Petra Wagner

Petra Wagner is a Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Research Center Linz, specializing in Societal & Social Innovation. She leads research projects including BF-IPSI+ on social innovation pathways and evaluations of psychosocial programs. Her work examines topics like academic achievement gaps among immigrant youth and quality assessment frameworks for school social work.

Her research focuses on social innovation dynamics, evaluation methodologies, and psychosocial interventions. Recent publications analyze multidisciplinary approaches to evaluation research and strength-based social work practices in educational settings.

She regularly presents research at international conferences, including recent contributions on multidisciplinarity in evaluation research at scientific symposia.