Dr Dawn Robins
Senior Lecturer & Research Coordinator
About
Dawn completed a BA (Hons) degree in Geography with a 1st Class Honours and, in 2005, was awarded the Wiley Prize for academic achievement and a full Scholarship to complete a Research Masters Degree at the University of Southampton. In 2006 the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) awarded her a full Scholarship to study the impacts of the privatisation initiative on the passenger railway in Great Britain for her Doctorate. Dawn combined her research with working as an Analyst at the transport consultancy, OXERA, and also the House of Commons Transport Select Committee where she provided the expertise in rail and general transport policy as an Inquiry Manager.
In 2010, Dawn arrived in Chichester to research an EU funded project into maritime business clusters in the Channel region. In 2011 she took on additional transport research and now coordinates research projects for the Business School, also supervising many student research projects at Undergraduate, Masters and PhD level
Professional
Learning and Teaching Interests
Dawn is programme coordinator for the MSc in International Business and teaches on the economics module. Apart from that, she is primarily a researcher and her main teaching responsibilities are within the field of academic and professional skills and research methodologies including economics and social science. As an economic geographer Dawn has developed a fascination with transport and mobility and the concepts of ‘space and time’ and has developed teaching materials around mapping economic activity at the local, regional and global level.
Research and Scholarly Activity
Dawn is involved in a variety of research activities as project lead and lead researcher. She is currently the Project Manager in a 4yr, 4-million-euro EU funded water improvement project with partners across the south of the UK and the north of France. Her involvement with a large 3-year EU funded project researching Maritime Business Clusters and Port Centric Diversification brought her into contact with many other academic institutions both in the UK and France. Dawn has also developed a significant reputation for developing supply chains within the Wind Farm sector. This has developed from two consultancy projects for the leading energy supplier EON, and Kent County Council. This has led to her leading on a Capitalisation project into marine renewable energies as part of another large EU collaboration.
Dawn’s passion for transport has been further developed through a study into port transport were local niche ports looked at diversification as a method of achieving sustainable growth whilst reducing transport congestion. This has led to an in-depth study at Shoreham Port of the current development plan sustainability. Dawn’s interest in transport also includes gendered mobilities and the spaces and places car-use enable travel. Mobility is a main feature of Dawns research and adds a second dimension to transport itself.
Dawn has also presented her research into freight capacities in the Channel Tunnel to the EU Commission in Brussels.
Key Publications
Indicative Examples of Consultancy Work and Publications
Leseure, Michel, Robins, Dawn, Wall, Graham and Jones, Dylan (2019) Making the Most Out of Renewable Energy Opportunities: Lessons Learned from a Regional Strategic Mapping Approach. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 13 (1). pp. 212-228. ISSN 1750-6220
Ali, Mustafa, Geng, Yong, Robins, Dawn, Cooper, David, Roberts, William M. and Vogtländer, Joost (2019) Improvement of waste management practices in a fast-expanding sub-megacity in Pakistan, on the basis of qualitative and quantitative indicators. Waste Management, 85. pp. 253-263. ISSN 0956-053X
Ali, Mustafa, Geng, Yong, Robins, Dawn, Cooper, David and Roberts, William M. (2019) Impact assessment of energy utilization in agriculture – a decadal comparison of India and Pakistan. Science of the Total Environment, 648. pp. 1520-1526. ISSN 0048-9697
Leseure, Michel, Robins, Dawn, Wall, Graham and Jones, Dylan (2018) Making the Most Out of Renewable Energy Opportunities: Lessons Learned from a Regional Strategic Mapping Approach. International Journal of Energy Sector Management. ISSN 1750-6220 (In Press)
Ali, Mustafa, Marvuglia, Antonino, Geng, Yong, Robins, Dawn, Pan, Hengyu, Song, Xiaoqian, Yu, Zhongjue and Sun, Huaping (2018) Accounting Emergy-based sustainability of crops production in India and Pakistan over first decade of the 21st century. Journal of Cleaner Production, 207. pp. 111-122. ISSN 0959-6526
Robins, Dawn (2017) Women in Sports Leadership Academy: an evaluation. Project Report. University of Chichester, Chichester, UK.
Lesure, M., Robins, D., and Cooper, D. (2017) Stimulating Supply Chain Manufacturing Growth: Can Policy Create Supply Chains from a Void, Globalisation 2.0 – rethinking supply chains in the new technological and political landscape. 28 and 29 September 2017, Møller Centre, Cambridge
Lesure, M., Robins, D., and Cooper, D. (2015) Mapping the Strategic Challenges of Offshore Renewable Energy Transitions, Conference paper
Robins, D., Leseure, M. & Cooper, D. (2013), Sustainable Offshore Wind Farm Supply Chain Management. A report for Kent County Council.
Robins, D. & McKinley E. (2013), Port Centricity: A Toolkit for Developing Port Centric Activities, a Demonstration book for Maritime Industries ad Port Authorities.
Robins, D. & Ranmuthumalie de Silva, L. (2013), Port Centricity: A local Focus for a Global Society. Report for the INTERREG IVa CAMIS Project.
