Appointed Head of International Relations for the School of Business, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) in 2008 and the whole university from September 2020, Robert is also lecturer in Management and International Studies. He is an active member on various international higher education committees, as well as an expert on the topics of student and faculty mobility, brand and reputation marketing and contract management. He gives input sessions and workshops at all major international higher education conferences. Before joining his university, he was a communications consultant in the pharmaceutical and financial services industries.