I am deeply committed to teaching and student engagement. My teaching reflects the values that I believe are central to archaeology: curiosity, critical thinking, diversity of materials and approaches, and an anthropological perspective. I treat the ancient Mediterranean as a laboratory for exploring questions that resonate with modern life. Through lectures, seminars, and museum and site visits, I combine close engagement with material, visual, and textual evidence with theoretical and methodological reflection. I strive to foster an intellectually demanding yet supportive environment where students can develop their own inquiries and hone their transferable skills in research and science communication.

I have designed and conducted around thirty courses, ranging from introductory lectures and advanced seminars to excursions, museum studies, and digital archaeology. I enjoy experimenting with formats such as staged debates, collaborative data projects, writing workshops, and collection-based research. I encourage students not merely to acquire knowledge, but also to question established narratives, test interpretations, and experience research as a lective process. Alongside my teaching, I have conducted empirical research on archaeological pedagogy in higher education.

Public outreach is a natural extension of this work. At the University of Vienna’s Archaeological Collection, I helped to develop the Collection as a forum for object-based learning, professional training, and engagement with a wider audience. Together with students, I created the blogs “Talking Pots” and “Catching Emotions”, as well as guided tours, museum events, and programmes for children and schools. These activities complemented work on digitisation, provenance research, conservation, and digital documentation. In 2025, this combination of research-based teaching and public engagement was recognised with the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies’ student-nominated Teaching Award.