Robin is active in the field of resource justice, extractivism, and critical raw materials policy. He has worked as a Resource Justice Assistant at the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and was a volunteer at CATAPA, a member of the EEB.
Robin has a degree in Conflict and Development Studies from Ghent University, where he specialized in resource conflicts and protests.
Together with other civil society organisations he writes and monitors Raw Materials policy, and the necessity for a transition away from destructive and depleting mining practices toward systemic change.
He is a native Dutch speaker from Belgium and is proficient in English, French, and some Spanish.