[1] Hope was appointed the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's 2012 Birthday Honours List for services to Innovation and Computing in the United Kingdom.

[6] Hope joined Bangor University as a software engineer and then a lecturer, subsequently becoming executive director of innovation and professor of computer science.

[8] Alongside Bridget Emmett, Hope was announced as an inaugural member of the Science Advisory Council for Wales (SACW) in 2011.

Hope was chair for The North West Nuclear Arc Science (NWNA) Innovation Audit in 2018 in collaboration with the Welsh Government.

[11] Hope was appointed the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2012 for services to Innovation and Computing in the United Kingdom.