Christos Nicolaides is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Business and Public Administration at the University of Cyprus (UCY). He also holds secondary appointments as a Digital Fellow at the Initiative on the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Visiting Lecturer at the Management Science and Operations department at London Business School. Since July 2025, Christos has served as the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at UCY.

Beyond academia, Christos serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Jinius, is a Board Member of Padellor LTD, and an Advisor to LASSO.

Before joining UCY, Christos spent three years as a Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT Sloan School of Management, funded by the James McDonnell Foundation. He holds a PhD in Engineering from MIT, an MSc in Applied Mathematics from Imperial College London, and a BSc in Physics from the University of Thessaloniki.

His research focuses on applying mathematical, statistical, and computational tools to large-scale empirical and data-driven research questions, with applications in the identification of social influence mediated, amplified, or directed by interactive technologies. He has collaborated with global firms on realizing business value from social media and information technology investments. His research has been published in leading scientific journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications, and has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, CNN, and the Los Angeles Times. In 2020, Christos was named “Professor of the Week” by Poets & Quants.

He is the principal institutional investigator on research projects funded by the European Commission, industry, the Cyprus Innovation and Research Foundation, and the Cyprus Ministry of Health, attracting more than €1M in research funding for his institution.

For all academic activities, see my full CV. For publication list visit my Google Scholar profile.

Teaching

My current teaching schedule is:

University of Cyprus (UCY)

  • BPA444: Social Networks and Businesses (4th year undergraduate students)

  • BPA346: Quantitative Methods in Management II (3rd year undergraduate students)

  • BPA241: Introduction to Management Science (2nd year undergraduate students)

London Business School (LBS)

  • C170: Data Analytics for Managers (MBA)

  • AM11: Machine Learning for Big Data (Master in Analytics & Management)

  • AM18: LondonLAB (Master in Analytics & Management)

Trinity College Dublin (TCD)

  • BU7706 Operation Analytics (MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management)

Journal Publications

In Review

  1. Promoting physical activity through prosocial incentives on mobile platforms, Y. Yuan, C. Nicolaides & D. Eckles (R&R Information Research Systems)

  2. Prompt Adaptation as a Dynamic Complement in Generative AI Systems, E. Jahani et al (R&R Information Research Systems)

  3. Measuring Social Media Network Effects, with A. Collis, S. G. Benzell and S. Aral (under review)

    Published

  1. Learning from COVID-19: clinical trials, health information technology, and patient mortality, C. Nicolaides, A. Collis, S. G. Benzell & I. Bardhan, npj Health Systems, Accepted, In Press.

  2. Utilizing large-scale human mobility data to identify determinants of physical activity, G Ioannou, G Pallis, M Dikaiakos, C Nicolaides*, Scientific Reports 15 (1), 3420 (2025) (*corresponding author)

  3. Enhancing employee engagement through the integrating leadership and employee job resources: Evidence from a public health care setting. G. Giallouros, C. Nicolaides* et al., International Public Management Journal 27 (4), 533-558 (*corresponding author) doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2023.2215754 (2024)

  4. Evaluating the utility of human mobility data under local differential privacy G Ioannou, T Marchioro, C Nicolaides, G Pallis, E Markatos, 25th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM) Proceedings (2024)

  5. Neglecting complex network structures underestimates delays in a large-capital project, C Ellinas, D Avraam & C Nicolaides, Journal of Physics: Complexity 4, 02LT01 (2023)

  6. Information Consistency as Response to Pre-launch Advertising Communications: The Case of YouTube Trailers J. Kampani & C. Nicolaides, Frontiers in Communication 7, 305 (2023)

  7. The Efficiency of US Public Space Utilization During the COVID-19 Pandemic, S. Benzell, A. Collis, & C. Nicolaides, Risk Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13800. (2021) (authors in alphabetical order)

  8. Social Status and Novelty Drove the Spread of Online Information During the Early Stages of COVID-19, A. Photiou, C. Nicolaides, P. Dhillon, Scientific Reports 11, 20098 (2021)

  9. Modelling disease transmission from touchscreen user interfaces, A. DiBattista, C. Nicolaides, & O. Georgiou, Royal Society Open Science 8(7), 210625 (2021)

  10. Uncovering the fragility of large-scale engineering projects, M. Santolini, C. Ellinas, and C. Nicolaides, EPJ Data Science 10, 36 (2021)

  11. Transmission of Vaccination Attitudes and Uptake Based on Social Contagion Theory: A Scoping Review. P. Konstantinou, K. Georgiou, N. Kumar, M. Kyprianidou, C. Nicolaides, M. Karekla, and A. P. Kassianos, Vaccines 9, 607 (2021)

  12. Mitigation Strategies against Cascading Failures within a Project Activity Network, C. Ellinas, C. Nicolaides, and N. Masuda, Journal of Computational Social Science, doi.org/10.1007/s42001-021-00123-x (2021) (read the paper)

  13. Modeling the First Wave of Covid-19 Pandemic in the Republic of Cyprus. S. Agapiou*, A. Anastasiou*, A. Baxevani*, C. Nicolaides*, G. Hadjigeorgiou, T. Christofides, E. Constantinou, G. Nikolopoulos, and K. Fokianos, Scientific Reports 11, 7342 (2021) (*authors listed in alphabetical order)

  14. Privacy Preserving Data Visualizations. D. Avraam, R. Wilson, O. Butters, T. Burton, C. Nicolaides, E. Jones, A. Boyd, and P. Burton. EPJ Data Science 10, 2021 (read the paper).

  15. Boosting Business Value by Reducing COVID-19 Transmission Risk, S. G. Benzell, Avinash Collis, and Christos Nicolaides (authors in alphabetical order), Sloan Management Review (2020) (read the paper).

