Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Thomas Götz

• Antecedents of academic emotions
• Domain-specificity of emotional experiences
• Boredom at school
• Improving self-regulated learning in students
• Teaching quality

Academic Positions
Since 2020 Head of the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology

Since 2019 Professor; Educational Psychology and Societal Change, University of Vienna (Faculty of Psychology)

2007 - 2019 Professor [W3]; Empirical Educational Research, University of Konstanz and Thurgau University of Teacher Education

2016-2019 Head of the Binational School of Education at the University of Konstanz

Since 2011 Adjunct Professor at the McGill University in Montreal, Canada

2006 - 2007 Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Erfurt

2006 Visiting Professor [W3] for Educational Psychology at the University of Heidelberg

2002-2006 Scientific Assistant; Department of Educational Psychology, Diagnostics and Evaluation, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Educational Background
2005 Habilitation at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Venia legendi for Educational Psychology and Empirical Education

1999-2002 Dr. phil., Psychology (summa cum laude)

1995-1999 Study in psychology (diploma), University of Regensburg

1996-1998 Extracurricular education in Oral Communication at the University of Regensburg

1990-1994 Music diploma (piano, organ, conducting), Universities of Regensburg and Munich

Memberships

• European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction
• American Educational Research Association
• German Society of Psychology
• “Educational Psychology” Special Interest Group, German Society of Psychology
• German Society of Education