Knut Petzold is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography. His expertise lies in the areas of social structure analysis, social inequality, and theory-driven research designs with a specific focus on contemporary methods of causal inference. His current research interests cover higher education and work, mobility and migration, ethnic discrimination, social norms, and experimental designs in sociology. He holds a doctoral degree in sociology from the University of Leipzig (2011), received a postdoctoral graduation (habilitation) in sociology from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (2019) and is a Professor of Methods of Empirical Social Research at the Zittau/Goerlitz University of Applied Sciences (since 2020).
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The PLUS boasts six faculties with 34 departments and around 90 degree programmes in digital and analytical, natural and life sciences, social sciences and cultural studies, law and economics, and theology. Almost 18,000 students are enrolled in bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programmes here.
Founded in 1622 by Prince Archbishop Paris Lodron and re-established in 1962, today the PLUS is the largest educational institution in Salzburg.
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