Donna Marshall has researched and taught in the supply chain management area for over twenty years and has been with University College Dublin since 2002. She has a PhD from the University of Bath, UK and has a wide range of interests including supply chain management, responsible purchasing and supply management, sustainability, ethics, relationship management, outsourcing, power, culture, and education. 

She publishes in the highest-impact journals in the management field including Sloan Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Supply Chain Management and many others. She is on the editorial board of Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, of Journal of Supply Chain Management and of the International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 

She has won several teaching awards and has taught supply chain management at undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD and executive levels.  She has also won multiple research awards and has received many large corporate and research organisation grants.  She advises government, industry and NGOs on responsible purchasing and supply management.