Robert is a Lecturer in Risk Management and Insurance in the Kemmy Business School. Having graduated from BBS in the University of Limerick he worked with PJT Insurance Company specialising in event and liability insurance. Robert returned to UL to begin teaching and pursue research in 2009. Currently he is researching the 'Implications of the Environmental Liability Directive on Irish Stakeholders from a Risk Management and Insurance Perspective' for which he was awarded the Louise Newman Memorial Bursary from the Insurance Institute of Ireland, based on his academic achievement as an undergraduate.