Ongoing academic work
Wellbeing related PhD theses supervised by Sarah Mercer:
Babić Sonja: "Psychological capital in third-age language teachers. Positive psychological resources supporting third-age language teachers' professional well-being."
Gruber Johanna: “Understanding the mindsets of Austrian Middle School students”
Lämmerer Anita-Maria: "Exploring CLIL Teacher Psychology. Attitudes towards CLIL and the motivational self-system of pre-service teachers in a university-based CLIL teacher training course"
Mairi Salam: “Investigating teacher educators’ professional growth and perceived challenges during the COVID-19 online teaching period in the context of English language teacher education programs (ELTEP) in Indonesia”
Shin Eun-Sun: “Examining the wellbeing of university EFL teachers in the Korean context”
Completed
Talbot Kyle: "University ESL/EFL teacher well-being in the United States, Japan and Austria" (2021)
Saleem Mehvish: "Exploring ESL teachers' psychology from a holistic perspective" (2017)
Wellbeing related Master theses/Diploma theses supervised by Elizabeth Erling:
Completed
Reisenhofer Elisabeth: “Exploring the Relationship between Music and Emotions in the Austrian English Language Classroom” (2018)
Rzymann Anna: “Teaching Positive Psychology through Positive Psychology Using a CLIL Approach in the Austrian Secondary Classroom” (2018)
Wellbeing related Master theses/Diploma theses supervised by Sarah Mercer:
Bauer Désirée Magdalena: “EFL teachers’ strategies for promoting self-regulation among EFL students at secondary level”
Streissl Samira: “Teaching During a Pandemic: The Influence of the COVID-19 Lockdowns on EFL Lessons in Austrian Lower Secondary Schools”
Wukits Ines: “A Constant Flux of Emotions: Exploring the Dynamics of Austrian EFL Learners’ Foreign Language Anxiety in the Course of Oral Presentations”
Completed
Kortschak Helene Fabia: “Investigating Mindfulness Meditation to Promote Wellbeing in Pre-service Language Teachers” (2020)
Kailbauer Magdalena: “Functions of Emotions: A Qualitative Study of 7th Grade EFL Learners in Austria” (2019)
Miklauschitsch Lisa: “Tackling the Stigma: Using Young Adult Literature in the Language Classroom to Raise Awareness for Mental Health” (2019)
Reiterer Katharina: “The Teacher-Student Relationship in the EFL Classroom – Student Perspective” (2019)
Krenn Anja Carina: “Quiet Learners and their Shells – Introverted Learners and CLT” (2018)
Maninger Elisa: “Teacher Perspective on Teacher-Pupil Relationships” (2018)
Pulverer Ines: “Investigating possible relationships between EFL teachers’ and pupils’ self-concepts” (2018)
Schöttl Tanja: “What makes teachers flourish? Positivity as a key to Personal Contentment in Langauge Teaching” (2018)
Bodner Barbara: “Integrating Positive Psychology into the EFL Classroom” (2016)
Pock Martina: “Secondary School EFL learners’ sense of self in a technology enhanced language classroom” (2016)
Rath Melissa: “Exploring the Relationship between Mindsets and Foreign Language Anxiety” (2014)
