Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerda Hagenauer
Deputy Head of Department; University Professor for Educational Science
Erzabt-Klotz-Straße 1, Office 2.312, 5020 Salzburg
Tel.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-7389
Fax.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-161
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Room: 2.312, Unipark Nonntal, 2nd Floor
Short resume
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerda Hagenauer has been a Professor of Educational Science at Paris Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS) since October 2018. She completed her studies in Educational Science at PLUS, graduating in 2005, and earned her doctorate there in 2009 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Tina Hascher, with her dissertation titled “Lernfreude in der Schule”. After several stays abroad, e.g. at Murdoch University in Perth/Western Australia (Prof. Simone Volet) and Friedrich Schiller University in Jena (Prof. Dr. Michaela Gläser-Zikuda), she completed her habilitation in Educational Science (venia legendi “Educational Science”) at the University of Bern in 2016. In early 2018, she accepted her current professorship for Educational Science at PLUS.
From 09/2021 to 09/2022, she was Head of the Department of Educational Science, School Research, and School Practice. She is currently Deputy Head. Since 01/2022, she has also been Head of the School of Education (https://www.plus.ac.at/soe/ueber-uns/leitung/).
Prof. Hagenauer is a member of numerous associations in the field of educational science, including the European Association of Research in Learning and Instruction [EARLI], Gesellschaft für empirische Bildungsforschung [GEBF], Österreichische Gesellschaft für Forschung und Entwicklung im Bildungswesen [ÖFEB], and Schweizer Gesellschaft für Bildungsforschung [SGBF]). She has been a member of the ÖFEB board since 09/2022 and of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Humanities Division) since 2021 ( https://euro-acad.eu/).
Main research interests
- Emotions and motivation in schools, teacher education and higher education
- Teacher-student relationship in schools, teacher training and universities
- Learning in the school internship
- University research/university didactics
- Intervention research in schools
- Mixed methods in empirical educational research
Current research projects
- Emotion, Motivation and Understanding roles in the school internship (EMRiS) (accompanying research for practical school studies in Salzburg; since WS 2019/20). Project lead: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerda Hagenauer & Mishela Ivanova, PhD. Project team: Assoz.-Prof. Dr. Daniela Martinek, Ao-Prof. Dr. Franz Hofmann & Assoz.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Bach.
- OPEN EDU COOP Strengthening openness and positive emotions towards BWG theories through cooperative course concepts (Oct. 1, 2023-2025). Project lead: HS-Prof. Mag. Dr. Angela Gastager; Project parnter: HS-Prof. Mag. Dr. Daniela Moser. PH Steiermark (sponsored by PHST ForschungsFonds)
- “Career entry alongside studies” (2023-2024). Project together with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Helm, JKU Linz.
- “Study satisfaction of student teachers in the teaching profession” (StuvLiS) (2024-2025).
Publications (selected)
- Hagenauer, G., Gegenfurtner, A., & Gläser-Zikuda, M. (in press) Grundlagen und Anwendung von Mixed Methods in der empirischen Bildungsforschung (Foundations and Applications of Mixed Methods in Empirical Educational Research). Springer/VS.
- Hagenauer, G., Lazarides, R., & Järvenoja, H. (Eds.). (2024). Motivation and Emotion in Learning and Teaching across Educational Contexts: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives and Empirical Insights (Earli Book Series).
- Hagenauer, G., Muehlbacher, F., Kuhn, C., Stephan, M., & Gläser-Zikuda, M. (2024). Mixed Methods in research on emotions and motivation. In G. Hagenauer, R. Lazarides, & H. Järvenoja (Eds.), Motivation and Emotion in Learning and Teaching across Educational Contexts: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives and Empirical Insights (pp. 163-177). Routledge.
- Hagenauer, G., Muehlbacher, F., & Ivanova, M. (2023). „It’s where learning and teaching begins – is this relationship“ – insights on the teacher-student relationship at university from the teachers’ perspective. Higher Education, 85, 819-835.
- Kuhn, C., Hagenauer, G., Gröschner, A., & Bach, A. (2024). Mentor teachers’ motivations and implications for mentoring style and enthusiasm. Teaching and Teacher Education, 139, 104441.
- Muehlbacher, F., & Hagenauer, G. (2023). Team teachers’ emotions and their antecedents in the classroom. European Journal of Teacher Education.
- Feiss, C., Hagenauer, G., & Moroni, S. (2023). „I feel enthusiastic, when the homework is done well”: Teachers‘ emotions related to homework and their antecedents. Frontiers in Education.
- Brakhage, H., Gröschner, A., Gläser-Zikuda, M., & Hagenauer, G. (2023). Fostering students’ situational interest in physics: results from a classroom-based intervention study. Research in Science Education, 53, 993-1008.
- Huber, M., & Hagenauer, G. (2023). Die Regulation von Lehrer*innenemotionen [The regulation of teacher emotions]. Erziehung und Unterricht, 173(1-2), 145-153.
- Mejeh, M., Hagenauer, G., & Gläser-Zikuda, M. (2023). Mixed Methods in Research on Learning and Instruction—Meeting the Challenges of Multiple Perspectives and Levels Within a Complex Field. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 24(1).
Teaching
You can find an overview of the current courses on PLUSonline.
