Biographical note

Adolf K.Y. Ng is a Professor at the Division of Business and Management of the Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC), China. He obtained his Ph.D. from University of Oxford, UK. His research interests include maritime transport and logistics, climate change adaptation and resilience, Arctic shipping and development, and logistics education. He is the associate editor of Maritime Policy & Management and the Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics and is highly successful in securing competitive research grants, with nearly 30 funded projects. He frequently serves in major grant panels, such as the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and Research Manitoba. He co-founded of CCAPPTIA, a non-profit consulting and research organization with more than 60 researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. Jason Monios is an Associate Professor in Maritime Logistics at Kedge Business School, in Marseille, France, and holds a visiting position at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research includes intermodal transport and logistics, port system evolution, collaboration and integration in port hinterlands, port governance and policy, institutional and regulatory settings, port sustainability and climate change adaptation. He has published more than 70 papers and book chapters, 5 books and numerous research and consultancy reports. He is co-chair of the Intermodal Freight Transport Special Interest Group of the World Conference on Transportation Research Society (WCTRS). Changmin Jiang is an associate professor of Transport and Supply Chain Management at the University of Manitoba in Canada. He is one of the leading young scholars worldwide in the field of transport economics and policy in the sectors of aviation, rail, and maritime. He has published more than 20 papers in top-tier transportation and management journals and has received many prestigious accolades such as the Falconer Emerging Researcher Rh Award.