András Bátkai

András Bátkai is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Teacher Education Vorarlberg (PH Vorarlberg), Austria, holding the position since 2016. He served as Institute Director from 2017 to 2025. His academic credentials include a habilitation from ELTE Budapest (2007) and a doctorate from Tübingen (2000), complemented by guest professorships at Bergische Universität Wuppertal and research stays at international institutions.

Bátkai's research is interdisciplinary, spanning:

• Applied Mathematics: Operator semigroups, partial differential equations with delays, wave equations, and numerical methods for evolution equations.
• History & Philosophy: Ethics of mathematical modeling, early mathematics (Mesopotamia, Greece), and societal perceptions of mathematics.
• Mathematics Education: Problem-solving strategies, epistemological beliefs, and language-sensitive instruction techniques.

He has been awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Konrad Adenauer Fellowship, and Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships. As Speaker of the GDM Working Group (2021-2024) and Core Group Member of COST Action CA18232, he has driven collaborative research, resulting in over 1000 independent citations.