Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education combines artistic, pedagogical and research-based expertise within the disciplines fine arts and music, with a particular emphasis on contemporary forms and practice. Lecturers offer modules for students enrolled in the Bachelor and Masters programmes within the faculties of Education and Humanities, in addition to the minor programme Popular Music Studies and the Early Childhood Music Further Education programme. Public exhibitions, concerts and other cultural events are of great importance within in the institute. These collaborative projects are innovatively developed and presented with and for our students thereby enriching the cultural life of the university.

Main research areas

Research activities

Junior professorship for Contemporary Art History, Aesthetic Practices

Professorship for Arts Mediation

Professorship for Music Education, in Particular Popular Music
Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlers

Professorship of Musicology, in particular Popular Music Studies
Prof. Dr. Monika Schoop

  1. ZZL: Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung: Theorie-Praxis-Verzahnung in der Lehrerbildung - Handlungsfeld: Kompetenzorientierte Unterrichtsgestaltung. Strukturorientierter Schriftspracherwerb (ZZL)

    Weinhold, S. (Project manager, academic), Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic) & Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1630.06.19

    Project: Research

  2. Lehreinheiten Basiskompetenzen Inklusion in den Fachdidaktiken (Erste Förderphase)

    Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Partner), Ahlers, M. (Partner), Greve, S. (Project staff), Leiss, D. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner) & Troll, B. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.12.1631.01.18

    Project: Research

  3. Das "Offene Atelier"

    Hallmann, K. (Project manager, academic)

    06.02.1731.07.21

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  4. CREATES: Creating Responsive, Engaging, and tailored Education with students

    Schormann, C. (Project manager, academic) & Hobuß, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1731.03.22

    Project: Teaching

  5. Flow und Imaginative Bildung im Kunstunterricht

    Medrow, L. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1731.12.22

    Project: Dissertation project

  6. MuM 3: Medien im Musikunterricht

    Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic) & Weber, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1731.03.18

    Project: Research

  7. MIDaKuk: Musikalische Interface-Designs: Augmentierte Kreativität und Konnektivität

    Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic), Jörissen, B. (Project manager, academic) & Wernicke, C. (Project manager, academic)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.10.1731.12.21

    Project: Research

  8. StadtRaumKlang

    Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic)

    08.11.1707.11.18

    Project: Practical Project

  9. MeInSport: Medienpädagogik und Inklusion im Sportunterricht der Grundschule

    Süßenbach, J. (Project manager, academic), Greve, S. (Project staff), Krieger, C. (Partner), Günther , S. (Partner), Thumel, M. (Partner), Jastrow, F. (Partner) & Schwedler-Diesener, A. (Partner)

    01.03.1828.02.19

    Project: Research

  10. Uraufführung: Herakleitos

    Lang, R. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.18 → …

    Project: Practical Project