Mathijs De Vaan

Mathijs de Vaan is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley. He earned his PhD in Sociology from Columbia University and studies how social networks shape organizational and market outcomes. His current projects analyze network effects on health‑care provision, labor‑market mobility, and inequality in scientific careers, with a growing interest in how AI adoption diffuses through professional ties and reshapes collaboration patterns. De Vaan’s work appears in leading general science, management and sociology journals; he also teaches the MBA core course “Leading People” at Berkeley Haas.

Expertise and Research Interests

• Network Analysis
• Health Care Management
• Economic Sociology
• Research Design and Methods