Robert van Voren defended his PhD in Political Sciences at Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University in October, 2010.

The goal was to deliver humanitarian aid, collect evidence on human rights violations and smuggle samizdat out of the country.

Between 1991 and 1997, he worked as a Coordinator of Western Aid to Psychiatry of the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, and in during 1994-1997 he was the Permanent Representative of Ukraine in the Benelux for Humanitarian Affairs.

Since 1994, Robert van Voren has been the Board Member of the Kyiv Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Totalitarianism and Civil War.

Since 2010, Robert van Voren is the Patron of the Gladys School for Community Health Work and Development in the Gampaha District, Sri Lanka.