Assoc.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Martin Nagl-Cupal
Contact Details
Department of Nursing Science
Alser Straße 23, 1080 Vienna, Austria
Top 12 / Room 1.12
T: +43-1-4277-49812 or mobile phone: +43 (0)664 81 76 749
E-Mail: martin.nagl-cupal@univie.ac.at
Research Interest
- Family Caregiving Throughout the Personal and Family Life Cycle
- Children, adolescents, and young adults with caregiving responsibilities (young and young adult carers)
- Evidence-Based Nursing Practice in pediatric care
- Development of Theory-Based Complex Interventions
- Transitions in the context of caregiving and illness
Profile
Martin Nagl-Cupal is associate professor of nursing science and has been the deputy head of the department since Fall 2025. He completed his nursing diploma in Innsbruck and worked in direct care for many years. He then studied nursing science at the University of Vienna, completed his Ph.D. at the University of Witten/Herdecke, and took a postdoctoral position before accepting a tenure-track professorship. After fulfilling his qualification agreement in 2021, he was appointed associate professor.
From 2021 to 2025, he served as the head of the Department of Nursing Science.
In his teaching, research, and supervisory work at the master's and Ph.D. levels, he primarily focuses on family and nursing care, as well as illness in the family. He places special emphasis on children, adolescents, and young adults as family caregivers. His core expertise lies in qualitative research.
He is also a founding member of the Austrian Society for Nursing Science and is active in the International Family Nursing Association. He is the editor of the international journal PFLEGE and a permanent member of the Ethics Committee of the City of Vienna.
Research Projects
- Young Carers in Austria (2025-2026)
- Evaluation of specialized hospice and palliative care servides for children, adolescents, and young adults in Lower Austria (2024-2025)
- Development of evidence-based guidelines for pediatric homce care services on the topics of home ventilation and adherence of adolescents with diabetes I (2023-2024)
- Aging parents with Caring Responsibilities (2021-2022)
- Innovation Network for the Support of Family Caregivers (INEPA) (2023-2024)
Publications
- Nagl-Cupal, M., Werner, M., Haselmayer, D., & Falkenstein, T. (2025). “Slowly but steadily, you’re running out of steam”: Aging parents’ caregiving experiences through photovoice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(8), 1297. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22081297
- Schwind, B., Sija Visscher, R. M., Haslbeck, J., Falkenstein, T., Riewoldt, C., Griese, L., Behrisch, B., Metzing, S., & Nagl-Cupal, M. (2025). Understanding family caregiving and well-being in adult chronic illness: A call for a more comprehensive perspective. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1619672. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1619672
- Nagl-Cupal, M. (2025). The Situation of family caregivers in Austria. In Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (Ed.), Austrian Dementia Report 2025 (pp. 191–194). Report
- Wallner, M., Haselmayer, D., Nagl-Cupal, M., Meichlinger, J., & Mayer, H. (2024). Building a programme theory of a specialist paediatric palliative and hospice care programme: Development process and methodological reflection. BMC Palliative Care, 23, 68. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-024-01492-6
- Nagl-Cupal, M., Parisot, V., Stöhr, D., & Zartler, U. (2023). A typology of negotiating care in the family: A qualitative multi-perspective study. International Journal of Care and Caring, 7(2), 245–262. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788221X16764028221810
- Cartaxo, A., Koller, M. M., Mayer, H., Kolland, F., & Nagl-Cupal, M. (2023). Risk factors for caregiver burden amongst caregivers in homecare setting: A quantitative secondary data analysis. Health & Social Care in the Community, 2023, 3270083. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/3270083
- Shamali, M., Nuria, E., Østergaard, B., Barbieri-Figueiredo, M. D. C. B., Bordsgaard, A., Canga-Armoyor, A., Diepernik, K., Garcia-Vivar, C., Konradsen, H., Nordtug, B., Lambert, V., Mahrer-Imhof, R., Metzing, S., Nagl-Cupal, M., Imhof, L., Svavarsdottir, E. K., Swallow, V., & Luttik, M. L. (2022). Nurses' attitudes towards family importance in nursing care across Europe. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 31(21–22), 3069–3083. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16456
- Frech, M., Wepf, H., Nagl-Cupal, M., Becker, S., & Leu, A. (2021). Ready and able? Professional awareness and responses to young carers in Switzerland. Children and Youth Services Review, 126, 106027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106027
- Nagl-Cupal, M., & Hauprich, J. (2020). Invisible population: Understanding recruitment barriers of a nurse‐led support programme for families with caregiving children in Austria. Nursing Open, 7(4), 1164–1172. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.491
- Matzka, M., & Nagl-Cupal, M. (2020). Psychosocial resources contributing to resilience in Austrian young carers: A study using photo novella. Research in Nursing & Health, 43(6), 629–639. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22085
- Nagl-Cupal, M., & Prajo, N. (2019). It is something special: How children and their parents experience a camp for young people who care for a parent with a severe physical illness. Children and Youth Services Review, 107, 104560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104560
- Nagl-Cupal, M., Daniel, M., Koller, M., & Mayer, H. (2014). Prevalence and effects of caregiving on children. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70(10), 2314–2325. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12388
Affiliations & Memberships
- Austrian Society of Nursing Science
- German Society of Nursing Science
- International Family Nursing Association