Biography and expertise
Research
Robert approaches research with a range of lens acquired through his qualifications and experience in the fields of human genetics, theology, and sociology. He is a qualitative researcher with Critical Realist commitments.
His work contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
Community Engagement
He engages with the community as an member of executive committee of Dementia Inclusive Ballina Alliance Inc, and as a high school Chaplain, and Disaster Relief Chaplain (DRCN). He is a volunteer member of the SCU Human Research Ethics Committee.
Supervision
He is open to enquiries about supervision that involve research underpinned by a Critical Research ontology, and/or that seek to better understand how to provide care that supports the wellbeing of the human person.
Organisational affiliations
Education
Thesis: Human reproductive cloning in Australian public policy discourse: A critical exploration of attitudes and their justifications.
Thesis: A study of factors affecting the fusion of EBV-immortalised human lymphoblastic cell lines with a mouse myeloma cell line for the production of human monoclonal antibodies.