New project in the field of Educational Psychology in cooperation with Uni Graz and PH Salzburg

An application has been awarded funding as part of the second call for proposals entitled ‘Educational innovation needs educational research’ (Bildungsinnovation braucht Bildungsforschung).

The three-year cooperative doctoral programme ‘Hand in Hand to Success: Developmentally Sensitive Support for Children with Different Learning Requirements in Arithmetic, Reading and Spelling – A Biopsychosocial Model for Inclusive Education and Cooperative Support’ is supported by the Federal Ministry of Education (BMB).

The programme is being carried out in an interdisciplinary consortium consisting of three partner institutions:

+ Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS) – with Stefan Hawelka (project manager) and Florian Hutzler
+ University of Graz – with Lisa Paleczek and Susanne Seifert
+ Stefan Zweig University of Education Salzburg (PH Salzburg) – with Verena Hawelka and Myriam Burtscher

The aim of the doctoral programme is to provide scientific support and targeted assistance to children with different biopsychosocial backgrounds as they transition from kindergarten to school. Both predictive basic skills and risk factors are assessed before children start school in order to identify learning difficulties at an early stage and provide effective support within the framework of an inclusive, cooperative education model. The focus is on the core cultural skills of reading, writing and arithmetic, which are fundamental to educational success.

A PhD position is to be filled by 1 March 2026 at the University of Salzburg, two at the PH Salzburg.