Dr. Markelevich is a member of IMA’s XBRL Advisory Committee. He also serves as the Director of the Structured Data Lab at the Center for Complexity and Global Leadership and is a Fellow at the Center for Innovation and Change Leadership. He has published numerous papers primarily in the areas of XBRL and IFRS. Dr. Markelevich’s primary interests in the research of XBRL are the study of the different ways countries have adopted XBRL and the choices they have made. Dr. Markelevich has also been studying the benefits of XBRL to users of financial information and to other stakeholders. Another focus has been on the impact of the adoption of both IFRS and XBRL on companies’ financial statements and on the users of this financial information.