 The established chair that he held was reinaugurated in 2008 as the Sir Bernard Pares chair of Russian History.Its first incumbent was Hosking's former research student, Simon Dixon.From 2016 to 2017, he served as a director/trustee of the School of Civic Eduction in London (formerly the School of Political Studies in Moscow), which forms part of an association of schools of political studies, under the auspices of the Directorate General of Democracy (“DGII”) of the Council of Europe

Hosking was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to higher education and to students.