Mühlbacher Franziska, B.Ed.Univ. MEd

Mühlbacher Franziska, B.Ed.Univ. MEd
Research Associate (PhD Candidate)

Erzabt-Klotz-Straße 1, 5020 Salzburg

Tel.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-7374
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Short resume

Dr. Franziska Mühlbacher, B.Ed.Univ. Med, has been a lecturer at Paris Lodron University Salzburg (Department of Educational Science, School of Education) since October 2024. In June 2024, she completed her doctoral studies with honors, presentinga dissertation on “Emotions of teachers in team teaching lessons”. She earned a teaching degree in English and Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Salzburg,graduating in 2020, and spent an Erasmus+ stay abroad at Bath Spa University, United Kingdom (2016/17). She gained teaching experience as a contract teacher in various types of schools within the state system.

Main research interests

  • Empirical educational research
  • Emotions in school and university
  • Team teaching and cooperation between teachers

Current research projects

Publications (selected)

  • Hagenauer, G., Muehlbacher, F., Kuhn, C., Stephan, M., & Gläser-Zikuda, M. (2023). Mixed methods in research on motivation and emotion. 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. EARLI book series: new perspectives on learning and instruction (pp. 163–177). Routledge.
  • Muehlbacher, F. & Hagenauer, G. (2023). Team teachers’ emotions and their antecedents in the classroom. European Journal of Teacher Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2023.2293634
  • Mühlbacher, F. (2023). Langeweile und deren Regulation bei Lehrpersonen im Teamteaching-Unterricht [Boredom and its regulation among teachers during team-teaching lessons]. Erziehung und Unterricht [Education and Teaching], 173(1-2), 108-115.
  • Hagenauer, G., & Muehlbacher, F. (2022). Emotionen, Emotionsregulation und Emotionskommunikation von Lehrpersonen – ein theoretischer Überblick unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Lehrer*innen-Schüler*innen-Beziehung [Emotions, emotion regulation and emotion communication of teachers – a theoretical overview with a special focus on the teacher–student relationship]. In G. Schauer, L. Jesacher-Rößler, D. Kemethofer, J. Reitinger, & C. Weber (Eds.), Einstiege, Umstiege, Aufstiege. Professionalisierungsforschung in der Lehrer*innenbildung (Beiträge zur Bildungsforschung, Band 9) [Entrances, Transitions, Advancements: Professionalisation Research in Teacher Education, Volume 9] (pp. 125-140).  Waxmann. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830995883
  • Hagenauer, G., Muehlbacher, F., & Ivanova, M. (2022). “It’s where learning and teaching begins ‒ is this relationship” — insights on the teacher–student relationship at university from the teachers’ perspective. Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00867-z
  • Muehlbacher, F., Hagenauer, G., & Keller, M. M. (2022). Teachers’ Emotion Regulation in the Team-Taught Classroom: Insights Into Teachers’ Perspectives on How to Regulate and Communicate Emotions With Regard to the Team Teaching Partner [Original Research]. Frontiers in Education, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.787224
  • Hagenauer, G., Muehlbacher, F., Kuhn, C., & Ivanova, M. (2021). Affective styles of teachers: Associations with positive and negative affect and the teacher-student relationship. In M. Carmignola, & D. Martinek (Eds.), Persönlichkeit – Motivation – Entwicklung (Festschrift für Franz Hofmann) [Personality – Motivation – Development] (pp. 245-260). Hamburg: Dr. Kovac. Online available under https://www.verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-339-12562-0.htm

Complete list of publications and lectures

Teaching

You can find an overview of the current courses on  PLUSonline.

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