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
- Art Road Map - Mini Art Assignments aus dem Fach Kunst- Stahl, F. (Project manager, academic) - 18.10.21 → 01.07.22 - Project: Other 
- Curator and researcher for the exhibition Lucia Moholy: Exposures, Kunsthalle Praha- Troeller, J. (Project manager, academic), Forbes, M. (Project manager, academic) & Tichy, J. (Project manager, academic) - 01.06.21 → 30.05.24 - Project: Research 
- Artistic Music Research: Potentials and Perspectives for Artistic and Scientific Music Research in German-speaking Countries (German Research Foundation)- Zaddach, W.-G. (Project manager, academic) - 03.05.21 → 30.09.25 - Project: Research 
- CODIP: Competences for Digital-Enhanced Individualized Practice- Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic), Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Kuhl, P. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner), Herzog, C. (Coordination), Altenburger, L. (Project staff), Diekhoff, H. (Project staff), Hase, A. K. (Project staff), Kahnbach, L. (Project staff), Wendt, C. (Project staff), Wucherpfennig, S. (Project staff), Horst de Cuestas, K. (Project staff) & Neumann, A. (Partner) - Federal Ministry of Education and Research - 01.03.20 → 31.12.23 - Project: Research 
- ZZL-Netzwerk 2.0: Theorie-Praxis-Verzahnung in der Lehrerbildung in den Handlungsfeldern „Kompetenzorientierter Unterricht“, „Inklusion“, „Coaching & Mentoring“ und „Lehrkräftegesundheit“- Ehmke, T. (Project manager, academic), Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Weinhold, S. (Project manager, academic), Straub, R. P. (Project staff), Schilling, L. (Project staff), Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Fischer-Schöneborn, S. (Coordination), Bormann, F. (Project staff), Kuchenbuch, F. (Project staff), Ahlers, M. (Partner), Verbücheln, E.-M. (Project staff), Barth, M. (Partner), Jastrow, F. (Project staff), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Anders, D. (Project staff), Kleinknecht, M. (Partner), Hohensee, E. (Project staff), Schiemann, S. (Partner), Paulus, P. (Partner), Claußen, J. T. (Project staff), Poschkamp, A.-K. (Project staff), Köllner, G. (Project staff), Hüfner, S. K. (Project staff), Schürmann, H. (Project staff) & Abels, S. (Partner) - Federal Ministry of Education and Research - 01.07.19 → 31.12.23 - Project: Transfer (R&D project) 
- Innovation Plus 2019/2020: Digitale Bildung- Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic) - Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony - 01.04.19 → 31.12.20 - Project: Teaching 
- Sounding Memories - Nazi Persecution and Anti-Nazi Resistance in the Music of Contemporary Germany- Schoop, M. E. (Project manager, academic) & Spinetti, F. (Project manager, academic) - 01.02.19 → 12.07.21 - Project: Research 
- Professionalisierungsprozesse in der ästhetisch-künstlerischen Lehrer*innenbildung- Hallmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Engel, B. (Partner) - 01.01.19 → 30.09.22 - Project: Research 
- Klangräume – Digitale Räume: Sound im Kontext von Kunst, Medien und Bildung- Hallmann, K. (Project manager, academic) - 01.11.18 → 31.12.22 - Project: Research 
