Professor of Operations Research
Academic Director of the Centre for Risk Studies (CRS)
Director of Studies in Management Studies and Fellow of Churchill College
BSc (University of Melbourne), MS, PhD (University of Wisconsin)
My research interests include management of systemic and emerging risks, business decision making, risk aversion in electricity markets, methods and models for optimisation problems and equilibrium systems. I’m a member of the Australian Mathematical Society, INFORMS and the Mathematical Optimization Society.
I’m part of the Operations and Technology Management subject group at Cambridge Judge Business School, which focuses on practice-based research through partner organisations to address a wide spectrum of management challenges.
Professional experience
Professor Ralph is a member of the Australian Mathematical Society, INFORMS and the Mathematical Optimization Society. He is Area Editor for Environment, Energy and Sustainability at Operations Research. He was Editor-in-Chief of Mathematical Programming (Series B) from 2007-2013 and has served on the editorial boards of Mathematics of Operations Research and the SIAM Journal on Optimization, as well as the SIAM-MPS book series on optimisation.
News and insights
Faculty news
Adopting AI: tips for managers implementing change
Firms are wrestling with how to convince staff to use artificial intelligence (AI) and other new technologies. A study led at Cambridge Judge, focusing on social comparisons among employees, cautions against a false dichotomy between full and no adoption.
From taking a risk at Cambridge Judge Business School to founding the CJBS Centre for Risk Studies, we meet Danny Ralph, Professor of Operations Research, Academic Director of the Centre for Risk Studies (CRS), Director of Studies in Management Studies and Fellow of Churchill College. This article is part of our MBA Faculty Spotlight series.…
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Media coverage
Cambridge Independent | 1 November 2021
Risilience nets £6m to cut risks of climate change scenarios
Risilience, a new company that commercialises research from the Centre for Risk Studies at Cambridge Judge Business School, is launched with a £6 million Series A investment. The Risilience platform’s company-specific analysis provides detailed, quantified results to support strategic decision making and business planning while balancing investment requirements driven by future scenarios – and is deemed of particular significance as the climate breakdown curveball weaves its way through global, national and local economies. Risilience’s founders are Dr Andrew Coburn, CEO, Professor Daniel Ralph, Chairman, Dr Michelle Tuveson, Chief Client Officer, and Simon Ruffle, Chief Product Officer.
Financial Times | 21 October 2020
Crisis management courses prepare EMBA students for the worst
Daniel Ralph, Professor of Operations Research at Cambridge Judge Business School comments on contingency planning. Professor Ralph teaches Cambridge Executive MBA participants about decision making in uncertain situations and what consequences that might bring. “It sounds elementary, but if you don’t have an inquiring mind, you are less well equipped to deal with change,” he says.
Asia Insurance Post | 10 September 2020
Global annual average cat losses rise almost eight times in 50 years
Higher insurance penetration usually speeds recovery from natural disasters, but not in the US due to a fragmented insurance market, says new report from the Centre for Risk Studies at Cambridge Judge Business School. “The report looks mostly at vulnerable communities, but there also are clearly lessons for corporates in terms of preparing for catastrophe, investing in ways to recover more quickly, and more effective decision-making and implementation if disaster strikes,” said Professor Daniel Ralph.