Alessio Kolioulis is an Associate Professor in Urban Economic Development at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London. Alessio’s work centres on managing the night-time city economy. He is Co-Investigator on the Fairville Horizon Europe project (2023-2027), which studies urban inequality and democracy in Europe, and was Lead Researcher for the Greater London Authority’s Nightlife Taskforce. He has held visiting positions at the Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne, the Department of Geography at Cambridge, and London South Bank University. His research is closely tied to policy practice, and he actively consults, contributing to urban, economic and cultural strategies for city governments and international organisations. He is the editor of the Routledge Handbook of the Night-time Economy, forthcoming in 2027.