Gerda Hagenauer

Gerda Hagenauer is a University Professor of Educational Science at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg since October 2018. She currently serves as Deputy Head of the Department of Educational Science, School Research and School Practice (BIWI) and as Head of the School of Education since January 2022. Her career spans international experiences at Murdoch University and Friedrich Schiller University Jena, with habilitation from the University of Bern (2016).

Research Focus

• Emotions and motivation in schools
• Teacher-student relationship dynamics
• Mixed-methods in educational research
• University didactics and school internships
• Intervention studies in educational settings

Notable Projects: EMRiS (school practice emotions), OPEN EDU COOP (cooperative course concepts), StuvLiS (student satisfaction in teacher training). She contributes methodological innovations in mixed-methods research and interventions.

Scientific Recognition

• European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2021–present)
• Board member of Austrian Society for Research and Development in Education (ÖFEB) since 2022
• Active in EARLI, GEBF, and SGBF associations

Her publications emphasize pedagogical psychology, classroom dynamics, and teacher-student interactions. She supervises major educational research projects and leads editorial work in Frontiers in Education and Forum Qualitative Social Research.