve efficiencies, stand...

Submission to the Dublin Port Post 2040 Dialogue

Report
Plant, E., Zhang, X., Ivers, R., Hayes, T., Henry, J., & Curran, M. (2021)
Submission to the Dublin Port Post 2040 Dialogue. Dublin: CILT Ireland
Currently in 2021, the Dublin Port Company sought views on the long-term planning of essential port infrastructure for Dublin. We would like to put forward a few key points of...

Are we on the road to sustainable freight transport?

Other
Zhang, S., & Plant, E. (2021)
Are we on the road to sustainable freight transport?. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2021/0427/1212308-are-we-on-the-road-to-sustainable-freight-transport/
Analysis: To decarbonise road freight transport, researchers have been working on decoupling the link of economic growth to logistics emissions through operational efficiency ...

Submission to the Dublin City Council for the Public Consultation on Dublin City Development Plan 2022-2028. Theme 6: Sustainable Movement and Transport

Report
Plant, E., Zhang, X., Ivers, R., Hayes, T., Henry, J., & Curran, M. (2021)
Submission to the Dublin City Council for the Public Consultation on Dublin City Development Plan 2022-2028. Theme 6: Sustainable Movement and Transport. Dublin: Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport
We complement the DCC on their achievements to date and support DCC with their continued good work and initiatives in promoting sustainable movement and transport. The DCC so...

Current Post Grad projects

Non-Napier PhD or MSc by Research supervisions

  • Supervised five doctoral students to completion