Gayle, holds a Chair in Events and Cultural Policy. She leads and works on a wide range of research, knowledge transfer and consultancy projects
within the Creative Futures Institute at UWS. She is a member of the European Cultural Parliament and teaches at the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin. She has recently completed: the impact evaluation of Scotland's London 2012 Cultural Programme for Creative Scotland. She is currently researching Leveraging Parasport Events for sustainable community participation at Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and is working on the Digital Commonwealth Big Lottery funded research and practice project enhancing digital literacy throughout Scotland.