Davies Banda is an active researcher in the field of sport policy and sport-for-development. He has worked collaboratively with other academics commissioned to undertake national and international monitoring and evaluation of sport projects. His research interests are centred particularly on: youth sport and social inclusion policies, sport-for-development and social inclusion interventions, and corporate social responsibility through sport. His academic and practitioner interest within the sport-for-development sector focuses on designing and implementation of social interventions using sport as a tool for development. Davies has experience of working as a consultant in Europe and Africa where he has been engaged by private, voluntary and public sector bodies as M&E consultant.