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Professor Robin Banerjee serves as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Global and Civic Engagement at the University of Sussex, a position he assumed in 2023 as the university's first appointee to this role. He concurrently holds the position of Professor of Developmental Psychology within the School of Psychology, part of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
Professor Banerjee completed both his undergraduate degree (BA in Social Psychology) and doctoral studies (DPhil in Psychology) at Sussex, remaining at the institution since 2002 when he joined as a Lecturer in Psychology after serving as a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow. He served as Head of the School of Psychology from 2019-2023 prior to his current leadership role.
His research focuses extensively on children's social and emotional development, particularly examining peer relationships as a critical context for understanding mental health and wellbeing. Professor Banerjee directs the CRESS (Children's Relationships, Emotions, and Social Skills) research lab and founded the interdisciplinary Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness, which recently led The Kindness Test - the world's largest public science project on kindness in partnership with the BBC.
His publication record demonstrates consistent focus on developmental psychology, with recent work addressing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children's wellbeing, kindness research, and connections between social contexts and emotional development across multiple educational settings.
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
As an academic leader, Professor Banerjee serves on multiple advisory bodies including the Department for Education, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, and various local government entities. His research has secured substantial funding from organizations including NIHR, ESRC, British Academy, and The Pears Foundation.
He maintains strong connections between research and practice through the CRESS lab and Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness, ensuring his work directly informs educational and mental health practitioners working with children and young people.
