Anupam Nanda currently holds a full professorship (Professor of Urban Economics and Real Estate/Chair in Real Estate) at the University of Manchester. He is also a Deputy Director of the Manchester Urban Institute and REF Coordinator of the Department of Planning, Property & Environmental Management. He is a member of the Board of the European Real Estate Society (ERES). Prior to joining the University of Manchester, he held a professorship at the University of Reading/Henley Business School and worked in non-academic roles at Deloitte and the National Association of Home Builders (USA).

His current research themes/sub-themes are: investor sentiment & behaviours; cross-border investment; Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) and technology issues in urban and property markets.

He has published numerous scholarly works in all major real estate journals and other top-tier international journals. He frequently writes and comments on real estate and urban market issues in international media such as the Conversation, BBC etc. His research has been sponsored by both UK and international public and private funding bodies e.g. UKRI/ESRC,

Investment Property Forum (IPF), The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Real Estate Research Institute (RERI) in USA.