Robin Baker (academic)

For the British scientist and writer, author of Sperm Wars, see Robin Baker (biologist)

Robin William Baker CMG FRSA (born 4 October 1953) is a British academic and former Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University. His research interests are Hungarian, Romanian and late Byzantine history, ethnic minorities in South-East Europe and heretical movements in the Middle Ages.

Robin Baker was educated at Bishop Wordsworth's School, and went on to graduate with a BA degree from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (now part of University College London) and a PhD the University of East Anglia. He also spent time studying at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a Fellow of University College London.

He was the Deputy Director-General of the British Council (2002–2005) where he was responsible for the council's global operations, before becoming Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent (2005–2007). He was appointed a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2005. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chichester in 2007 and became Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University in September 2010. He resigned in October 2012.

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Academic offices
Preceded by Michael Wright	Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University 2010–2012	Succeeded by Andrew Ironside (Acting)
Preceded by Philip Robinson	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chichester 2007–2010	Succeeded by Clive Behagg