Vita

Tobias is an educational researcher who currently works as a full professor (W2-category) at OWL University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He currently also holds a position as a senior researcher at the Hamburg Centre for University Teaching and Learning (HUL). This is a new higher educational research centre affiliated to 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 programme director at Zeppelin University (Lake Constance, Friedrichshafen, Germany), managing an interdisciplinary Bachelor’s programme (Sociology, Politics & Economics) and a consecutive Master’s programme (General Management). Prior to this, he was responsible for a blended learning project (»Virtuelle Rhetorik«) and worked as a researcher at University of Tuebingen’s German Department. Tobias currently holds guest lectureships at the Universities of Stuttgart, Hannover, Kassel and Zeppelin University (Lake Constance). He has taught in a range of faculties including the Humanities, Higher Education, Sociology, Economics, Computer Science, Media Production and Engineering. His current cross-faculty teaching is with postgraduate students and academic staff (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.