His practice includes the design of buildings, academic research, architectural education, policy development, curation and criticism. He graduated from University College Dublin, (MArchSc) in 2000 and is a PhD candidate at the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield. Appointed Lecturer in Architecture in 2006 at UCD, he has also taught in University of Ulster and is external examiner at University of Limerick. Emmett is Irish correspondent for A10 the Journal of New European Architecture and Architecture Adviser to the Arts Council (Ireland).