I was interviewed for a 7.5-minute Wall Street Journal video about the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on urban public transport. The video can be seen here: https://www.wsj.com/video/how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-changing-the-way-we-commute/E19DBA0A-38C1-48C4-9754-69BA0B44555E.html

I was interviewed by naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham for a documentary entitled 'Population' for the BBC Horizon series. This involved a discussion on resource consumption in cities, particularly in the context of a projected 70% of the world population living in cities by the middle of the 21st century. The documentary was broadcast by BBC TV in January 2020.

Appointed fellow of the ICE on the strength of my professional experience in the field of urban infrastructure in developing countries.

Interviewed and quoted in The Economist on my research on how cable-cars can support the livelihoods of low-income communities. https://www.economist.com/news/americas/21730743-they-appeal-both-politicians-and-commuters-why-latin-america-seeing-cable-car-boom

I was interviewed for and my research quoted in a 23-minute BBC World radio programme on the social and urban impact of a new aerial cable-car in Mexico City (Mexicable). This can be heard online or downloaded as a podcast from the 'World Hacks' website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05ccby5

Interviewed for an article in the New York Times on the social and urban impact of cable cars in Latin America. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/world/americas/mexico-city-mexicable.html?_r=0

In the run-up to Habitat III, led by the United Nations UN-Habitat, my DPU colleague Dr Le-Yin Zhang and I have been co-leads of Policy Unit 7 on Urban Economic Development, involving over a dozen experts from all over the world. The group will produce a report to be commented on by member states, before it is made publicly available and fed to the Habitat III process.

Participated in a training course for 30 local government officials in five countries in Latin America, designed to equip them with the technical tools to design and manage local infrastructure development projects. This is sponsored by AECID, the Spanish cooperation agency, and is coordinated by Mexico's prestigious Tecnológico de Monterrey University, Guadalajara branch.

Keynote speech (online) to 150 members of the Colombian Sustainable Building Council from different regions in Colombia. The online format ensured wide participation of a broad range of regions and individuals, from staff of large construction companies and private developers, to local government officials. The event was opened by the Colombian Housing Minister and comprised a distinguished line-up of scholars and practitioners among its speakers.

I was invited to speak at the launch of the Winter 2021 issue of ReVista, the Harvard Review of Latin America, which focuses on transportation and mobility in the Americas. I published an article in this issue of ReVista, and also chaired a prior meeting with other authors on sustainability and equity in urban transport in Latin American issues, about which I reported back on a public webinar.