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

T: +43-1-4277-47401

https://bildung-psy.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/thomas-goetz/

Winter term 2026

200007 VO Educational Psychology

200125 SE Advanced Seminar: Development and Education

200193 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)

200200 SE Theory and Empirical Research (Development and Education) 2

540009 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students

Summer term 2026

200138 SE Theory and Empirical Research (Development and Education) 1

200139 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)

200173 VO EC Educational Psychology and Evaluation

200214 SE Advanced Seminar: Development and Education (A)

540006 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students

Winter term 2025

200007 VO Educational Psychology

200125 SE Advanced Seminar: Development and Education

200193 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)

200200 SE Theory and Empirical Research (Development and Education) 2

540006 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students

540019 SE Introduction to CoBeNe

Mainhard, T., Graf, E., Krijnen, M. A., Van Vemde, L., Wansink, B. G. J., & Götz, T. (2026). Fitting in and feeling good: Reciprocal associations between peer acceptance and emotions in the classroom. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.70114

Donath, J., Götz, T., & Lüke, T. (2026). From teacher training for inclusive education to practice: A meta-analytic comparison of transfer models.. Paper presented at 47th Annual Conference of the International School Psychology Association (ISPA), Lyon, France.

Götz, T., & Ebner, M. (2026). Teachers emotionally profit from positive school leadership.. Paper presented at 12th Annual European Conference on Positive Psychology (ECPP), Dublin, Ireland.

Fassl, F., Muth, J., Wunsch, A., Hofleitner, M., Götz, T., & Lüftenegger, M. (2026). Relationship of student envy and depression over time: An experience sampling study.. Paper presented at 19th International Conference on Motivation and Emotion, Lissabon, Portugal.

Götz, T., Stoll, S., Adam, C. A., Bieleke, M., Frenzel, A. C., Fries, J., Kraiger, L., Stempfer, L., Yanagida, T., & Pekrun, R. (2026). Test boredom while working on difficult versus easy tasks: The same emotion but different effects on performance. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0001045

Bross, T., Frenzel, A. C., Götz, T., & Nett, U. E. (2026). Teachers’ situational joy, anger and achievement goals linked by control- and value-appraisals. Teaching and teacher education, 172, Article 105352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2025.105352

Götz, T. (2026). Emotionen in der Schule: Vortrag im Rahmen der Leadership Journey, Education Lab. Paper presented at Leadership Journey, Wien, Austria.

Götz, T. (2026). Kompetenzen von Lehrkräften für selbstreguliertes Lernen: Diagnostik, Adaptivität und Professionalisierung: Diskussion der 4 Beiträge bei der 13. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF). Paper presented at 13. Kongress Empirische Gesellschaft für Bildungsforschunng, München, Germany.

Grandjean, L., Stempfer, L., & Götz, T. (2026). Messen Langeweileskalen unterschiedliche Dinge?. Paper presented at 13. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), München, Germany.

Donath, J., Lüke, T., & Götz, T. (2026). Von der Inklusionsfortbildung für Lehrkräfte zur Praxis - Meta-analytischer Vergleich von Transfermodellen.. Paper presented at 13. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), München, Germany.

Brunner, M., Preckel, F., Götz, T., Lüdtke, O., & Keller, L. (2026). High math anxiety is associated with lower math achievement across 90 countries: An individual participant data meta-analysis of representative student and adult samples. Psychological Bulletin, 152(2), 207-253. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000514

Götz, T. (2026). Emotion, Motivation und selbstreguliertes Lernen. (3. Auflage ed.) UTB GmbH.

Stempfer, L., Götz, T., & Pekrun, R. (Accepted/In press). Emotions in higher education: A review of theoretical foundations and empirical evidence. In A. Toom, K. Pyhältö, L. McAlpine, & J. van Tartwijk (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Learning and Instruction in University Education. Routledge.

Frenzel, A. C., & Götz, T. (2026). Learning and emotions. In M. Becker, C. Dignath, L.-M. Bihler, H. Gaspard, & N. McElvany (Eds.), Socio-emotional and cognitive development in learning (pp. 67-80). Waxmann Verlag.

Götz, T., & Ebner, M. (Accepted/In press). Lern- und Leistungsemotionen von Schüler:innen: Definition, Ursachen, Wirkungen und Förderung. SchulVerwaltung. Spezial.

Götz, T., & Nett, U. E. (2026). Selbstreguliertes Lernen. In T. Götz (Ed.), Emotion, Motivation und selbstreguliertes Lernen (3. Auflage ed., pp. 139-180). UTB GmbH.

Costache, O., Edelsbrunner, P. A., Becker, E. S., Sticca, F., Staub, F. C., & Götz, T. (2025). Who loses motivation and who keeps it up? Investigating factors for changes in motivational profiles across multiple domains. Learning and Individual Differences, 124, Article 102798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102798

Frenzel, A. C., Götz, T., & Schmid, T. (2025). Bedeutung von Emotionen in interprofessionellen Lehr- und Lernkontexten. In U. Walkenhorst, & M. Fischer (Eds.), Interprofessionelle Bildung für die Gesundheitsversorgung (pp. 29-39). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65435-4_5

Götz, T. (2025). Emotionen im Lern- und Leistungskontext. Paper presented at 12. internationaler Kongress des Österreichischen Zentrums für Begabtenförderung und Begabungsforschung, Salzburg, Austria.

Donath, J., Lüke, T., Tran, U., Botes, E., & Götz, T. (2025). The transfer of teacher training to inclusive classroom practice: A meta-analytic SEM approach. Educational Psychology Review, 37(4), Article 105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10081-9

Educational Psychology and Societal Change
Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology
Universitaetsstrasse 7
1010 Vienna, Austria

Email: thomas.goetz@univie.ac.at
Phone: +43-1-4277-47401

Universitäre/wissenschaftliche Tätigkeiten

Since 2019	Professor; Educational Psychology and Societal Change, University of Vienna
2007-2019	Professor [W3]; Educational Sciences, University of Konstanz and the Thurgau University of Education
2016-2019	Head of the Binational School of Education of the University of Konstanz
Since 2011	Adjunct Professor at the McGill University in Montreal, Canada
2006-2007	Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Erfurt
2006	Visiting Professor [W3] for Educational Psychology at the University of Heidelberg
2002-2006	Scientific Assistant; Department of Educational Psychology, Diagnostics and Evaluation, University of Munich (Head Prof. Dr. Pekrun)

Educational Background

2005	Habilitation at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University 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
1990-1995	Music diploma (piano, organ, conducting), Universities of Regensburg and Munich

Memberships

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