Daniel provided research-oriented consultancy for Economia&Ecologia in Bologna.
Daniel held honorary fellowships at the universities of Edinburgh, London and Western Australia.
Daniel engaged in outreach and widening participation in cooperation with establishments including Remida in Reggio Emilia.
Daniel played a part in coordinating research initiatives including 'Grounding Value in the Anthropocene' (British Academy, £2550) and 'Rethinking Values of the Anthropocene' (British Academy, £49,851). He is a member of working groups including 'Genere e Geografia' (Associazione dei Geografi Italiani), 'Geografia e Letteratura' (Associazione dei Geografi Italiani) and 'Social Sciences and Humanities for Transformation and Climate Resilience' (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).
Daniel served as an evaluator for funding bodies (Agence nationale de la recherche, Paris; Irish Research Council, Dublin), publishers (Bloomsbury Academic, London; Cambridge University Press), academic institutions (Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli; Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour), geographical journals (ACME; Rivista geografica italiana) and journals in adjacent fields (Enthymema; Italian Studies; Rivista di studi italiani; The Italianist; The Translator).
Daniel was part of the organizing committee for conferences including 'Anthropocene Campus Venice' (Università Ca' Foscari, Venice) and 'Languages of the Anthropocene' (British School, Rome). He gave keynote speeches at conferences including 'Inclusive/Exclusive Communities' (Sapienza Università, Rome), 'Parisian Ecologies' (Pomona College, Los Angeles) and 'Reclaiming the Anthropocene' (Università di Ferrara). He was invited to speak at conferences including 'Cultures et imaginaires des milieux humides' (Université d'Angers), 'Languages of the Anthropocene 2' (Sapienza Università, Rome), 'Mobilities in the Early Modern Mediterranean' (European University Institute, Florence), 'Reimagining Ecologies in Italian Visual Culture' (University of Cambridge) and 'What Planet Boundaries Mean for Cities and Infrastructures' (Università Ca' Foscari, Venice). He presented at conferences including 'Era urbana e disordine del mondo' (Associazione dei Geografi Italiani, Turin), 'Narrazioni' (Società di Studi Geografici, Como), 'Transizioni' (Società di Studi Geografici, Florence) and 'Water and Gender' (UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme, Pisa).