Lecturer in Project Management at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester. He actively studies Human Resource Management (HRM) and Organisational Development issues in Project-based contexts. He has worked with the construction, manufacturing and aviation industry sectors. He co-authored Constructing Futures: Industry Leaders and Futures Thinking in Construction, and has written over 50 peer-reviewed academic journal and conference articles. He is Secretary of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) in the UK, and joint coordinator of CIB Task Group 78 on “Informality and Emergence in Construction”.