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Professor Robert Pinker served as a member of the UK
Press Complaints Commission from 1991 to 2004, as its Privacy Commissioner
from 1994 to 2004, and as its Acting Chairman from 2002 to 2003. He
currently serves as its International Consultant. He recently completed a
three year term as International Chairman of the Press Council of
Bosnia-Herzegovina. His previous experience in the field of self-regulation
includes Council membership of the Advertising Standards Authority from 1988
to 1995 and the Direct Mail Services Standards Board/Accreditation Centre
from 1995 to 1998. In his academic career, he has held Professorial
appointments at Goldsmiths College, Chelsea College and the London School of
Economics. During his tenure at the London School of Economics he served as
Pro-Director of the School from 1985 to 1988, and as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for
Social Sciences of the University of London from 1989 to 1990. In 1996 he
was appointed Emeritus Professor of Social Administration at the LSE. His
academic publications include Social Theory and Social Policy, 1971; The
Idea of Welfare, 1979; Social Work in an Enterprise Society, 1990, and more
recently, various articles on social policy issues and press
self-regulation. He was appointed CBE in the New Year's Honours List 2004.
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