Dr. Hakan Karaosman is a world-renowned and award-winning expert in supply chain sustainability with a particular research interest in fashion and textiles. He is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano School of Management, Chief Scientist at FReSCH (Fashion’s Responsible Supply Chain Hub, a UN-recognised and EU-awarded action research project hosted by University College Dublin), Visiting Professor at University College Dublin and Advisory Board Member of Remake.
Hakan is named in the Vogue Business 100 Innovators: Class of 2023 as a Sustainability Thought Leader. Greenpeace Italia named him a Voice for the Climate in 2023. He is also a recipient of the Cardiff University Celebrating Excellence Awards 2023 for Excellence in Sustainability. His paper ‘For the many not the few: Introducing just transition for supply chain management’ was one of the most downloaded articles in the International Journal of Productions & Operations Management in 2024. His research project, FReSCH, won the Financial Times’ Responsible Business Education Award in 2025. He is regularly featured in international media articles, including the Financial Times, Forbes, Reuters, The Guardian, Vogue Italia, Vogue Business, Business of Fashion, Sourcing Journal, Irish Times, Women’s Wear Daily, InStyle Türkiye, Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica.
Hakan has delivered keynote speeches at multi-stakeholder events, including those organised by the Financial Times, TEDx, Global Fashion Summit, British Fashion Council and Milano Fashion Week. In addition to his published work, which includes highly cited academic papers, book chapters, teaching cases, and industrial reports, he has several collaborations focused on sustainability, supply chain management, and climate change with organisations including the UN, NGOs, fashion companies, and media platforms.
Having lived in eight countries throughout his life, Hakan holds a BSc in Environmental Engineering, an MSc in Management in Engineering of Energy and Environment, and a double degree Ph.D. in Industrial Management.
