He is a co-author of recent research that found competitions can have a positive effect on innovation, based on an increase in patents awarded when the 19th century Royal Agricultural SocietyofEngland held competitions for agricultural innovations like new reaping techniques.
The RoyalSociety for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Medway Council and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England were among the organisations who campaigned against an airport at Cliffe.