Rate My Professor Colin Roberts

Professor Roberts specializes in resources policy, sovereign risk mitigation, international commercial and investment arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, natural resource exploration and exploitation, feasibility studies, major project development, foreign direct investment in the developing world, international trade and investment law, transnational business, competition law, law of the sea, governance, and globalisation. He has served as Director of the LLM Programme in International Dispute Resolution and Management, MBA Programme in Resource Management, Leader of the Africa Programme, Deputy Director, and Commercial Director at the University of Dundee’s Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy. Key contributions include co-authoring the International Bar Association Rules on Investor-State Mediation, mediating a US$311 million investor-state claim, negotiating FDI projects valued at US$5 billion and US$18 billion, and participating in Sudan peace negotiations. Among his honors are the AusIMM Tertiary Scholarship, the Eur.Ing. title, and fellowships including FAusIMM(CPMan), FCIArb, FIMMM. He has held leadership roles such as past President of the Mining Institute of Scotland, AusIMM-WA, and Society of Petroleum Engineers-WA.