Robin Daniels

Dr Robin Daniels

BEng PhD

Robin is a serial company founder, innovator and impact investor. He is focused on the environmentally sensitive application of technologies and new business models to drive innovation and investment into the global fight against climate change, social inequality and habitat loss.

Robin Daniels

Robin studied at Loughborough University and as a visiting PhD student at Cambridge, taking Bachelor's and Doctoral degrees in engineering and organisational psychology. He was subsequently appointed as an Industrial Research Associate on an Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council project to develop new models for the identification and resolution of organisational and design conflict within product development processes. This was followed by an appointment as a Visiting Lecturer on the Loughborough Executive MBA and Ford MSc programmes. Subsequently, he moved to Cambridge as Director of the Manufacturing Leaders Programme, the Department of Engineering’s flagship executive MSt course, hosted at Wolfson. During this time he was also a PhD supervisor and an MPhil examiner.

He subsequently joined London Business School as Chief Operating Officer of their joint venture with University College London, the Centre for Scientific Enterprise Ltd. During this time he was also Dean & Director of the Chevening Technology Enterprise Scholarship, which included the development and leadership of post-doctoral taught modules with Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing, Imperial College Business School and London Business School. Three hundred post-doc scholars from twenty countries were hosted by twelve UK university departments as expert entrepreneurs in residence.

Robin then moved to be the founding CEO of the Norwich Research Park, Europe’s largest single-site life science and research cluster, before returning to the private sector. He is currently Chair of the Cyberspace Advisory Group with the newly formed Amazon Institute of Technology, developed in partnership with MIT and the University of São Paulo. He has been a Member of Wolfson College since 1999.

Robin’s applied research focus is on the development of emerging models for blended finance as applied to nature-positive projects, new approaches to carbon and biodiversity monitoring and the application of Digital Measurement, Reporting and Verification, in the context of large-scale projects in the Amazon basin, the Congo and elsewhere. As a Visiting Fellow with the Department of Computer Science and Technology, working closely with the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits and the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, he is supporting the development and application of an open-source global platform for climate and biodiversity data. These activities combine to foster new areas of cross-disciplinary research and to make available new industry best practice and case study content and context for existing research.

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Open Call: WolfWords Poetry Anthology 2025

02/12/2024 at 09.00

We are delighted to announce the open call for this year’s WolfWords anthology. The theme for this year’s collection is Voice.

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Art Exhibition: 'Feel the Rhythm'

08/02/2025 at 10.00

Visit Wolfson's latest exhibition 'Feel the Rhythm' featuring work by emerging artist Fungai Benhura, winner of the Wolfson Royal Academy Schools Graduate Prize.

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Entrepreneurship Workshop: IP Law for Founders

10/02/2025 at 17.30

Empower your entrepreneurial journey by gaining essential insights into Intellectual Property Law at this workshop for entrepreneurs.

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Addressing Marginalisation in Music Education: A Pathway to Inclusion and Equity in Higher Education

11/02/2025 at 17.30

How can we address barriers in higher music education for marginalised individuals and promote equity, inclusivity, and systemic change?

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Meet the Artist: Fungai Benhura

11/02/2025 at 17.30

We warmly invite you to this event with Fungai Benhura, winner of the Wolfson Royal Academy Schools Graduate Prize, whose work features in Wolfson’s new exhibition ‘Feel the Rhythm’.

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