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
Beyond Spatial Proximity: The Impact of Enhanced Spatial Connectedness from New Bridges on Entrepreneurship
Dutta S, Armanios DE & Desai JD (2021), ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
BibTeX
@article{beyondspatialpr-2021/11,
title={Beyond Spatial Proximity: The Impact of Enhanced Spatial Connectedness from New Bridges on Entrepreneurship},
author={Dutta S, Armanios DE & Desai JD},
journal={ORGANIZATION SCIENCE},
year = "2021"
}
Inappropriateness Penalty, Desirability Premium: What Do More Certifications Actually Signal?
Lanahan L, Armanios DE & Joshi AM (2021), ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
BibTeX
@article{inappropriatene-2021/7,
title={Inappropriateness Penalty, Desirability Premium: What Do More Certifications Actually Signal?},
author={Lanahan L, Armanios DE & Joshi AM},
journal={ORGANIZATION SCIENCE},
year = "2021"
}
Certification Relics: Entrepreneurship Amidst Discontinued Certifications
Eberhart RN & Armanios DE (2021), ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
BibTeX
@article{certificationre-2021/5,
title={Certification Relics: Entrepreneurship Amidst Discontinued Certifications},
author={Eberhart RN & Armanios DE},
journal={ORGANIZATION SCIENCE},
year = "2021"
}
Why Has China Overinvested in Coal Power?
Ren M, Branstetter LG, Kovak BK, Armanios DE & Yuan J (2021), ENERGY JOURNAL, 42(2), 113-133
BibTeX
@article{whyhaschinaover-2021/3,
title={Why Has China Overinvested in Coal Power?},
author={Ren M, Branstetter LG, Kovak BK, Armanios DE & Yuan J},
journal={ENERGY JOURNAL},
volume={42},
pages={113-133},
year = "2021"
}
Ann Majchrzak and Arvind Malhotra: Unleashing the Crowd: Collaborative Solutions to Wicked Business and Societal Problems
Armanios D & Zhang H (2021), Administrative Science Quarterly, 66(1), NP13-NP16
BibTeX
@article{annmajchrzakand-2021/3,
title={Ann Majchrzak and Arvind Malhotra: Unleashing the Crowd: Collaborative Solutions to Wicked Business and Societal Problems},
author={Armanios D & Zhang H},
journal={Administrative Science Quarterly},
volume={66},
pages={NP13-NP16},
publisher={SAGE Publications},
year = "2021"
}
How Do Institutional Carriers Alleviate Normative and Cognitive Barriers to Regulatory Change?
Armanios DE & Eesley EC (2021), ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
BibTeX
@article{howdoinstitutio-2021/2,
title={How Do Institutional Carriers Alleviate Normative and Cognitive Barriers to Regulatory Change?},
author={Armanios DE & Eesley EC},
journal={ORGANIZATION SCIENCE},
year = "2021"
}
Holistically representing women
Armanios DE (2020), NATURE ENERGY, 5(12), 939-940
BibTeX
@article{holisticallyrep-2020/12,
title={Holistically representing women},
author={Armanios DE},
journal={NATURE ENERGY},
volume={5},
pages={939-940},
year = "2020"
}
Methodological Framework and Feasibility Study to Assess Social Equity Impacts of the Built Environment
Jones SH & Armanios DE (2020), JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, 146(11)
BibTeX
@article{methodologicalf-2020/11,
title={Methodological Framework and Feasibility Study to Assess Social Equity Impacts of the Built Environment},
author={Jones SH & Armanios DE},
journal={JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT},
volume={146},
number={ARTN 05020016},
year = "2020"
}
VARIETIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTATION: U.S. STATE-LED TECHNOLOGY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, 2000-2015
Armanios DE, Lanahan L & Yu D (2020), ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT DISCOVERIES, 6(2), 266-299
BibTeX
@article{varietiesofloca-2020/6,
title={VARIETIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTATION: U.S. STATE-LED TECHNOLOGY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, 2000-2015},
author={Armanios DE, Lanahan L & Yu D},
journal={ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT DISCOVERIES},
volume={6},
pages={266-299},
year = "2020"
}
Evidence of gender inequality in energy use from a mixed-methods study in India
Rosenberg M, Armanios DE, Aklin M & Jaramillo P (2020), NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, 3(2), 110-118
BibTeX
@article{evidenceofgende-2020/2,
title={Evidence of gender inequality in energy use from a mixed-methods study in India},
author={Rosenberg M, Armanios DE, Aklin M & Jaramillo P},
journal={NATURE SUSTAINABILITY},
volume={3},
pages={110-118},
year = "2020"
}
