Since 2013: Department of Communication and Media, University of Liverpool
May 2020 – present : Associate Director, Centre for Cultural Value
April 2017 – September 2019: Director, Institute of Cultural Capital
July 2011 – March 2017: Head of Research, Cultural Policy and Impact, Institute of Cultural Capital
April 2006 – June 2011: Director of Impacts 08, European Capital of Culture Research Programme
April 2006 – 2013: School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Liverpool: Senior Research Fellow in Sociology [seconded from 2006 to Direct Impacts 08 and act as Head of Research to the Institute of Cultural Capital]
Jan 2002- March 06: Centre for Cultural Policy Research at University of Glasgow: Research Fellow and RCUK Academic Fellow
Sep 2000- Oct 01: Centre for Olympic Studies at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona: Research Project Collaborator
Sep 1999- Mar 00: Gallery and Art Collection at University of Technology, Sydney: Curatorial Assistant
Aug 99- Mar 00: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, Sydney: Publications Services
Mar 99- Jul 99: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, Sydney : Public Relations Department
Jul 98 – Feb 99: Champagne Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Reims: Communication Department
Feb 98-Jun 98: Deutsche Bank Seguros, Barcelona: Secretary of Direction, Company Development Department