Mark Williams

Professor Mark Williams is a Professor of Human Resource Management at Queen Mary University of London's School of Business and Management, leading the REF process for the school. He specializes in quantitative research on socio-economic inequalities in working conditions, focusing on disparities in job quality, pay systems, and occupational class differences. His work informs policy tools for tracking workplace inequalities.

Education: Undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral training at the London School of Economics and University of Oxford. Prior roles included positions at the University of Surrey and LSE.

Research: Key areas include social stratification, job quality metrics, and socio-economic background measurement. Recent projects include Making Socio-Economic Inequalities at Work Visible (funded by ESRC and Queen Mary) and Mapping Good Work, analyzing disparities in UK occupations.

Grants & Awards: Secured funding from UKRI/ESRC, Norwegian Research Council, and multiple government departments, totaling millions. Editorships include British Journal of Industrial Relations.

Advising & Engagement: Supervises PhD students on employment quality topics. Serves as Social Mobility Commission adviser and member of government expert panels. His research influences policy debates and has been cited nationally and internationally.

Labs/Teams: Member of the Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity (CRED) and Computational and Quantitative Methods (CQM) Research Cluster.