Welcome to the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, Prof. Dr. Robin Samuel!
The University Council has appointed Prof. Dr. Robin Samuel as Full Professor of Sociology of Child and Youth Development, effective February 1, 2027. With this appointment, he will also join the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development as a new faculty member.
Prof. Dr. Robin Samuel studied Sociology, Sustainable Development, and Modern History at the University of Basel, where he obtained his licentiate degree in 2008 and completed his PhD in Sociology in 2012.
As a postdoctoral researcher, his teaching and research took him to Stanford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Bern, among other universities. Since 2016, he has been based at the University of Luxembourg as an Associate Professor, where he has directed the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research since 2020 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2026. He reduced his working hours on several occasions to take parental leave. His research focuses on social inequality and the lives of young people. Key areas include education, well-being and health, and transitions into the labour market. Currently, he examines how digital technologies and online environments shape growing up, as well as the opportunities and inequalities associated with them. His work is interdisciplinary and international in scope.