Permanent member of the UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Science and Research Advisory Committee.

Advisor to the DCMS on the UK City of Culture Bid process

Advisor to the London Development Agency 2012 Games Legacy Impact Evaluation Study

Member of the London 2012 Culture and Education Advisory Committee (chaired by Jude Kelly, OBE)

Referee to applications to the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economics and Social Research Council

Academic collaborator (culture) to the Centre for Olympic Studies at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Member of the review panel of the following academic journals: Cultural Politics, International Planning Studies, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, Urban Studies, Local Economy, Cultural Sociology, Urban Design