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

Funding: Jubiläumsfonds 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

Role: Project 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

Role: Project 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

Funding: European 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)

Role: Project 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

Role: Project Leader


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

Project Duration: 12/2003 - 02/2006

Funding: European Commission (Stability Pact for South East Europe)

Role: Project 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

Funding: European 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)