Funded Projects (Selection)


TEEM – Civic and History Teachers’ Education in Europe. Modules for the Development of Democratic Competences and Social Responsibility

Project Duration: 09/2019 - 08/2022

Funding: European Commission (Strategic Partnerships of Higher Education, KA293)

Role: Project Leader


War of Pictures‘. Press Photography in Austria 1945 – 1955

Project Duration: 09/2019 - 12/2017

Funding: Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF)  

Role: Project Leader


The image of Austria in media for history lessons and its representation to secondary II students

Project Duration: 09/2015 - 08/2017

Funding: Jubiläumsfonds der OeNB (Österr. Nationalbank)

Role: Project Leader


CHE: Assessment, tutorial structures and initial teacher education of trainee students in the subjects ‘Political/ Civic Education, Social/Cultural Studies and History’ in Europe – A comparative study

Project Duration: 01/2010 - 07/2013

Funding: European Commission (Lifelong Learning Program KA 1)

Role: Project Leader

Link to the project description and to the project results


Shared History without dividing lines

Project Duration: 2010 - 2014

Funding: Council of Europe

Role: Coordinator of the Austrian Team

Link to the e-book


The influence of audiovisual media on the historical image of young people

Project Duration: 01/2010 - 06/2013

FundingJubiläumsfonds der Österreichischen Nationalbank

Role: Project Leader (gemeinsam mit Gernot Heiss)


Research Platform „Theory and Practice of Subject Didactics/Theorie und Praxis der Fachdidaktik(en)“

Project Duration: 05/2009 - 12/2013

Funding: University of Vienna

RoleProject Leader


Education of History Teachers – Building of a European Network

Project Duration: 01/2010 - 12/2012

Funding: Erste Stiftung

Funktion: Project Leader


Gedenkstättenpädagogik in Mauthausen – Pädagogische Zielsetzung der Verantwortlichen im Spannungsfeld mit den Wahrnehmungen von Jugendlichen

Project Duration: 08/2010 - 02/2012

Funding: BMUKK

Role: Projektpartner (Leitung: Heribert Bastel, KPH Wien)

Link to the publication "Erinnerungskulturen", N°9 of the series 'hpb'


Mediendidaktik im Unterricht für Geschichte und Politischer Bildung. Projekt zur Entwicklung von Unterrichtsmodulen zum kompetenzorientierten Unterricht im Geschichtsunterricht auf Basis von Neuen Medien und eLearning

Project Duration: 11/2007 - 09/2009

Funding: Ministry for Education, Austria

RoleProject Leader


Online-gestützte Planung, Beobachtung und Analyse von (Geschichts-) Unterricht

Project Duration: 01/2005 - 12/2008

Funding: University of Vienna in cooperation with ORF (Austrian Society of Radio and Television)

Role: Project Leader


Strukturen und Standards der Ausbildung von Geschichtslehrerinnen und Geschichtslehrern in Europa – eine vergleichende Studie

Project Duration: 12/2003 - 02/2006

FundingEuropean Commission (Sokrates Program)

Role: Project Leader


Geschichte online

Project Duration: 10/2002 - 10/2004

Funding: Ministry for Education (Förderprogramm für Neue Medien in der Lehre an Universitäten und Fachhochschulen)

RoleProject Leader (together with Franz Eder and Wolfgang Schmale)


Die Ausbildung von Geschichtslehrerinnen und –lehrern im europäischen Vergleich

Project Duration: 01/1999 - 12/2002

Funding: Ministry of Education, Austria, in cooperation with the Council of Europe und der Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany

RoleProject Leader


The Structures and Standards of Initial Training for History Teachers in South East Europe

Project Duration: 12/2003 - 02/2006

FundingEuropean Commission (Stability Pact for South East Europe)

RoleProject Leader


Initial Training for History Teachers in 13 Council of Europe’s Member States – A Comparative Study (Pilotprojekt CHE-Studie)

Project Duration: 09/1998 - 03/2003

Funding: Council of Europe (History teaching in the 21st century)

Role: Project Coordinator


How to construct civil societies? Education, Human Rights and Media in South East Europe

Project Duration: 10/1999 - 12/2001

FundingEuropean Commission (Stability Pact for South East Europe)

Role: Project Coordinator in cooperation with CSBSC (Centre for the Studies of Balkan Societies and Cultures)


The Secretary General’s New Initiative: Teaching History in the Russian Federation 

Project Duration: 10/1997 - 07/2000

Funding: Council of Europe

Role: Project Partner (lead: Alison Cardwell, Council for Cultural Cooperation, Europarat)