Marcus Alphons Petrus "Mark" Bovens (born 6 December 1957) is a Dutch scholar of public administration.
van Gunsteren at Leiden University in 1990, his thesis was titled: Verantwoordelijkheid en organisatie.
[2][4] Bovens specializes in accountability issues in and of public administration, whistleblowing, trust in government, meritocracy and education gaps in politics in society, and success of policy.
[4][6] In 2014, as member of the council, he warned for growing inequality between people of low and high education levels in the Netherlands, and the possible consequences this could have for the manageability of the country.
[7] Bovens was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.