New Perspectives in Science Education

Tobias Schmohl is an educational researcher who currently works as a full professor (W2-category) at OWL Technical University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany. He also holds a position as a senior researcher at the University of Hamburg.

Tobias obtained his PhD at the University of Tuebingen in the field of corporate communications after graduating in Rhetorics, Philosophy, German Studies and International Comparative Studies. He was a managing director at Zeppelin University (Lake Constance, Friedrichshafen, Germany) and head of a blended learning programme at the University of Tuebingen.

Tobias has taught in a range of academic contexts including Media Studies, Economics, Pedagogy, Sociology, Computer Science, and Engineering. His current cross-faculty teaching is with postgraduate students and researchers (e.g. at the Robert Bosch PhD Programme or Fraunhofer Graduate School).

Tobias’ research focuses on Design-Based Methodologies, Philosophy of Science in (Higher) Education, and on Research-Based Learning.

Today, besides his position at the HUL, Tobias holds guest lectureships at the Universities of Frankfurt, Hannover, Kassel, Kiel, Stuttgart, Tuebingen, and Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen.

Full CV and more details: www.tobias-schmohl.de

Area/s of Expertise: Philosophy of Science in Education, Theoretical Approaches towards Higher Education, Design Cybernetics, Science Rhetorics.