David Weil, an expert in labor market policy, will become the next dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, the University announced in a Thursday press release. Weil, a faculty member at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, will join Brandeis on Aug. 14.

After completing his undergraduate studies at Cornell University, Weil earned his master’s degree in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where he co-founded and co-directed the Transparency Policy Project, according to the press release. The project “seeks to understand and improve disclosure of factual information that protects the public,” such as nutritional labels and car safety ratings, according to the Transparency Policy Project website. Weil, who authored more than 100 articles and five books, also earned a Ph.D. in public policy at Harvard.

As a 2014 appointee at the U.S. Department of Labor under Former President Barack Obama, Weil worked as an administrator for the Wage and Hour Division until January 2017, according to the Brandeis press release.

“I believe that inequality is the central issue of our time,” Weil said, as quoted in the press release, “and addressing it is at the core of Heller’s mission.” Weil added that his focus will be on how inequality is addressed in the workplace, in healthcare, in education and in other areas of society, such as interpersonal relationships.

Weil will be replacing Marty Krauss, Ph.D. ’81, who served as the interim dean at Heller since 2014. Krauss will remain at the school as professor emerita.

—Amber Miles