Urbanist and sociologist. He has been professor of social and cultural theory in the Sociology department in Lancaster University; and Geography department at Roskilde University in Denmark. His work focus on social theory and post-structuralism, philosophy, urban sociology and migration. Along his career he has published several books, such as Revolt, revolution, critique: the paradox of society (Routledge, 2012), Nihilism (Routledge, 2009) y Strangers, Ambivalence and Social Theory (Ashgate, 1998).