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Dr Robin Wyatt is a social researcher with expertise in social and familial issues in South Asian and UK ethnic minority contexts. He is the author of Broken Mirrors - The 'Dowry Problem' in India, which re-examines the phenomenon of so-called 'dowry-related' domestic violence and 'bride burning' in India. He is a graduate of the University of Manchester (BSocSc in Politics with First Class Honours) and SOAS, part of the University of London (MA in South Asian Studies with Distinction and PhD in Indian Sociology and Law). He works as a freelance social research and evaluation professional, and serves as an associate of several leading social research firms and institutions. He divides both his personal and professional lives between London in the UK and Bangalore in India.

Early years
He was born Robin James Gloster Wyatt in Blackpool in the UK in 1979, first son to John Gloster-Smith and Elizabeth H Wyatt (his brother Chris Wyatt was born three years later). He spent most of his upbringing until age 11 in Mill Hill and Barnet in North London, at which time he, his father and future stepmother (the Reverend Akasha Lonsdale) moved to Calne in Wiltshire. Between the ages of 12 and 15 he boarded at bluecoat school Queen Elizabeth's Hospital in Bristol, achieving five A* and four A grades at GCSE. He then switched to Dean Close School in Cheltenham on an academic scholarship, where he completed the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award and got two A grades and one B in his A' Levels. In the Upper Sixth form, he was awarded the Charles Irving Cup for Political Contribution, the Parfit Prize for Adventure and also the school's first travel scholarship. The latter helped him reach eight countries in South and South East Asia during his gap year prior to university entrance, a time during which he cultivated a love for travel and a strong interest in issues related to international development.