His work is transdisciplinary, negotiating diverse encounters between critical posthumanism, Indigenous and decolonial philosophies, more-than-human geographies, and childhood, youth, and education studies. In 2017 David established Local Alternatives (www.localalternatives.org) as an international platform for re-imagining cities through place-based research and artistic co-production with children and young people. His recent books include Immersive Cartography and Post-Qualitative Inquiry (Routledge, 2021), Doing Rebellious Research (Brill, 2022), and Posthuman Research Playspaces: Climate Child Imaginaries (Routledge, 2023).