{"id":12943,"date":"2025-11-13T10:46:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-sozialstruktur\/?page_id=12943"},"modified":"2026-07-30T14:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:20:42","slug":"balzer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sozialstruktur.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/balzer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Balzer, M.A."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sozialstruktur.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/513\/2025\/12\/Foto_Balzer-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12949 size-full\" style=\"object-position:53% 33%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-sozialstruktur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/513\/2025\/12\/Foto_Balzer-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-sozialstruktur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/513\/2025\/12\/Foto_Balzer-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-sozialstruktur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/513\/2025\/12\/Foto_Balzer-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-sozialstruktur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/513\/2025\/12\/Foto_Balzer.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><jgu-base-idm-person react-props=\"{\n    &quot;id&quot;: &quot;5095&quot;,\n    &quot;organizationId&quot;: 621,\n    &quot;roleId&quot;: 16,\n    &quot;name&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n    &quot;link&quot;: &quot;idm&quot;,\n    &quot;skipDetails&quot;: [],\n    &quot;align&quot;: &quot;left&quot;,\n    &quot;color&quot;: &quot;default&quot;,\n    &quot;mode&quot;: &quot;edit&quot;,\n    &quot;linkType&quot;: &quot;idm&quot;\n}\">\n        \n<\/jgu-base-idm-person>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fields of Specialization:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Factorial Surveys<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sociology of Arts and Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quantitative methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<jgu-base-tabs react-props=\"{\n    &quot;align&quot;: &quot;wide&quot;,\n    &quot;selected&quot;: 1,\n    &quot;ratio&quot;: 0,\n    &quot;autoRatio&quot;: true,\n    &quot;stackMobile&quot;: false,\n    &quot;hasAllOpenButton&quot;: true,\n    &quot;onlyOne&quot;: false,\n    &quot;initAllClosed&quot;: true,\n    &quot;enableSearch&quot;: false,\n    &quot;layout&quot;: {\n        &quot;type&quot;: &quot;flex&quot;,\n        &quot;flexWrap&quot;: &quot;nowrap&quot;,\n        &quot;justifyContent&quot;: &quot;space-between&quot;,\n        &quot;orientation&quot;: &quot;horizontal&quot;\n    }\n}\">\n    \n<jgu-base-tabsitem react-props=\"{\n    &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Curriculum Vitae&quot;,\n    &quot;slug&quot;: &quot;curriculum-vitae&quot;,\n    &quot;align&quot;: &quot;wide&quot;,\n    &quot;customSlug&quot;: false\n}\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>since 10\/2019<\/td><td>Research and Teaching Fellow, Chair of Social Stratification (Prof. Dr. Gunnar Otte), University of Mainz<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2017 \u2013 2020<\/td><td>Master Studies in Sociology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. 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