Chantal Cantarelli

Chantal Cantarelli is a lecturer in Operations Management at the Sheffield University Management School.

Prior to joining the University of Sheffield, Chantal worked as a Research Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Chantal received her PhD in 2011 on theoretical and empirical notions of cost overruns in transport infrastructure projects the Netherlands and worldwide. She took her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Delft University of Technology.

Her Master Thesis received the Cuperus award 2007 for the best Master Thesis at a Dutch University in the field of transport studies and technology.

Chantal has published in some of the leading international transport and planning journals including Transport Policy, Journal of Transport Geography, and Environment and Planning.

She has consulted both government and business on issues of megaproject planning and approval.

Research interests

Chantal’s research interests are in improving the success of megaprojects using theories in front-end planning, decision-making, risk management, and organisational behaviour.

Her research focuses particularly on the influence of project ownership and financing on project performance.

Furthermore, Chantal’s research interests are in studying the phenomenon of escalation of commitment in the decision-making of projects as an explanation for project failure.

Other research interests include public-private partnerships, public sector efficiency and effectiveness.

Chantal is a member of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) Research Centre and the Advanced Resource Efficiency Centre (AREC) at the University of Sheffield.

Publications

Journal articles

• Flyvbjerg B, Ansar A, Budzier A, Buhl S, Cantarelli C, Garbuio M, Glenting C, Holm MS, Lovallo D, Molin E , Rønnest A et al (2019) On de-bunking “Fake News” in the post-truth era : how to reduce statistical error in research. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 126, 409-411.
• Flyvbjerg B, Ansar A, Budzier A, Buhl S, Cantarelli C, Garbuio M, Glenting C, Holm MS, Lovallo D, Lunn D , Molin E et al (2018) Five things you should know about cost overrun. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 118, 174-190.
• Cantarelli CC, Chorus CG & Cunningham SW (2013) Explaining cost overruns of large-scale transportation infrastructure projects using a signalling game. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 9(3), 239-258.
• Cantarelli CC, Flyvbjerg B & Buhl SL (2012) Geographical variation in project cost performance: the Netherlands versus worldwide. Journal of Transport Geography, 24, 324-331.
• Cantarelli CC, van Wee B, Molin EJE & Flyvbjerg B (2012) Different cost performance: different determinants?. Transport Policy, 22, 88-95.
• Cantarelli CC, Molin EJE, van Wee B & Flyvbjerg B (2012) Characteristics of cost overruns for Dutch transport infrastructure projects and the importance of the decision to build and project phases. Transport Policy, 22, 49-56.
• Cantarelli CC, Flyvbjerg B & Buhl SL (2012) Geographical variation in project cost performance: the Netherlands versus worldwide, 24(C), 324-331.
• Cantarelli CC, van Wee B, Molin EJE & Flyvbjerg B (2012) Different cost performance: different determinants?, 22(C), 88-95.
• Cantarelli CC, Flyvbjerg B, van Wee B & Molin EJE (2010) Lock-in and its influence on the project performance of large-scale transportation infrastructure projects: investigating the way in which lock-in can emerge and affect cost overruns. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 37(5), 792-807.
• Cantarelli CC, Flyvbjerg B, Molin EJE & van Wee B (2010) Cost overruns in large-scale transportation infrastructure projects: Explanations and their theoretical embeddedness. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 10(1), 5-18.
• Cantarelli CC () Innovation in Megaprojects and the Role of Project Complexity. Production Planning and Control.
• Cantarelli C, Oglethorpe D & van Wee B () Perceived Risk of Lock-in in the Front-end Phase of Major Transportation Projects. Transportation.

Chapters

• Cantarelli CC, Flyvberg B, van Wee B & Molin EJE (2015) Decision Making and Major Transport Infrastructure Projects: The Role of Project Ownership. In Hickman R, Givoni M, Bonilla D & Banister D (Ed.), Handbook on Transport and Development Edward Elgar Publishing
• Cantarelli CC, Flyvberg B, van Wee B & Molin EJE (2014) Lock-in and Its Influence on the Project Performance of Large-Scale Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Investigating the Way in Which Lock-In Can Emerge and Affect Cost Overruns. In Flyvbjerg B (Ed.), Megaproject Planning and Management: Essential Readings Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Cantarelli CC & Flyvbjerg B (2013) 'Mega-projects' cost performance and lock-in: problems and solutions In Priemus H & van Wee B (Ed.), International Handbook on Mega-Projects (pp. 333-355). Edward Elgar
• Cantarelli CC & Flyvbjerg B () Mega-projects’ cost performance and lock-in: problems and solutions (pp. 333-355). Edward Elgar

Conference proceedings papers

• Cantarelli CC, Flyvbjerg B, van Wee B & Molin EJE (2008) Cost overruns in large-scale transportation infrastructure projects: Which explanations can be given?. 2008 First International Conference on Infrastructure Systems and Services: Building Networks for a Brighter Future (INFRA), 10 November 2008 - 12 November 2008.

Scholarly editions

• Cantarelli CC, Molin EJE, van Wee B & Flyvbjerg B Characteristics of Cost Overruns for Dutch Transport Infrastructure Projects and the Importance of the Decision to Build and Project Phases.
• Cantarelli CC, Flybjerg B, van Wee B & Molin EJE Lock-in and Its Influence on the Project Performance of Large-Scale Transportation Infrastructure Projects. Investigating the Way in Which Lock-in Can Emerge and Affect Cost Overruns.