Thomas Bauer

HS-Prof. Thomas Bauer is a Professor at the University College of Teacher Education Vienna (PH Wien), leading the Centre for Internationalisation (Z:INT). He specializes in citizenship education, comparative education systems, and higher education mobility strategies. His career spans 24 years as a teacher in Vienna, followed by roles in educational policy at the Austrian Ministry of Education and academic leadership at PH Wien. Bauer has pioneered international partnerships, managing Erasmus+ programs since 2011 and securing the institution’s ECHE Charter (2021–2027). His research focuses on mobility challenges, crisis response in education, and blended learning innovations.

• Holds a Doctor honoris causa from Iwan Franko University (2019) and the Erasmus Award (2015)
• Authored over 30 publications on internationalisation and mobility since 1998
• Leads EU consortia including the Austrian Higher Education Mobility Network

Education: Diplomarbeit (1987), Mag. phil. (1996), PhD (2003) from University of Vienna.

Research highlights include studies on Erasmus+ student experiences during the European economic crisis (2010–2017) and post-2022 Ukraine crisis support initiatives through blended mobilities.