I am an Associate Professor in Urban Economic Development and Director of Training and Advisory Services at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London. I hold a Joint PhD in Arts and Technology (Paris 8) and Urban Planning (Rome La Sapienza) and have a background in development economics. 

My interests fall within two themes: 1) inequalities, urbanisation and globalisation; and 2) the night-time economy, night work and climate change. Beyond research and teaching, I actively engage in consultancy and policy work. My work involves collaborations with city governments, communities and international organisations, shaping strategies and policies that address contemporary challenges in urban economies, cultural sectors and beyond.

Research

• Co-Investigator, FairVille Horizon Europe Project, 2023-2027

• Co-Investigator, Voices of Nightworkers: evidence from lived experience, UCL Urban Lab & UCL Social Data Institute, 2024-2025

• Researcher, Nightlife Taskforce GLA, 2025

• Visiting Fellow, Centre for Cities, University of Melbourne, Australia 2024

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Night spaces: migration, culture, and integration in Europe (NITE), Bartlett School of Architecture/UCL Urban Lab, 2022 

• Visiting Scholar, Department of Geography, Cambridge, 2022

Reviewer

• Urban Studies, Environment and Planning, Data and Society, Dancecult, IJURR

Consultancy and Policy

• Head of Night-Time Research, Autonomy Institute

• Economist, VibeLab

• Member, The London Borough of Camden’s Evening & Night Time Economy Strategy Expert Advisory Group (2023)

• Member, Making London a Living Wage City Steering Group (2022)

• Mentor, Creative Cities Challenge, Bloomberg-Greater London Authority (2022)

• Research Partner, The London Borough of Islington's Inclusive Economy Team (2019-2021)

Teaching

• DEVP0038 Urbanisation and Development offers a critical introduction to the key economic concepts, theories and tools applied to problem diagnosis and policymaking in urbanisation and development;

• DEVP0034 Social diversity, inequality and poverty deals with different understandings, definitions and ways of measuring poverty and inequality and takes a critical approach to measurement and metrics.

• DEVP0051 Economic Policy Evaluation Tools introduces and critically assesses methods and tools used by urban economic development policy makers and practitioners to evaluate policy choices, both before and after projects and policies have been approved.

• DEVP0019 Practice in Urban Economic Development explores the challenges of promoting inclusive economic development in urban areas both in developing and developed countries, offering students real-life platforms to examine the experiences of urban economic development and management practices.