Lara Zwittlinger is an M.A. student of Political Science at the University of Salzburg and works as a Research Assistant for the Horizon Europe project PUSH*BACK*LASH under the Supervision of Prof. Dr. Zoe Lefkofridi. Lara has a genuine interest in research on social and gender inequality and has worked on different topics in education, sociology, and political science, both in her own studies, and in her role as research and project assistant under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Aschauer. She has co-authored a report on group-specific perceptions of equality of opportunity in Austria, which was published in February 2022. Lara holds a B.A. in Education and a B.A. in Political Science.