| 1974-1977 | B.A. Class One Honours, Philosophy and Politics, Lancaster University |
| 1978-1984 | Ph.D., Philosophy, Lancaster University |
| 1986-1988 | M.A., Language Studies (with distinction), Linguistics Department, Lancaster University |
| 1988-1990 | Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University College of North Wales, Bangor |
| 1990-1993 | Lecturer in Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, University of Sussex. |
| 1993-1996 | Lecturer in Philosophy, Philosophy Department, University of Lancaster |
| 1996-1998 | Reader in Philosophy, Philosophy Department, University of Lancaster |
| 1998-2006 | Professor of Philosophy, Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Lancaster |
| since 2006 | Hallsworth Professor of Political Economy |
| | Research projects (selection): |
| | Motivational strength of ecosystem services and alternative ways to express the value of Biodiversity (BIOMOT) European Commission, FP7-ENV-2011, 2011-2015 ¬ 490,000 |
| | Principal Researcher Climate Change, Insurance and Social Justice Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2011, £7462 |
| | Principal researcher, Justice, Vulnerability and Climate Change: An Integrated Framework, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2010-2011, £46,723.00 |
| | Research associate, Domestic Moral Economy ESRC, 2011-2014 |
| | Moral Philosophy Advisor Environmental Justice Organisations, Liabilities and Trade (EJOLT) 2011-2014 European Commission FP7 |
| | International research associate Choice beyond (in)commensurability: controversies and public decision making on territorial sustainable development (BECOM) University of Coimbra, Portugal, 2009-2012 |
| 1968 | Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning and Environmental Engineering, Harvard |
| 1970-1974 | Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning and Environmental Engineering, Harvard |
| 1973 | Visiting Professor, Technische Hochschule Wien |
| since 1974 | Professor of City and Regional Planning, Harvard |
| 1981 | Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi |
| 1989-1995 | Senior Associate, Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development |
| 2010 | Visiting Scholar, Pembroke College, Cambridge University |
| 2011 | Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore |
