Biography

Dr. Robert W. Robertson is a consultant and educator living in Tampa, Florida. He currently serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Commonwealth Institute, School of Advanced Studies, University of London.

He has held a number of senior administrative posts in the education sector, including MBA Director and Vice President of Academic Affairs, community college president and university president. He served as a Visiting Professor of Management (2006-2020) at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

In 2016, Dr. Robertson was named a Fulbright Specialist by the US Department of State, and an International Scholar in 2023 (Emerging Leader in the Americas) by Global Affairs Canada. In 2024 he was named a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) by Advance HE in the United Kingdom for his strategic, evidence-based sustainable initiatives in education, and in 2025 a Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute (FCGI).

He has more than twenty-five years of experience leading and managing organizations in the public sector and in academia in Kazakhstan, Vietnam, the Caribbean, Canada and the United States. During his career he has developed and taught online and on-ground classes at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level. Dr. Robertson served as a city planner and a city manager in Canada, and he is an invited speaker at conferences on workforce development, strategic planning, quality and continuous improvement, online education and international business.

Areas of expertise

Workforce development, strategic planning, quality and continuous improvement, online education, and international business. He is a certified city planner (AICP).

Education and affiliations

Dr. Robertson's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science (East Tennessee State University); a Master of Arts (Eastern Kentucky University); a Master of Public Administration (Dalhousie University, Canada); a Master of Studies in Environmental Law (Vermont Law School); a Post Graduate Diploma in International Management-China (University of London); a Post Graduate Certificate in Conflict and Negotiation (Queen Margaret University); a Post-Doctoral Certificate in International Business and Leadership (Argosy University); a Graduate Diploma in International Development (London School of Economics and Political Science); and a Doctor of Philosophy in Management and Organization (Stirling University). In addition, he completed an Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Executive Certificate in Negotiation at Harvard University.