Teaching
University Teaching Activites
Executive Education
‘Managing Integrity’, Management of Public Organizations (CAS), IDHEAP, University of Lausanne UNIL, Switzerland
‘Business Ethics’, Advanced Studies in Applied Ethics, University of Zurich UZH, Switzerland
‘Methods & Rhetoric: Applied research methods’, Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA), University of Bern, Switzerland
Master-level Courses
‘Core Themes in Governance’, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
‘Methodologies and Methods of Public Administration Research’, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
‘Comparative Public Administration’, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
‘Current topics in PA and PM: Crisis governance’, Universities of Bern, Lausanne, and Lugano, Switzerland
‘Deviant behavior and corruption in the public sector’, University of Hamburg, Germany
‘Behavioral and experimental public management research’, Universities of Bern, Lausanne, and Lugano, Switzerland
‘Comparative PA and public policy in Europe and beyond’, Universities of Bern, Lausanne, and Lugano, Switzerland
‘Research colloquium’, University of Bern, Switzerland
‘Empirical research project in administrative science’, University of Bern, Switzerland
‘Leadership and motivation in the public sector’, Universities of Bern, Lausanne, and Lugano, Switzerland
‘Advanced seminar in international management: Corporate governance from a behavioral perspective’, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany
‘Philosophy of science and methods of empirical social research’, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany
‘Current topics in PM research: Behavioral public administration’, University of Hamburg, Germany
‘Interdisciplinary master course in public and nonprofit studies’, University of Hamburg, Germany
Bachelor-level Courses
‘AI & Society’, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
‘Planning, decision, control: Normative choice theory’, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany
‘Behavioral public administration: Psychology in public management research’, University of Hamburg, Germany
‘Public and nonprofit management’, University of Hamburg, Germany
Formal Teaching Qualification
- University Teaching Qualification (Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs BKO)
Dutch national higher education teaching qualification certificate. Awarded by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2024.
Module 1: Educational vision & scholarship of dedactic design
Module 2: Teaching practice & designing education
Module 3: Course & Curriculum development
Module 4: Supervision & academic leadership
Module 5: Professional conduct & development
Awarded with distinction by Hamburg Center for University Teaching and Learning (HUL), University of Hamburg, Germany. 60 ECTS.
September 2016 - January 2019
Module 1: “Didactics for higher education”; 5 ECTS
Module 2: “Applied Project in Design-based Research”; 20 ECTS
Module 3: “Scholarship of teaching and learning”; 5 ECTS
Module 4: "Science Research"; 5 ECTS
Module 5: "University research"; 5 ECTS
Module 6: "Media education research"; 5 ECTS
Master thesis (independent research project); 15 ECTS
- Scholarship live: Implementing research-based learning in university teaching
Lecturer training; 1 ECTS; October 2020
- Visual and Design Thinking
Lecturer training; August 2020
- Using moderation techniques in university teaching
Lecturer training; May & July 2016
- Counselling and mentoring students efficiently
Lecturer training; May 2016
Research on Higher Education
Weißmüller, K.S., & De Waele, L. (2022). Would you Bribe your Lecturer? A Quasi-experimental Study on Burnout and Bribery in Higher Education. Research in Higher Education, 63, 768-796. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-021-09669-1 [open access]
Weißmüller, K.S. (2020). Zwei Thesen zum disruptiven Potenzial von OER für öffentliche Hochschulen ( Two theses on the disruptive potential of Open Educational Resources for public universities). Impact Free: Journal für freie Bildungswissenschaftler 28, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.25592/impactfree28 [open access]
Weißmüller, K.S. (2020). Lehren als zentrale Aufgabe der Wissenschaft: Drei Thesen zu Ideal und Realität (Teaching as the Core Mission of Scholarship: Three Theses on Ideal and Reality). Impact Free: Journal für freie Bildungswissenschaftler 32, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.25592/impactfree32 [open access]
Weißmüller, K.S. (2019). New Public Management in Higher Education – Exploring the origins of the paradigm shift in senior executives’ austerity strategies across 18 European countries. Master’s thesis in Higher Education (M.A., with distinction) at the Hamburg Center for University Teaching and Learning (HUL), University of Hamburg, Germany. 1st advisor: Prof. Dr. K. Mayerberger, 2nd advisor: Prof. Dr. C. Bohndick. https://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.119 [open access]