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. 

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

• Lead 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

• Visiting Research Scholar, School of Arts and Creative Industries, LSBU, 2018-2019

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

I co-lead the MSc in Urban Economic Development at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit and teach on the following modules:

• DEVP0018 Managing the City Economy

• DEVP0019 Practice in Urban Economic Development

• DEVP0038 Urbanisation and Development 

• DEVP0034 Social diversity, inequality and poverty  

• DEVP0051 Economic Policy Evaluation Tools  

Reviewer

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