Research Bio
Trond Peterson is a professor the Department of Sociology and Berkeley Haas. His research is in the areas of social inequality and quantitative methods. He has investigated the role of employer discrimination in creating inequality in wages, hiring, and promotions between men and women, as well as the role of family adaptations in this. He draws on large-scale quantitative data from the U.S. and Scandinavia, including quantitative data on large firms.
Research Expertise and Interest
organizations, social stratification, inequality, economic sociology, comparative studies, quantitative methods, comparative gender in the workplace, hiring, promotions, wages
In the News
Sather Center targets transatlantic research
With several of its namesake’s descendants on hand for the occasion, UC Berkeley’s Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study is celebrating its launch today (Thursday) with a two-day campus conference.
Transatlantic Science Week brings Norway to Berkeley to tackle global energy challenges
The deep cultural ties that bind UC Berkeley and Norway inspired a call-to-action for greater collaboration on global energy challenges at the launch of Transatlantic Science Week 2011.
Teaching
Independent Study for Graduate Students in Sociology [SOCIOL 295]
Directed Dissertation Research [SOCIOL 296]
Individual Study for Doctoral Students [SOCIOL 602]
Field Study in Sociology [SOCIOL 197]
Supervised Independent Study and Research [SOCIOL 199]
Independent Study for Graduate Students in Sociology [SOCIOL 295]
Directed Dissertation Research [SOCIOL 296]
Individual Study and Research [SOCIOL 299]
Professional Training: Teachers [SOCIOL 301]
Professional Training: Research [SOCIOL 401]
Individual Study for Master's Students [SOCIOL 601]
Individual Study for Doctoral Students [SOCIOL 602]
Methods of Sociological Research [SOCIOL 271C]
Independent Study for Graduate Students in Sociology [SOCIOL 295]
Directed Dissertation Research [SOCIOL 296]
Individual Study for Doctoral Students [SOCIOL 602]