Dr. Beatriz Royo

Biography

Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management

Dr. Beatriz Royo is an Associate Professor at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program, affiliated with the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC). She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering in the field of Transport Optimization from the University of Zaragoza, focusing on long-distance transportation by road, vehicle routing, hub location allocation problems, and ant colony optimization. She also earned an MSc in Mechanical Systems Engineering and completed additional studies in Blockchain Management and Advanced System Dynamics.

Her main research areas include network design, supply chain collaboration, digitalization, and sustainability, with a focus on integrating environmental objectives, digital technologies, and data-driven optimization into logistics systems. Dr. Royo’s research combines modeling, simulation, and optimization to improve performance and environmental efficiency in supply chains, urban freight transport, and circular economy transitions.

She actively collaborates with European and international research consortia and has participated as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI in multiple EU-funded projects under Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, such as IS2H4C, LEAD, INDIMO, SPROUT, EcoLogistics, and SELIS. Her work bridges academia and industry, driving innovation, digital transformation, and decarbonization in logistics and supply chain management.

Dr. Royo is also deeply engaged in executive education and master’s programs, teaching subjects such as Digital Transformation, Sustainability and Decarbonization, and Supply Chain Innovation to professionals and graduate students.

Research Areas

Supply Chain Digitalization

The Supply Chain Digitalization Research Group is focused on how digital technologies enable the supply chain to attain situational awareness and context-sensitive decision making, becoming customer-driven, agile and responsive.

Sustainable Networks

Sustainable Networks Group investigates how environmental concerns could be integrated into operational decision making throughout the supply chain.

Projects

Inclusive digital mobility solutions

The INDIMO project aims to enable researchers, operators, developers and policy makers to include the user perspective and co-creation approaches in the entire development process of digital mobility solutions. This way, products and services delivered would be tailored to the actual needs of transport users. The project will identify the main characteristics of demands that […]

Papers

CO2 emissions in urban freight transport: Developing and testing the EcoLogistics tool

Royo, B., Zhang, Y., Lewis, A., Dehdari, P. CO2 emissions in urban freight transport: Developing and testing the EcoLogistics tool | Case Studies on Transport Policy | Vol. 20 | June 2025 | 101415

An Emerging and Innovation Transport Solution: Towards Transforming Parking Lot to Urban Consolidation Centre: Madrid Living Lab

Royo, B., Politaki, D., González, J.N., Batalla, A. An Emerging and Innovation Transport Solution: Towards Transforming Parking Lot to Urban Consolidation Centre: Madrid Living Lab. In: Nathanail, E.G., Gavanas, N., Adamos, G. (eds) | Smart Energy for Smart Transport. CSUM 2022 | Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure | March 2023, pp. 1179-119 | Springer

Innovative Technologies and Systems for Urban Mobility: The Case of Padua

Mazzarino, M., Braidotti, L., Royo, B., de la Cruz, T. Innovative Technologies and Systems for Urban Mobility: The Case of Padua. In: Nathanail, E.G., Gavanas, N., Adamos, G. (eds) | Smart Energy for Smart Transport. CSUM 2022 | Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure | March 2023, pp. 504-519 | Springer

Urban Mobility Transition Driven by New Digital Technologies

De la Cruz, M.T., Royo B., Ciprés, C. Urban Mobility Transition Driven by New Digital Technologies | Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe 3: Making Digital Mobility Inclusive and Accessible | Eds. Keseru, I., Randhan, R. | February 2023, pp. 3-21 | Springer

Measuring and Allocating Scope 3 GHG Emissions

Royo, B. Measuring and Allocating Scope 3 GHG Emissions. Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe 2. Lecture notes in Mobility. In: Müller B., Meyer G. (eds), February 2020, pp. 200-211 | Springer

Carbon Footprint Accounting in Freight Transport: Training Needs

Val, S., Royo, B., Ciprés, C. Carbon Footprint Accounting in Freight Transport: Training Needs.Towards User-Centric Transport in Europe, Challenges, Solutions and Collaborations, January 2019. Part III, pp. 223-238