  16. Big-Fish-Little-Pond-Effects on academic self-concept and academic achievement: Evidence from English early primary school data. I. Televantou, H. W. Marsh, T. Dicke, and C. Nicolaides, Learning & Instruction 71, 101399 (2020) doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2020.101399 (read the paper).

  17. Interdependence and the Cost of Uncoordinated Responses to COVID-19, D. Holtz, M. Zhao, S. G. Benzell, C. Y. Cao, M. A. Rahimian, J. Yang, J. Allen, A. Collis, A. Moehring, T. Sowrirajan, D. Ghosh, Y. Zhang, P. S. Dhillon, C. Nicolaides, D. Eckles, and S. Aral, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 117 (33), 19837-19843 (2020) doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2009522117 (read the paper) *News Coverage: The Boston Globe, LA Times (op-ed), The Washington Post, MSNBC, Yahoo Finance, WGBH (Boston), The Hill (op-ed), MIT Sloan, TechRepublic, Miami Herald.

  18. Rationing Social Contact During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Transmission Risk and Social Benefits of US Locations, S. Benzell, A. Collis & C. Nicolaides (authors listed in alphabetical order), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 117 (26) 14642-14644 (2020), doi:10.1073/pnas.2008025117 (Highly Cited Paper by the Web of Science).

    *News Coverage: CNN, NPR, Forbes, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Business Insider, Yahoo, Marginal Revolution, Brookings, FOX4 Dallas, MIT News, Marketplace, Marker, MIT Sloan, MIT Technology Review, San Diego Metro, LAist, AssociationsNow, UT McCombs, Austin-American Stateman. *Media mentions: The New York Times (1), The New York Times (2) Financial Times, Wall Street Journal. (Longer working paper version)

  19. Hand-Hygiene Mitigation Strategies Against the Spread of Infectious Diseases through the World Air Transportation Network. C. Nicolaides, D. Avraam, L. Cueto-Felgueroso, M. C. Gonzalez, and R. Juanes, Risk Analysis (2019), doi:10.1111/risa.13438 (pdf) (Best Paper Award by the Risk Analysis Society)
    *News Coverage: MIT News, MIT Sloan News (cover), Society of Risk Analysis (press release), World Economic Forum, CNBC, USA Today, Voice of America (Vid), The Atlantic, The Washington Times, CBS Boston (video), Business Insider, STAT, CATO Institute, The Telegraph (UK), The Independent (UK), Metro (UK), Express (UK), Daily Mail (UK), Medical XPress, MedicalNews Today, Times of India, Focus (Italy), WIRED (Italy), Consumer Affairs, Deutsches Arzteblatt (Germany), El Agora (Spain), El Confidencial (Spain).

  20. Morphological organization of point-to-point transport in complex networks. M.-Y. Kang, G. Berthelot, L. Tupikina, C. Nicolaides, J.-F. Colonna, B. Sapoval, and D. S. Grebenkov, Scientific Reports 9, 8322 (2019), doi:10.1038/s41598-019-44701-6.

  21. Exercise contagion in a global social network S. Aral and C. Nicolaides, Nature Communications 8, 14753 (2017), doi:10.1038/ncomms14753 (Highly Cited Paper by the Web of Science). *News Coverage: New York Times, LA Times, Science News, Science Magazine, Nature, New York Magazine, NBC News, EL PAIS, Daily Mail, US News, New York Daily News, Metro UK, Vice, Scientific American, Live Science. 

  22. Self-organization of network dynamics into local quantized states C. Nicolaides, R. Juanes and L. Cueto-Felgueroso, Nature Scientific Reports 6, 21360 (2016), doi:10.1038/srep21360.

  23. Impact of viscous fingering and permeability heterogeneity on fluid mixing through porous media C. Nicolaides, B. Jha, L. Cueto-Felgueroso, and R. Juanes, Water Resources Research, 51, (2015), doi:10.1002/2014WR015811.

  24. The price of anarchy in mobility-driven contagion dynamics C. Nicolaides, L. Cueto-Felgueroso, and R. Juanes, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 10(87), 20130495 (2013), doi:10.1098/rrif.2013.0495. *News Coverage: MIT Homepage Spotlight, MIT News, NPR, Fox News, LiveScience,  Science World Report,  BostInno, Business Insider, Yahoo News, ScienceDaily, Medical News Today, MedicalXpress, R&D Magazine, ScienceBlog, Bioscience Technology

  25. A metric of influential spreading during contagion dynamics through the air transportation network  C. Nicolaides, L. Cueto-Felgueroso, and R. Juanes, PLoS ONE, 7(7), e40961 (2012), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040961. *News coverage: MIT Homepage Spotlight; MIT News; Science News; Science News for Kids; Nature Medicine; NPR; LA Times; Scientific American; Discovery Channel; The Atlantic; NY Daily News; USA Today; CNN; CNN News (video); ABC News; CBS news; Fox News; Fox News (video); Huffington Post; US News & World Report; American Institute of Physics; Voice of America; The Guardian (US); Pittsburgh Tribune; Daily Mail (UK) #1 & #2;  NASDAQ (video); Time; Wired Magazine; Discover Magazine; Proto Magazine; WBUR (NPR Boston); KITV Honolulu; Metro; Smart Planet; Boing Boing; International Business Times; Herald Sun (Australia); Le Figaro (France); ABC (Spain)

  26. Anomalous physical transport in complex networks  C. Nicolaides, L. Cueto-Felgueroso, and R. Juanes, Physical Review E, 82(5), 055101(R) (2010), doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.055101.

Selected Press Coverage

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