Much of Paul’s career has been animated by a keen interest in making high-quality academic evidence useful to groups outside of academia. To this end, he has been a part of developing multiple evidence-based action partnerships with governments, philanthropic organisations, NGOs, corporations, and UN partners. One such role was coordinating the CPC Learning Network at Columbia University (2008-2010). Paul has also produced videos and podcasts for non-academic audiences with projects like the Young Lives longitudinal study of child poverty.  

Paul has taught and given guest lectures at several universities. In 2018, he was a Lecturer at the University of Bergen’s Department of Health Promotion and Development where he taught postgraduate research methods in the Master’s of Global Development Theory and Practice. In this role, he also designed and convened a course on Podcasting for Social Scientists, in which he guided PhD students in developing podcasts to communicate with students and the public.