Professor Roberto Rabel has been Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) since mid-2006. His role involves overseeing the university’s internationalisation strategies and serving as a member of the Senior Management Team.

He is the author or editor of over 40 books and articles. He is Chair of the Advisory Board for the Victoria Institute for Links with Latin America and a member of the International Advisory Board of the University of Monterrey, Mexico.

Professor Rabel has made presentations on internationalisation to conferences and workshops organised by the Indonesian Directorate General of Higher Education; Education New Zealand; the European Association for International Education; Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics New Zealand; the New Zealand Ministry of Education and the British Council.

He holds a BA Honours degree in History and International Politics from VUW and a PhD in History from Duke University.