Alexander Zahl-Thanem has a Master of Science in Sociology from NTNU and has been employed at Ruralis since 2015. His specialization is within quantitative methodology, and he is working on various projects regarding collection, facilitation and analyzes of survey- and register data. Alexander is currently working on research within immigration and integration, rural public health and socio-cultural conditions in agriculture, and carnivores. He has been involved in the implementation of several of CRR’s quantitative surveys, i.e. “Local community survey” and “Trends in Norwegian Agriculture”.