Prof. Rob Lambert

Winthrop Professor
Department of Management and Organisations, University of Western Australia
BEc DipEd (Natal), BA (S.A.), MA (Warw.), PhD (Wits)

Rob Lambert completed a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Sociology and Psychology before completing a Graduate Diploma in Education, a Master of Arts degree from Warwick University in the United Kingdom and a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. The focus of his research over the past two decades has been the global restructuring of manufacturing and its impacts on society. He has travelled widely in East, Southeast and South Asia, conducting field research in Southern China, the Philippines and Indonesia. His focus on the global white goods industry resulted in a range of journal articles, book chapters and a book published by Blackwell, Oxford in 2008. Rob is continuing to research white goods restructuring and spent time in Europe during 2008 on this project. He is currently researching the global packaging industry.