Graeme Evans is Emeritus Professor of Creative and Cultural Economy at the University of the Arts London. He served as founding director and professor at the Cities Institute, London; and the Centre for Urban & Euregional Studies, Maastricht University, and held the posts of Professor or Design Cultures and director of the Art & Design Research Institute, Middlesex University and Professor of Design at Brunel University. Key publications include Cultural Planning: An Urban Renaissance? (Routledge), Designing Sustainable Cities, Mega-Events: Placemaking, Regeneration and City Regional Development (Routledge). He has undertaken commissioned research studies on cultural policy for the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), Arts Council England, Historic England, HM Treasury, Council of Europe and the OECD; and regional development agencies, including Creative London, Toronto Metro and Limburg Province, The Netherlands; and international cultural development agencies in South Korea, China, Canada and Sweden.