Shan, Jing, Dr.

Short Bio

Dr. Jing Shan is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Chair of Logistics Management. Among others, Jing teaches Logistics and Freight Transportation in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG), and contributes to teaching in Supply Chain Management in the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC).

He holds a Ph.D. in International Rail Freight Transport, which he completed at the Chair of Railway Operations and the Chair of Transport Services and Logistics at the Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Germany. He holds an M.Sc. in Railway Systems Engineering from the Technische Universität Dresden (TUD).

Jing has extensive industry experience in the rail freight sector in Europe. He has served as Director of Business Development for China Railway in Germany (2019-2022) and FELB Austria (2016-2018). He also held positions as Assistant to the Management at Rail Cargo Group (ÖBB) (2018-2019) and Interrail (2015-2016).

His doctoral research focused on the management of international rail transport, in particular Eurasian rail transport. At the 2024 TRA Vision "Young Researcher Competition" held in Dublin he was awarded second prize in the rail mode category for his work on "Supply Chain oriented Integrated Tactical Planning Method (ITPM) for international rail freight transport".

Jing's current research focuses on the railway supply chain, which lies at the intersection of supply chain management, rail freight transport, and global supply chains. He aims to advance international rail systems to enhance global supply chain resilience. Jing is an active member of the International Rail Freight Business Association (IBS).

He is co-author of a book on Eurasian freight trains and has published his work in various conference proceedings and journals. He is also a frequent interviewee on the strategies and operations related to the China-Europe freight train system.

Journal Articles

• Shan, Jing; Schönberger, Jörn (2026). Planning Container Flows Through the Eurasian Rail Network: Managing Ad-hoc Demand Under Limited Capacity, Omega, Vol. 138, 103395, doi: external page 10.1016/j.omega.2025.103395
• Shan, Jing; Preis, Henning; Bešinović, Nikola; Schönberger, Jörn (2025). Scheduled Service Network Design for Intercontinental Rail Freight Transport. EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, Vol. 14, 100165, doi: external page 10.1016/j.ejtl.2025.100165
• Shan, Jing; Bešinović, Nikola; Schönberger, Jörn (2024). Service Quality Assessment of International Rail Transport with Multiple Border Crossings: Eurasian Rail Transport as an Example. Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, Vol. 29, 100432, doi: external page 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2024.100432