Dr Robin West taught social theory and criminology at the University of Essex until joining London Metropolitan University as Senior Lecturer in 2018.
Robin West
Robin currently teaches modules covering social theory and social policy. His research interests range from an exploration of the social and environmental impacts of corporate mining initiatives in Northern Italy, the memorialisation and representation of state crime in Korea, to the relationships between the state, for-profit actors and social harm.
Journal articles
- West, R. (in preparation) ‘Atrocity and Remembrance: The Selective Representation of State Crime in South Korea’.
- West, R. (in preparation) ‘Dark Tourism and the Role of NGOs in Deferred Criminal Justice: a Case from South Korea’.
- Thiel, D., McGoey, L. & West, R. (2018) ‘Le philanthrocapitalisme et les « crimes des dominants»’ [‘Philanthrocapitalism and crimes of the powerful’] Politix 31(121): 29-54.
- West, R. (2017) ‘A Strange but Familiar Foe: North Korea’s Media Image and Public Imagination’ Asian Perspective 41(4): 593-618.
- Book chapters/sections
- West, R. & Denman, A. (2018) ‘Skin, body, gender and colourism: Reflections on the invention of the not quite black race’ in I. Boncori [ed] Race, Ethnicity and Inclusion, Naples: Editoriale Scientifica.
- Denman, A. & West, R. (2018) ‘Colourism today: Media, skin tone and the beauty ideal’ in I. Boncori [ed] Race, Ethnicity and Inclusion, Naples: Editoriale Scientifica.
- West, R. (2017) ‘Classical Criminology’ in B.S. Turner, K.S. Chang, C. Epstein, P. Kivisto, W. Outhwaite & M. Ryan [eds] The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Theory, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- West, R. (2017) ‘Enlightenment (including Scottish)’ in B.S. Turner, K.S. Chang, C. Epstein, P. Kivisto, W. Outhwaite & M. Ryan [eds] The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Theory, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Dr Robin West
Course leader for Safeguarding and Security MA
E: r.west@londonmet.ac.uk