Martin H. Daumiller
Professor of Educational Psychology, Head of the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Freiburg
Professor Dr. Martin H. Daumiller heads the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Freiburg since September 1, 2025; prior to this, he was a professor at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He completed his habilitation in 2021 at the University of Augsburg and has conducted research, among other places, at the University of Rochester (USA), McGill University (Canada), Korea University (South Korea), and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). He has received multiple international awards (including the Eric De Corte Award 2023 and the Robert J. Menges Award 2020) and is known for research that systematically translates psychological insights into the design of effective learning, teaching, and work processes.
His research focuses on motivation, self-regulation, feedback, and professional development in education and academia. Methodologically, he combines experimental, longitudinal, and network-analytic approaches and works closely with schools, universities, and continuing education institutions. He is the author of more than 100 international peer-reviewed journal articles and numerous book chapters, and he leads several externally funded research projects (currently, among others, two DFG projects on academic cheating behavior and researchers’ motivation). His work is regularly published in leading international journals such as Journal of Educational Psychology, Learning and Instruction, Contemporary Educational Psychology, and Educational Psychology Review.
Professor Daumiller is the Coordinator of the EARLI SIG “Motivation and Emotion,” an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Educational Psychology, and is active in numerous international research networks. In addition to his university teaching, he regularly leads professional development programs for teachers, university faculty, and educational institutions.