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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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