Mark Davis is an Economic Sociologist based at the University of Leeds. Mark’s research evaluates the potential of alternative finance to build a fairer economy. Working with Abundance Investment, Mark was PI on the Financing for Society project that assessed the suitability of investment-based crowdfunding for the public sector. This work led to the co-creation with UK local authorities of the new Community Municipal Investment (CMI) product to finance green and social infrastructure projects in local economies. The model was launched in West Berkshire and Warrington in the Summer of 2020, and subsequently promoted as ‘Local Climate Bonds’ to all 404 UK authorities via a national campaign led by the Green Finance Institute that began in July 2021. Mark was Co-I on a large Horizon 2020 project to test business models and innovative finance options at the European level through the PROSEU project, which evaluated prosumerism as a means to promote the active participation of citizens in supporting the continents green energy transition. Active in a number of policy and civil society spaces, Mark has worked as an Advisor to the Council of Europe and is an Expert Reviewer of applications to European Commission funded research.