Professors Ana Póvoa and Susana Relvas co-authored the scientific article "“Building disaster preparedness and response capacity in humanitarian supply chains using the Social Vulnerability Index” considered "Best EJOR Paper 2023" in the category of innovative applications in operational research by the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO).

In this study, in which researchers from the UK, Colombia, and Brazil participated, a new approach to the humanitarian supply chain is proposed, seeking to strengthen the response capacity in territories traditionally occupied by people with greater social vulnerability and in which the lack of resources usually makes the supply of the needs of the victims insurmountable.

The EURO awards annually select the three best articles published in the scientific journal EJOR – European Journal of Operational Research, in the categories of best research article, best application, and best theory/methodology.