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• Curriculum Vitae

  • born on 19 November 1965 in Gmunden (Austria)
  • 1986 to 1991: Studies at the University of Salzburg (History and Social Studies / German Philology, Teaching Degree),
  • 1991 to 1996: Doctoral Studies in History at the University of Salzburg, Graduation: 1991
  • Doctorate: 1997
  • Habilitation: 2013 (Venia for "Didactics of History and Political Education")
  • since 1 February 2016: University Professor of History Didactics at the University of Vienna (Department of History and Centre for Teacher Education)
  • 2011 to 2016: Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Didactics of History and Political Education at the University of Salzburg
  • 2014 to 2016: Chair of the Curricular Commission for Teacher Training at the University of Salzburg
  • 2000 to 2009: University assistant and senior scientist at the Institute for Modern History and Contemporary History at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, initiator, scientific director and coordinator of the Master's programme in Political Education there.
  • 2011: Deputy Head of the Institute for Modern History and Contemporary History at the Johannes Kepler University Linz 1997 to 2009: Teaching at secondary academic schools (BG Khevenhüllerstraße Linz; BRG Hamerlingstraße Linz; 2000-2009: BORG Linz/Hagenberg)
• Awards

  • Recipient of the 1997 AK Science Prize, awarded by the Chamber of Labour Upper Austria (for his dissertation)
  • Recipient of the 1998 Franz Triendl Prize, awarded by the Salzburg Chamber of Commerce (for his work in the field of economic history; for his dissertation)
  • Recipient of the "ipol Young Scientist Prize" (together with the authors of the book "Das 'selbstreflexive Ich'" (The "self-reflective ego") in the field of economic history; distinction for the dissertation)
  • Winner of the "ipol – Young Scientists" Award" (together with the authors of the book "Das 'selbstreflexive Ich'" (The "self-reflective ego") – see publication lists)
• Social Media

  Public History Weekly - The International Blogjournalhttp://public-history-weekly.oldenbourg-verlag.de/

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• Key Research Topics

  Current research topics:

  • Didactics of history and political education (in particular historical-political education and subject-oriented history didactics),
  • Cultural history of France since 1789
  • Local and regional history (including regional identities)
  • Public history

   

  Former research interests:

  • History of salt
  • History of the working class and the bourgeoisie
  • Drinking and eating culture
  • History of tourism
  • Populism
• Projects

  • Cultural History of 19th-century France (book project)
  • Discourse-analytical textbook research (book project with Judith Breitfuß and Isabella Schild)
  • Public History
  • Czech-Austrian History Textbook (didactic part, with Ondřej Matějka)
• Conference organisation

  • Conference on "Public History" (winter 2018/19)
  • Conference 2019 of the "History Educators International Research Network" (HEIRNET)

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• Memberships

  • Board member of the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Geschichtsdidaktik (GDÖ)
  • Chairman of the Forum Politische Bildung (Vienna)
  • Board member of the Democracy Centre Vienna
  • Member of the scientific advisory board of "erinnern.at"
  • 2014/15: Member of the working group "New Curriculum for Secondary - Geschichte, Sozialkunde und Politische Bildung" (New Curriculum for Secondary School - History, Social Studies and Political Education) of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs
  • 2013-2015: Member of the working group "Educational Standards in Vocational Education and Training" of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs (development of specific standards for the subject "History, Geography and Political Education" at the Austrian commercial colleges)
  • 2009 to 2015: board member (secretary, 2009-2010, and chair, 2010-2015) of the "Interessengemeinschaft Politische Bildung" (IGPB)
  • Winter 2007/08: Member of the working group "Competencies of Political Education" of the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture
  • 2007 to 2009: Member of the "Think Tank for Political Education" (Department of Political Communication, Danube University Krems)
  • 2001-2006: Member of the board of the scientific "Netzwerk Salzkammergut";
• Editorships

  • Co-editor of the Wiener Beiträge zur Politischen Bildung (Vienna Contributions to Political Education) (Wochenschau Verlag, Schwalbach/Ts.)
  • Co-editor of Geschichtsdidaktische Studien (Historical Didactics Studies) (Logos Verlag, Berlin)