 Lash began his teaching career as a lecturer at Lancaster University and became a professor in 1993.He moved to London in 1998 to take up his present post as Director for the Centre for Cultural Studies and Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths College.Lash's work has been influential in sociology and cultural studies, he has been interviewed by numerous media outlets and other academics, including the BBC Radio's "Essay" and in "Design and Culture".