Professor Richard Robinson

Richard joined Northumbria University in 2024, after 19 years at The University of Queensland, Australia, before which he enjoyed an 18-year career as a chef. Specialising in service work and employment, his projects have investigated the tourism, hospitality, leisure, transport, retail and welfare/social service sector contexts in the formal, gig and grey economies. His research has been funded by fellowships, competitive research grants, corporations, not-for-profits, industry peak bodies, government, and international agencies - and explores themes such as fair, safe and sustainable work, mental health and wellbeing, careers and vocations, and skills, training and development. Richard has lead undergraduate and postgraduate courses in operations, management, critical studies and professional development. His teaching and learning expertise and scholarship are recognized by awards and advisory appointments at state, national and international levels. Richard has held university leadership positions in higher degree research portfolios and in community with an internationally confederated charity. He currently holds a three-year Vice Chancellor Fellowship with Northumbria University

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• Crafting the road to well-being for precarious frontline workers: Explicating the role of jolts and resources, Mirabito, A., Solnet, D., Cockburn, B., Golubovskaya, M., Hu, X., McClelland, L., Robinson, R. 1 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Vocational Behavior
• 'Free Food and Beer': Fair contracts in hospitality work, Oren, O., Riordan, T., Robinson, R. 28 May 2025, Unpacking Hospitality Work Realities, Oxford, United Kingdom, Goodfellow Publishers Ltd
• Futures for hospitality work and call to action, Booyens, I., Linge, T., Gjerald, O., Robinson, R. 28 May 2025, Unpacking Hospitality Work Realities, Oxford, United Kingdom, Goodfellow Publishers Ltd
• Introduction and context, Curran, D., Hadjisolomou, A., Robinson, R., Baum, T. 28 May 2025, Unpacking Hospitality Work Realities, Oxford, United Kingdom, Goodfellow Publishers Ltd
• Marginality, Robinson, R. 1 Jan 2025, Encyclopedia of Tourism, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
• Reframing tourism labour: Alterity and the global south, Muñoz, K., Robinson, R., Marston, G. 1 May 2025, In: Annals of Tourism Research
• Tourism Workforce Resilience in Crisis: Paradox Dynamics Across Multi-Level Actors, Robinson, R., Jiang, Y., Yan, H. 9 Oct 2025, In: Journal of Travel Research
• A Sustainable Tourism Workforce: Current issues, Mooney, S., Robinson, R., Solnet, D., Baum, T. 15 Feb 2024
• Commensality research in commercial hospitality: A systematic review, Oren, O., Arcodia, C., Robinson, R., Novais, M. 1 Feb 2024, In: International Journal of Hospitality Management
• ‘Commensal scenes’: Problematizing presence in restaurants in the digital age, Oren, O., Robinson, R., Novais, M., Arcodia, C. 1 Aug 2024, In: International Journal of Hospitality Management

• Tourism PhD July 30 2011
• Business andManagement Studies Advanced Diploma July 30 2004
• Humanities BA September 30 1998
• Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training
• Certificate IV Professional Cookery Qualified Chef

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