Iain Robinson

Course Director - MA Creative Writing (new course for 2025)

Module Organiser - LDCL4015B Creatuve Writing: Experiments in Genre

Module Organiser - LDCL6176A Imaginary Endings: British Fiction and the Apocalypse.

Member of Digital Steering Group (Research)

Member of Digital Steering Group (Teaching)

Full Time Member of the Humanities Faculty Appeals and Complaints Panel

Previous Roles

LDC Digital Champion (HUM Digital Transformer) 2019-2023

Academic Link with Partner Institution: City College Norwich 2017-2024

OFFICE HOURS (by appointment): 1-2 MONDAYS, 9-10 THURSDAYS 

Iain Robinson is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University and holds a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from UEA. Before commencing his PhD he had a career in bookselling and internet retailing. He has taught on the undergraduate program in LDC since 2003. His literary criticism on the works of Sarah Hall, Will Self, and Rupert Thomson have been published as book chapters and in peer-reviewed journals. His short stories have been widely published in literary journals and anthologies, including Best British Short Stories: 2018 (Salt). His novel, The Buyer, was published in 2014.

In recent years he has developed an expertise in digital pedagogy and learning technology, and have undertaken certificated training in this area. He has acted as an early adopter and champion of new learning technologies, supporting colleagues in the use and adoption of learning technologies.

Creative writing, twenty-first century fiction, dystopian literature, post-apocalyptic literature, cli-fi, and nature writing. 

He has a longstanding interest in the environment and its literary representation. His third-year module on Apocalyptic fiction has a particular emphasis on contemporary responses to environmental crisis. His research is currently focused on the way creative writing practitioners can respond to and amplify the work of scientists working on the environment, climate, and ecology. 

His current writing project, The Wood and the Road, is a work of creative non-fiction, in part nature writing, in part a memoir, but also concerned with issues such as the crises in biodiversity and climate, and the ethics of ecology work. 

Creative writing, apocalyptic literature, dystopian literature, contemporary literature, and literary and cultural theory. 

He has taught on a wide variety of modules over the years and has as a result developed a broad range of teaching interests beyond his immediate specialisms, encompassing literary theory, genre fiction, cultural studies and theory, nineteenth century literature, and Russian literature.

Creative writing, dystopian literature, post-apocalyptic literature, nature and climate narratives, environmental humanities, and digital pedagogy in the humanities.

BA English Literature (Lancaster)

MA Creative Writing (Lancaster)

PhD Creative and Critical Writing (UEA)

PgCert in Higher Education (UEA)

Certified Practitioner - Designing Digital Teaching and Learning (Blackboard Academy)