Leeds Beckett University, UK,  School of Education 2018-2026 (Reader (Associate Professor Research 2018-2026).

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The University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Centre for Visual Identities in Arts and Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, 2014-19 (Visiting Associate Professor 2016-2019, Visiting Researcher, 2014-16).

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The University of Leeds, UK, School of Sociology and Social Policy, 2006-2017 (Associate Professor, 2015-17, Lecturer, 2011-15, RCUK Academic Fellow, New Machinery of Governance, 2006-15)

Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale, Switzerland (Visiting Professor in Political Science, May, 2014) 

University of Mannheim, Germany, English Literature and Cultural Studies (Visiting Lecturer, June 2012)

University of Cape Town, South Africa, Wikids, Department of Sociology (Visiting Fellow, May, 2011) 

Rhodes University, South Africa, South Africa & Discovery Centre for Health Journalism (Visiting Fellow, May 2011)     

University of Sydney, Australia, Department of Sociology and Social Policy (Visiting Fellow, October- November 2010)

Lancaster University, UK, Institute for Women’s Studies/Management School (Research Associate 2004-06)

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The University of Birmingham, UK, School of Social Sciences (Associate lecturer,  1999-2003)