He teaches at the Bartlett UCL and is undertaking research into the role of self-building in solving the housing shortage in London. Other work undertaken by his practice, Hodgson Gabb Studio, includes two self-build housing projects one in London the other in West Cornwall. Formerly a local Councillor and Chair of Hackney’s planning committee he went on to sit on the Olympic Delivery Authority’s planning committee for 6 years until 2012.