Biography
Daniel Armanios is the BT Professor and Chair of Major Programme Management at Saïd Business School and a Professorial Fellow of St Anne’s College. He was previously an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering & Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership at Tsinghua University's Schwarzman College in China and a LabGov.City Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Law at LUISS in Italy.
Daniel’s research integrates civil engineering and organisational theory to better understand how organisations coordinate to build, manage, and maintain infrastructure amidst complexity. He focuses on complexity arising from national and subnational variation in institutions, heterogeneity in individual capabilities, and reforms that aim to transition infrastructure from one set of guidelines to another. His findings inform efforts to advance sustainable development and innovation, while also alleviating systemic and persistent inequities within such systems. His research implements a mixed methods approach that integrates qualitative and quantitative data to overcome constraints that have historically hindered empirical analyses in these settings.
His work is published in leading outlets across the engineering and social sciences including Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Discoveries, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Nature Sustainability, and the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. Daniel holds Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.) and Political Science (Economics Minor) (B.A), where he was a Goldwater and Truman Scholar. He holds a Master’s degree from the University of Oxford in Management Research and in Water Science, Policy and Management (MSc), where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He holds a PhD from Stanford University in Management Science & Engineering, where he was a joint National Science Foundation and Stanford Benchmark Graduate Research Fellow.
Awards and Honours
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Current Projects
His current indicative projects include:
1. Using broadband and bridge networks as 'social sensors' to better enhance the resiliency and effectiveness of support for marginalized populations.
2. Funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (with Kasey Faust at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at University of Texas-Austin) to combine Native Alaskan and engineering know-how to improve operator training and resilience of water systems in the Arctic: Award Abstract #2127354, Award Abstract #2127353
3. Understand the impacts of political turmoil, such as the Arab Spring in Egypt and Tunisia and military coups in Thailand, on state ecosystem support of entrepreneurship, R&D, and innovation.
4. Project S³ that integrates research expertise from the Department of Engineering Sciences and the managerial and social sciences (Saïd Business School and Blavatnik School of Government) to stress test today's major programmes for tomorrow's challenges.
Publications
Understanding How End-User Preferences for Traditional Water Delivery Mechanisms Influence Future Projects Investments Rural Alaska, U.S.
Ritsch N, LaPatin M, Mehendale P, Armanios D, Faust K et al. (2025), 329-341
BibTeX
@misc{understandingho-2025/,
title={Understanding How End-User Preferences for Traditional Water Delivery Mechanisms Influence Future Projects Investments Rural Alaska, U.S.},
author={Ritsch N, LaPatin M, Mehendale P, Armanios D, Faust K et al.},
year = "2025"
}
Standardization versus situatedness: a gray literature metasynthesis of how guidance for Alaska???s water infrastructure management varies by government level
Ritsch N, LaPatin M, Spearing L, Armanios DE, Albertson L et al. (2024), Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 150(11)
BibTeX
@article{standardization-2024/8,
title={Standardization versus situatedness: a gray literature metasynthesis of how guidance for Alaska???s water infrastructure management varies by government level},
author={Ritsch N, LaPatin M, Spearing L, Armanios DE, Albertson L et al.},
journal={Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management},
volume={150},
number={04024050},
publisher={American Society of Civil Engineers},
year = "2024"
}
Uneven distribution in energy conservation services through performance contracts in China
Zheng S, Zhai H, Hsu S-C & Armanios DE (2024), Energy Policy, 187, 114024-114024
BibTeX
@article{unevendistribut-2024/4,
title={Uneven distribution in energy conservation services through performance contracts in China},
author={Zheng S, Zhai H, Hsu S-C & Armanios DE},
journal={Energy Policy},
volume={187},
pages={114024-114024},
publisher={Elsevier},
year = "2024"
}
Addressing Workforce Attrition, Retention, Absenteeism, and Recruitment in the Rural Alaska Water Sector
LaPatin M, Ritsch N, Armanios D, Albertson L, Katz L et al. (2024), 199-209
BibTeX
@inproceedings{addressingworkf-2024/3,
title={Addressing Workforce Attrition, Retention, Absenteeism, and Recruitment in the Rural Alaska Water Sector},
author={LaPatin M, Ritsch N, Armanios D, Albertson L, Katz L et al.},
booktitle={Construction Research Congress 2024},
pages={199-209},
year = "2024"
}
A stakeholder-systems analysis of water provision in rural Alaska
LaPatin M, Ritsch N, Armanios DE, Albertson L, Katz LE et al. (2024), ACS ES&T Water, 4(2), 575-590
BibTeX
@article{astakeholdersys-2024/1,
title={A stakeholder-systems analysis of water provision in rural Alaska},
author={LaPatin M, Ritsch N, Armanios DE, Albertson L, Katz LE et al.},
journal={ACS ES&T Water},
volume={4},
pages={575-590},
publisher={American Chemical Society},
year = "2024"
}
Using broadband infrastructure as a social sensor to detect inequities in unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ritsch N & Armanios DE (2023), Scientific reports, 13(1), 22031
BibTeX
@article{usingbroadbandi-2023/12,
title={Using broadband infrastructure as a social sensor to detect inequities in unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic.},
author={Ritsch N & Armanios DE},
journal={Scientific reports},
volume={13},
number={22031},
pages={22031},
publisher={Springer Nature},
year = "2023"
}
Incorporating Elicited Preferences for Equality into Electricity System Planning Modeling
Sackey CV-H, Nock D, Cao C, Armanios D & Davis A (2023), Sustainability, 15(23), 16351
BibTeX
@article{incorporatingel-2023/11,
title={Incorporating Elicited Preferences for Equality into Electricity System Planning Modeling},
author={Sackey CV-H, Nock D, Cao C, Armanios D & Davis A},
journal={Sustainability},
volume={15},
number={ARTN 16351},
pages={16351},
publisher={MDPI},
year = "2023"
}
Evaluating geospatial accuracy for equity analyses: A case study of the U.S. National Bridge Inventory
Gandy CA, Kang X, Ritsch N & Armanios DE (2023), Transportation Engineering, 13, 100198
BibTeX
@article{evaluatinggeosp-2023/9,
title={Evaluating geospatial accuracy for equity analyses: A case study of the U.S. National Bridge Inventory},
author={Gandy CA, Kang X, Ritsch N & Armanios DE},
journal={Transportation Engineering},
volume={13},
pages={100198},
publisher={Elsevier},
year = "2023"
}
Effects of redesigning the communication of low-income residential energy efficiency programs in the U.S.
Kleeman H, Fischhoff B & Armanios DE (2023), Energy Policy, 178, 113568-113568
BibTeX
@article{effectsofredesi-2023/7,
title={Effects of redesigning the communication of low-income residential energy efficiency programs in the U.S.},
author={Kleeman H, Fischhoff B & Armanios DE},
journal={Energy Policy},
volume={178},
number={ARTN 113568},
pages={113568-113568},
publisher={Elsevier},
year = "2023"
}
Social Equity of Bridge Management
Gandy CA, Armanios DE & Samaras C (2023), Journal of Management in Engineering, 39(5), 04023027
BibTeX
@article{socialequityofb-2023/6,
title={Social Equity of Bridge Management},
author={Gandy CA, Armanios DE & Samaras C},
journal={Journal of Management in Engineering},
volume={39},
number={4023027},
pages={04023027},
publisher={American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)},
year = "2023"
}
