Ron Levi is a Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and the Department of Sociology. He holds cross-appointments in Law and Political Science and is a faculty affiliate with the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies. His research focuses on legality and justice institutions during unsettled, turbulent, and violent times, working at the intersection of politics, culture, and the sociology of law. He is a Distinguished Professor of Global Justice and previously held the George Ignatieff Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies.

Professor Levi directs the Global Justice Lab at the Munk School, which collaborates with justice systems under stress, and directs the Lab for the Global Study of Antisemitism at the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies. He has served in a range of academic leadership positions, including Associate Director, Academic, and Director of Global Strategy for the Munk School, as well as directing undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at the University of Toronto. Professor Levi has won awards for his research and teaching, including the Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize and the University of Toronto's Global Educator Award, and was made a Chevalier in l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Government.

Professor Levi has served as Secretary of the Law & Society Association, Chair of the Sociology of Law Section for the American Sociological Association, and is a Permanent Visiting Professor at the University of Copenhagen. He earned a BCL and LLB from the Faculty of Law at McGill University, and an LLM and SJD from the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. He also pursued graduate studies in Sociology at Northwestern University.