Roland Maas works as a research analyst in the Living Conditions department. He holds a Master (by research) in Sociology (Université de Nancy 2). In January 2021, he started his PhD project, funded by the Fonds National de Recherche (FNR) within the AFR funding scheme, at the Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc and the Université du Luxembourg (co-supervision) with the working title: Social suffering, ‘lifeworlds’ and agency of social assistance beneficiaries in Luxembourg on a part-time basis.

His research interests focus on social exclusion/inclusion processes, professional integration of early school leavers and social assistance beneficiaries, and Luxembourg's industrial relations system.

He participated in several research and social policy projects at the EU and national level on homelessness, social and professional integration of guaranteed minimum income beneficiaries, school dropout, employment policies as well as industrial relations.