Mark Levels

Background

About Mark Levels

Quick Facts - Quant sociologist with interdisciplinary predilections- Professor at Maastricht University (since 2018)- University Dean of Lifelong Development (since 2022)- Program director and member of the management team of the Research Centre for Education and the Labor Market (ROA, since 2018)- BSc (cum laude) and MSc (cum laude 9.2) in sociology from Radboud University- PhD Social Sciences from Radboud University and the ICS (2011)- Erasmus scholarship to Nuffield College, Oxford (2008)- Visiting positions at EUI (2005), Oxford (2008, 2011), Harvard KSG (2013)- Fellow of CIDER (2013-16), ACLA (2018-), WZB (2019-)- Associated member of Nuffield College, Oxford (2016-2021)- Teaches sociology at University College Maastricht (since 2011) and University College Venlo (since 2023)- Expert/ consultant for WHO, European Commission, OECD, various national governments- Member Equal Opportunity Alliance- Member program council for education research NRO- Leads various international research consortia Research interest on societal challenges - governing how AI impacts work - designing effective education systems - understanding labor market (in)efficiency - fostering integration and education of immigrant children - improving the school-to-work transition of vulnerable youth - improving children's mental health - countering child obesity - understanding how abortion laws affect reproductive decision-making Academic citizenship - Co-founded Maastricht Academy - Fist University Dean of Lifelong Development of Maastricht University- Architect of the Nationaal Cohortonderzoek Onderwijs (NCO), and it’s first national co-coordinator (2014-2018)- Founded the Maastricht Interdisciplinary Network on the Digitization of Society (MINDS) and served as its first chair- Founded and lead of the European Technequality consortium and research program on the future of work - Initiated and co-created the LLO Katalysator, a national program to mobilize universities and vocational schools for lifelong development and continuous education, funded with 392M by the Dutch government (2021) and currently developed.