Professor of Operations and Technology Management
Academic Director of the Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre
BS, MS (Bilkent University), MS, PhD (Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University)
My research interests include strategic interactions between stakeholders in supply chains and socially responsible operations. I’m a strong proponent of practice-based research and through collaborations with Intel Corporation, Stanford University Medical Center and others, I’ve combined my academic interests with firms’ needs to deliver insights for both communities.
I’m a member of the Operations and Technology Management subject group at Cambridge Judge Business School, which focuses on practice-based research through partner organisations to address a wide spectrum of management challenges.
Professional experience
Feryal is a strong proponent of practice-based research. Through collaborations with Intel Corporation, Cisco, Stanford University Medical Center and others, she has been able to combine her academic interests with firms’ needs to deliver insights for both communities. At Stanford, her research group designed a decision-support system for optimising capital investment decisions for firms in capital-intensive industries in collaboration with Intel Corporation, which was selected as one of the finalists in the 2012 Franz Edelman Award. The Award recognises outstanding examples of innovative operations research that improves organisations; Feryal was also inducted as an Edelman Laureate.
Feryal is an editorial board member of the Production and Operations Management Society and the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society.
Previous appointments
Feryal Erhun was previously an Instructor in Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine. She was a faculty member in the Management Science and Engineering Department of Stanford University from 2002 until 2013.
Awards and honours
- Excellence in Industry Engagement Award, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 2025
- Edelman Laureate, INFORMS, 2012
- Finalist, Edelman Award Competition, INFORMS, 2012
- Moving Spirit Award for Fora, INFORMS, 2011
- Meritorious Service Award, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2010
- First Prize, INFORMS Case Competition, 2010
- Meritorious Service Award, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2006
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2006
- Licensing Research Incentive Award, Stanford Office of Technology, 2003-2004
- Gabilan Award, Stanford University, 2002-2003
- First Prize, Student Paper Competition, YA/EM, 1995
News and insights
Research centre news
Paper: proper AI adoption can help advance women’s careers
Financial services leaders are being urged to take a collective, responsible approach to artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure it expands opportunity for women rather than reinforcing existing inequalities. New joint research from Nationwide, Bain & Company and Cambridge Judge Business School explores how AI is reshaping recruitment, progression and leadership pathways across the sector. The discussion paper highlights the potential for AI to either close representation gaps or entrench structural biases, depending on how it is designed, deployed and governed.
Faculty news
Honours for impactful reach and significance
Faculty members Helen Haugh, Feryal Erhun and Khaled Soufani win impact awards from Cambridge Judge Business School.
Feryal Erhun, Professor of Operations and Technology Management at Cambridge Judge Business School, has been honoured as a 2025 winner of the Excellence in Industry Engagement Award by the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS).