Hayden Mueller

Hayden Mueller, M.Sc., is a scientific assistant at the Chair of Business Education (Prof. Dr. Manuel Förster) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). His research focuses on short- and long-term consumer decision-making processes, pedagogical interventions against online fraud, measurement of economic expertise, financial literacy, and applications of eye-tracking and emotion recognition technologies.

Education:

• Doctoral Training Program in the Learning Sciences at Munich Center of the Learning Sciences (Psychology Department, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) since 10/2024
• Master of Science in Learning Technologies & Design, University of Missouri, Columbia (2021)
• Bachelor of Arts in German Literature & Theater Studies, Trinity College, Hartford (2019)
• Associate of Science in General Science, Northwest State Community College (2015)

Key Research Areas:

• Behavioral economics in digital contexts
• EdTech applications for fraud prevention
• Eye-tracking and emotion recognition in learning sciences
• Assessment of economic competencies

Professional Activities:

• Coordinating volunteer efforts and tech education at ReDI School of Digital Integration (since 2024)
• Contributing to research projects EVerFit and VIGLA at TUM
• Collaborating with Munich Center of the Learning Sciences