Academic

Robin received a BA (Hons) in Development Studies at the University of East Anglia and gained his MPH at the University of Liverpool. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Glasgow in 2021. His thesis was on the Commercial Determinants of Health in Sport.

Robin has been an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow since 2023.

Find out more about his academic publications and research interests below:

University of Glasgow website

Sport, Sponsorship and Public Health

Robin’s research interests include sport sponsorship and public health. His book Sport, Sponsorship and Public Health can be ordered direct from Routledge.

'Sport, Sponsorship and Public Health documents how sports have become an important channel for the forces that drive the epidemic of non-communicable diseases. As long as they profit from marketing unhealthy products like fast food, soft drinks and alcohol, are platforms for gambling and fail to make their events tobacco free and environmentally sustainable, sports make a mockery of the concept of "purpose over profit" that is the cornerstone of social responsibility.'
Patrick K. Gasser, Former Head of Football Social Responsibility at UEFA, Switzerland
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