Robin Mansell is Professor of New Media and the Internet in the Department of Media and Communications‎,‎ London School of Economics and Political Science‎.‎ She is internationally known for her work on the social‎,‎ economic‎,‎ and technical issues arising from new technologies‎,‎ especially in the computer and telecommunication industries‎.‎ Her research examines the integration of new technologies into society‎,‎ the interaction between engineering design and the structure of markets‎,‎ and the sources of regulatory effectiveness and failure‎.‎ She has contributed to policy discussion and formulation for the liberalization of the telecommunication sector‎,‎ the development of electronic commerce‎,‎ the governance of universal access‎,‎ and developing country responses to globalization‎.‎ She serves as and academic governor of the London School of Economics‎,‎ as a Trustee of the Institute of Development Studies‎,‎ Sussex‎,‎ and is President of IAMCR ‎(‎International Association for Media and Communications‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