Rob Glew

Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Operations Management and Data Analytics

Associate Director, Advanced Technologies, AI, and Analytics

Program Director, Masters of Managemet in Analytics (MMA), Online

Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University

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Rob Glew PhD MEng MA (Cantab) is an Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) at Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University and a visiting researcher at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, where he obtained his PhD after 3 years in 2023. His research focuses on the relationship between operations management and human behavior, with a particular focus on prosocial behavior and innovation projects. His methodological specialties are machine learning (for empirical work), game theory, and mechanism design.

Rob teaches data analytics (MGSC662), operations management (MGCR372), operations research (MGSC373), project risk management (MGSC434), and statistics (MGCR271) at McGill University. At Cambridge, he taught undergraduate and postgraduate students at Cambridge University Engineering Department and the Cambridge Judge Business School, including lectures and small group supervisions. He guest lectures on data analytics, artificial intelligence, and management science for executive programs in Cambridge and Montreal.

Rob has received several awards for his research and teaching, including the McKinsey Risk Prize, the University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor’s Award, a Chancellor’s Commendation, and a teaching fellowship at Queens’ College, Cambridge. He has been awarded research funding by SSHRC (Canada), McGill University, UKRI, Siemens UK, GS1, and Queens’ College.

Rob has collaborated extensively with industry partners on his research including the NHS, the UK Government, Tesco, Munõz Group, Lisi Aerospace, Proctor & Gamble, L’Oreal, MealCare, FabTech, Ernst & Young, and others.

  • My paper “Hold Me Accountable” with Claire Senot is now published in MSOM Articles in Advance. The full article can be found in the research tab.

  • With Javad Nasiry. We were awarded a $86,000 SSHRC grant for food waste research in April 2025.

  • Our research paper “Hold me Accountable” was featured in an article by McGill’s official thought leadership platform and a podcast interview:

    https://delve.mcgill.ca/listen/how-managers-can-restore-faith-in-humanity/

  • February 2025 - I had the pleasure of giving a guest lecture on operations and innovation management to MEng students at Oxford University.

  • February 2025 - An interview was featured on New York Newsday discussing how the threat posed by Chinese AI ChatBot ‘DeepSeek’.

  • January 2025 - I was interviewed on Montreal’s leading English language news radio, CJAD, on the future of jobs and work in a world of AI. The interview was also featured in a McGill press release.

  • October 2024 - I had the honour of presenting two working papers at INFORMS 2024 in Seattle: (1) No Spoilers with Javad Nasiry and (2) Cultures for Innovation with Jeremy-Hutchison-Krupat.

  • April 2024

    Rob presented two working papers at POMS in Minneapolis: ‘Make it Personal’ (with Claire Senot) and ‘No Spoilers’ (with Javad Nasiry).

  • April 2024

    Rob won the Desautels Faculty of Management Teaching Innovation Award 2024 for his work in revising two core BCom courses to make the material more engaging for students and bring DEI into the classroom.

  • January 2024

    Rob presented with joint work with Claire Senot ‘Make it Personal: Standardization and Prosocial Behavior” at the University of Toronto Rotman Business School.

  • December 2023

    Rob was awarded a $5000 seed grant to begin work on a research paper looking at diversity in medical appointments and volunteering. This will support data analysis for the paper ‘All by Myself’.

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” ― Epictetus