Karl目前是谢菲尔德大学经济学教授。他在与卡迪夫大学的联合监督下,从开放大学获得博士学位。以前的卡尔在莱斯特大学2001-2005雇用,在那里他最初是讲师,然后晋升为高级讲师。2005年9月在谢菲尔德大学被任命为读者,随后于2009年1月推广到个人主席。从2006-2010卡尔是社会和经济研究所(Iser),大学的外部研究助理埃塞克斯。他发表了广泛的期刊,包括:经济大学;经济调查;教育审查经济学;银行业和金融杂志。中国经济行为与组织杂志; Journal of Health Economics; Journal of Economic Psychology; Journal of the Royal Statistical Society; Labour Economics; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Oxford Economic Papers; and Review of Income and Wealth. He has also published policy related research in Fiscal Studies, Oxford Review of Economic Policy and The Lancet. Research interests include applied microeconometrics, household finances and labour economics. Karl was a member of the Grant Assessment Panel C of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) from September 2016-2020.