Robert Johnson

Job title: Senior Lecturer

Content area: Cross-Cultural Studies

Contact email: johnsonr@regents.ac.uk 

Robert is a lecturer, consultant and trainer specialising in intercultural communication. He has worked with a wide range of institutions and companies in the public and private sectors to raise cultural awareness and help trainees and students develop intercultural skills based on knowledge of cultural differences and self-awareness. 

In the academic field, he is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, lectures in Cross-cultural Management at Regent’s University London, and has delivered courses for IES Abroad, and at Birkbeck College, University of London, the University of Surrey and Sheffield University. His research interests include students’ attitudes towards AI, politeness and conflict across cultures, and Japanese language and society. 

As a cross-cultural facilitator, he has delivered tailored training programmes for numerous high-profile international clients to help them build strongly integrated team cultures. He has also developed original training tools for individual and group acculturation. His clients have included: BAE Systems, Adidas, Deloitte, Dyson, Gucci Group, Honda, Hitachi, KPMG, the Learning and Skills Council, the National School of Government, Nomura, Sony, Toyota Financial Services and UKTI.

He has extensive experience of living and working as a language and communication trainer in France, Germany, Japan and China. He is Director of Professional Development on the Board of SIETAR UK, the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research.