Dr Robert Winstanley-Chesters grew up in London, New York and Hamburg before undertaking a degree in Theology at the University of Edinburgh’s Faculty of Divinity, and a Masters degree and Doctorate at the University of Leeds, School of Geography. After completing his PhD, he was appointed a Post-Doctoral Fellow within the 'Beyond the Korean War' Project, funded by the Academy of Korean Studies at the University of Cambridge, as well as a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, School of Geography. Robert was also formerly a Research Fellow at Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific working within an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship project. Robert is currently a Lecturer at the University of Leeds and Birkbeck, University of London as well as the Managing Editor of the European Journal of Korean Studies. Robert is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London.