The ICRIOS Research Center Leads the GLOBERISE Project for More Resilient and Sustainable Global Supply Chains
From the pandemic to geopolitical tensions, a series of shocks in recent years has shown just how vulnerable global value chains can be. But how can we make them more resilient to crises without sacrificing sustainability, competitiveness, and inclusion?
This is the central question of GLOBERISE – Global Chain Ecosystems for Resilience, Innovation, Sustainability, and Equity, the new European project coordinated by Bocconi’s ICRIOS (Invernizzi Center for Research on Innovation, Organization, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship) research center. The project will launch on November 1, 2026, will last four years, and will receive nearly €1.5 million in funding under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions within the Horizon Europe framework.
GLOBERISE will study how economic crises, digital transformations, environmental events, and geopolitical tensions alter the structure of international trade and put pressure on production and supply networks. The project will combine empirical analyses, artificial intelligence-based models, and simulations using “digital twins”—virtual representations of value chains that allow researchers to explore how a disruption can spread across companies, sectors, and countries. Full-scale stress tests will be used to identify the most vulnerable points and assess the ability of production systems to adapt and recover. The goal is not only to predict where new risks might emerge but also to transform research findings into useful tools for decision-making by businesses and institutions.
“We are entering a period in which the resilience of global supply chains is increasingly policy-driven: it depends not only on events, but also on rapidly changing rules, controls, and strategic choices,” explains Roberto Mavilia of ICRIOS.
A second focus of the project concerns the relationship between resilience and the ecological transition. Through pilot projects in specific sectors, GLOBERISE will analyze the use of low-emission technologies and circular economy models, seeking solutions applicable on a broader scale to reduce resource use and promote more sustainable trade.
In addition to tools for businesses, GLOBERISE will also develop governance models capable of integrating trade, industrial, and environmental policies. The challenge is to prevent security of supply, strategic autonomy, and the green transition from proceeding along separate tracks or coming into conflict with one another.
The global nature of the problem is reflected in the project’s composition. Coordinated by Bocconi, GLOBERISE brings together universities, research centers, and businesses from Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
The consortium includes seven European beneficiaries in addition to Bocconi—Maastricht University, Grenoble École de Management, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, the University of Pavia, Kaunas University of Technology, the European Centre for Development Policy Management, and Policy Lab—as well as nine international and industrial partners.
Through GLOBERISE, ICRIOS thus takes the lead in an international network tasked with producing not only new knowledge but also concrete solutions for more robust, efficient, and equitable value chains.
