Robert Pinker

Robert Arthur Pinker CBE (27 May 1931 – 2 February 2021) was a British sociologist and press regulator.

In 1972, he gave up the post and was appointed Lewisham Professor of Social Administration at Goldsmiths.

[2] He was also a Member of Goldsmiths Council from 2001 to 2007, was elected a Fellow of the Society of Editors in 2004 and received an honorary doctor of laws (LLD) degree from the University of Ulster in 2016.

In 2015, the Social Policy Society awarded him their Special Recognition Award, recognising him as someone who has made a "consistent, sustained and long standing contribution to the field of social policy, through research, or teaching and learning.

In 2005, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in recognition of his public service.