Dr Rob Hess is a senior lecturer at the School of Sport and Exercise Science. He is an experienced media commentator and has appeared in print, on radio and on television.

As convener of the Football Research Collective, Rob also has insights into the research interests of dozens of football scholars working throughout Australia.

He is the publications officer of the Australian Society for Sports History, an associate academic editor of the International Journal of the History of Sport, executive editor of the Bulletin of Sport and Culture, and an Editorial Board member of the Football Studies journal.