**About the Editors**

## **Yui-yip Lau**

Dr. Yui-yip Lau is a Senior Lecturer in the division of Business and Hospitality Management, College of Professional and Continuing Education, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has published more than 325 research papers in international journals and professional magazines, contributed 15 book chapters, 4 books, and presented numerous papers in international conferences. He has collaborated with scholars from more than 20 countries and regions, spread over 5 continents, on research projects. He has also secured over HKD 10 million in research grants. Recently, he has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Institute of Sea Transport in recognition of his outstanding performance in research, and he has also received the Best Paper Award in international leading conferences. Additionally, he has participated in different consultancy projects with various (inter-)governmental organisations, academic institutions, and industrial associations. In addition, he has been appointed as an Associate at the University of Manitoba, Transport Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and a Visiting Scholar at East China Normal University. His research interests include cruise, ferry, maritime transport, air transport, impacts of climate change, maritime education and training, transport history, sustainability issues, supply chain management, health logistics, and regional development.

#### **Tomoya Kawasaki**

Dr. Tomoya Kawasaki is a Lecturer in the Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan. He received his Doctor of Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2012. His research interests include supply chain, transport logistics, transport science, and maritime transport. He has received the Best Paper award from the Japan Logistics Society (2014 and 2020), the Japan Society of Logistics and Shipping Economics (2014), and the T-LOG (2018 and 2020).
