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
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‘The song factories have closed!’: songwriting camps as spaces of collaborative creativity in the post-industrial age
Herbst, J.-P., Ahlers, M. & Barber, S., 29.06.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Creative Industries Journal. 17, 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Modellierungen außerinstitutioneller Aneignungsprozesse digital-materieller Interfaces und (musik-)pädagogische Anschlüsse
Neuhausen, T. & Ahlers, M., 09.05.2024, Musik – Digitalisierung – Bildung. Neuhaus, D. & Keden, H. J. (eds.). München: Kopaed, p. 77-100 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Musikökonomie und Rechte: Terra incognita oder Potenzialgebiete für die Musikpädagogik?
Ahlers, M. & Brunner, G., 15.04.2024, Der Welt abhanden gekommen?: Zur Relevanz von Musikunterricht im gesellschaftlichen Dialog. Krettenauer, T., Niegot, A., Stange, C. & Zöllner-Dressler, S. (eds.). Münster: Waxmann Verlag, p. 73-82 10 p. (Studien zur Musikkultur; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Kompetenzorientierte Seminarbausteine für adaptives Klassenmusizieren: Eine Analyse aus der Perspektive des Handlungsmodells adaptiver Lernunterstützung
Verbücheln, E.-M. & Ahlers, M., 19.03.2024, In: PFLB - Zeitschrift für Schul- und Professionsentwicklung. 6, 2, p. 24–42 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pop als Angebot: Fachliche und didaktische Überlegungen für die Grundschule
Ahlers, M., 15.02.2024, In: Grundschule Musik. 2024, 109, p. 2-6 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Musikkulturen, Nachhaltigkeit und Klimabildung
Zaddach, W.-G. & Ahlers, M., 22.10.2025, Handbuch Klimabildung. Höttecke, D., Heinicke, S., Martens, H., Nehring, A. & Rabe, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Nature, p. 265-283Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Musikwirtschaft: "Chest always to puffed guy"
Ahlers, M., 22.09.2025, Popmusikforschung. Rudolph, P., Suer, D. & Hornberger, B. (eds.). UTB, p. 87-104Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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From Sheet to Beat: Creativity and Composition as Useful Content for (Digital) Lifelong Learning
Ahner, P., Ahlers, M., Aigner, W., Chatelain, S., Desmurs, S., Hug, D., Mall, P. & Spieker, B., 23.09.2025, Liberty – Equity – Creativity: Innovating and Inventing Music in the Classroom. Buchborn, T., Gall, M., Henessy, S. & Stumpfögger, M. (eds.). Helbling Verlag, p. 189-206Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Ruth Asawa and the artist-mother at midcentury
Troeller, J., 06.05.2025, The MIT Press. 355 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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A Rapping Witness, Stumbling Stones and Jewish History: Musical Remediations of Memories from the Times of National Socialism
Köhn, T., 22.12.2023, In: Samples. 21, p. 1-24 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