Robins, D. (2012), Developing a Supply Chain for the Offshore Wind Farm Sector. A report for E.On and Marine SouthEast.
Robins, D. & Preston, J. (2012), Evaluating the Long Term Impacts of Transport Policy: The Case of Passenger Rail Privatisation, Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier.
Robins, D. & Ranmuthumalie de Silva, L. (2012), Port Centricity: Maximising Sustainability through Value Added Activities. Poster and Presentation for the Littoral Conference, Ostend, Belgium 28th November 2012.
Robins, D. & Utton, S. (2012), Maintain Mend & Pass-On, Report for West Sussex County Council.
Research Output
Articles
Ali, M., Koh, S. C. L., Liu, L., Zhang, J., Roberts, W. M., Robins, D. and Cooper, D. (2022) Assessing pre-pandemic carbon footprint of diet transitions in UK nations and regions. International Journal of Production Research. pp. 1-16. ISSN 0020-7543 10.1080/00207543.2022.2104182
Roberts, W. M., Couldrick, L. B., Williams, G., Robins, D. and Cooper, D. (2021) Mapping the potential for Payments for Ecosystem Services schemes to improve water quality in agricultural catchments: A multi-criteria approach based on the supply and demand concept. Water Research, 206. ISSN 0043-1354 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117693
Leseure, M., Robins, D., Wall, G. and Jones, D. (2019) Making the Most Out of Renewable Energy Opportunities: Lessons Learned from a Regional Strategic Mapping Approach. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 13 (1). pp. 212-228. ISSN 1750-6220 10.1108/IJESM-02-2017-0011
Ali, M., Geng, Y., Robins, D., Cooper, D., Roberts, W. M. and Vogtländer, J. (2019) Improvement of waste management practices in a fast expanding sub-megacity in Pakistan, on the basis of qualitative and quantitative indicators. Waste Management, 85. pp. 253-263. ISSN 0956-053X 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.12.030
Ali, M., Geng, Y., Robins, D., Cooper, D. and Roberts, W. M. (2019) Impact assessment of energy utilization in agriculture – a decadal comparison of India and Pakistan. Science of the Total Environment, 648. pp. 1520-1526. ISSN 0048-9697 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.265.
Ali, M., Marvuglia, A., Geng, Y., Robins, D., Pan, H., Song, X., Yu, Z. and Sun, H. (2018) Accounting Emergy-based sustainability of crops production in India and Pakistan over first decade of the 21st century. Journal of Cleaner Production, 207. pp. 111-122. ISSN 0959-6526 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.236
Leseure, M., Cooper, D. and Robins, D. (2014) Supply chain, sustainability, and industrial policy - the case of the UK offshore wind energy supply chain. Proceedings of the First International Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Forum.
Preston, J. and Robins, D. (2013) Evaluating the long term impacts of transport policy: The case of passenger rail privatisation. Research in Transportation Economics, 39 (1). pp. 14-20. ISSN 0739-8859 10.1016/j.retrec.2012.05.019
Robins, D. (2011) Support for innovation and clustering in the Channel Arc Manche Marine Industry. CAMIS Arc Manche INTERREG Project.
Monographs
Robins, D. (2017) Women in Sports Leadership Academy: an evaluation. Project Report. University of Chichester, Chichester, UK.
Robins, D. and Cooper, D. (2013) Aldrington Basin, Shoreham harbour, A Delivery Plan. Project Report. University of Chichester, Chichester, UK.
Robins, D. (2012) Executive summary for clustering in the Arc Manche Marine Industry: a combined English and French report. Project Report. Channel Arc Manche Integrated Strategy INTERREG IVa.
Robins, D. (2012) Developing a supply chain: Rampian wind farm. Technical Report. University of Chichester: Marine SouthEast.
Robins, D. (2012) West Sussex Environment and Climate Change Board: maintain, mend and pass-on: analysis of the sector and cluster potential. Project Report. West Sussex County Council, Chichester, West Sussex.
Robins, D. (2011) Maritime Plymouth: opportunities for strengthening membership through cluster activities. Discussion Paper. Channel Arc Manche Integrated Strategy INTERREG IVa.
Robins, D. (2010) Devon Marine Industry: CAMIS Themed Analysis Report for Devon County Council. Technical Report. Channel Arc Manche Integrated Strategy INTERREG IVa, Chichester, West Sussex.
Conference or Workshop Items
Leseure, M., Cooper, D. and Robins, D. (2017) Stimulating Supply Chain Manufacturing Growth: Can Policy Create Supply Chains from a Void? In: 21st Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium: Globalisation 2.0: Rethinking supply chains in the new technological and political landscape, 28-29 September 2017, Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.
Robins, D. and Ellis, S. (2011) The facilitation of KT for Maritime Plymouth, a marine industry cluster group, challenges, lessons and results. In: KT Conference, 2011, Sheffield. (Unpublished)
Experiments
Robins, D. (2011) Clustering and the cconomic impacts of marinas. [Experiments]
