Professorship for Music Education, in Particular Popular Music
Organisational unit: Professoship
Main research areas
Die Professur für Musikdidaktik beschäftigt sich mit Didaktik der Pop-/ Rockmusik, Popmusik-Analyse, Einsatz und Evaluation von Musiksoftware im schulischen und professionellen Umfeld, Tontechnik, Musiklehre und audiovisuelle Medienproduktion, Geschichte und soziokulturelle Hintergründe von Popmusik, Regionale (Pop-) Musikkultur, Digitale Medien in Geschäfts- und Kreativprozessen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Internets sowie Kreativitäts- und Improvisationsforschung.
- 2025
Abschluss des Promotionsverfahrens Gernot Preusser
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
31.03.2025Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Abschluss des Promotionsverfahrens Thomas Köhn (Zweitgutachter)
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
06.03.2025Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Techno Cityscapes: Berlin’s Club Cultural Evolution in the Midst of Gentrification
Jóri, A. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2024
Abschluss des Promotionsverfahrens Liang Yu
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
17.09.2024Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Abschluss des Promotionsverfahrens Katharina Horst de Cuestas
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
16.09.2024Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Abschluss des Promotionsverfahrens Cornelia Dirks (Zweitgutachter)
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
04.08.2024Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
“MORGEN IST DIE FRAGE” – Current Issues of Berlin’s Club Culture
Jóri, A. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
“Morgen ist die Frage”: On the Necessity of Archiving Berlin’s Techno Histories
Jóri, A. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2023
Innovative Approaches to Digital Classroom Music. Professional Competencies of Music Students
Verbücheln, E.-M. (Speaker)
26.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Abschluss des Promotionsverfahrens: Dr. Maurice Stenzel (Drittgutachter)
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
22.03.2023Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Verständnisse und Aufgaben der Musiktheorie(n) in der Eignungsprüfung. Vortrag auf der Jahrestagung der KMPWH
Ahlers, M. (Speaker) & Lang, R. (Speaker)
16.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Kollaborative Kreativität zwischen Fließband und Kunst
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
21.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
PostDoc Mentorat Universität Koblenz
Ahlers, M. (Consultant)
01.01.2023 → 01.01.2024Activity: Consultancy
- 2022
Zukunftsmusik: The Future of Digital Musik Making & Education
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
05.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Postdigitale Musikalische Interfaces als musikpädagogisches Potenzial? Ein Explorations-Workshop
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
04.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Peak of the Assembly Lines? (Online) Songwriting Camps as Current Spaces of Individual and Collaborative Creativity
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
21.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Workshop für lehrkräftebildende Hochschulen Niedersachsens im Rahmen der „Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung“
Ahlers, M. (Speaker), Besser, M. (Speaker), Kuhl, P. (Speaker) & Herzog, C. (Speaker)
13.09.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Interfaces between People and Musics: Paradigm Shifts in the Context of Post-Digital Music Practice
Ahlers, M. (Speaker) & Neuhausen, T. (Speaker)
10.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Meaningful Classroom Music: A Blended Learning Approach
Verbücheln, E.-M. (Speaker) & Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
20.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Abschluss des Promotionsverfahrens Dr. Beate Angerer (Zweitgutachter)
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
08.03.2022Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Populäre Musik und Musikunterricht: Neuere Angebote und Anschlüsse
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
25.01.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Digital Teaching and Learning
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
14.01.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2021
Patryk Galuszka
Ahlers, M. (Host)
01.12.2021 → 31.12.2022Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Projekte, Potenziale und Produkte digitaler Medien in ästhetischen Fächern
Ahlers, M. (Speaker) & Krieger, C. (Speaker)
02.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zwischen modularer Konstitution und Niederschwelligkeits-mythos. Zum Demokratisierungsversprechen aktueller digital-haptischer Musik-Interfaces
Ahlers, M. (Speaker) & Wernicke, C. (Speaker)
19.06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Roundtable Popular music and education
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
18.06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Musik der Zeit. Gewaltexzesse im deutschen Gangsta Rap anhand des Beispiels Kollegah
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
16.06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
CTM Festival 2021 – Transformation
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
23.01.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
"MUSIKUNTERRICHT IM KONTEXT VON DIGITALISIERUNG, BILDUNG & GESELLSCHAFT
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
14.01.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2020
Music, Media and Arts Education 2020
Ahlers, M. (Participant) & Wernicke, C. (Participant)
17.11.2020 → 18.11.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Abschluss Promotionsverfahren Paul Christian Hönigschnabel (Zweitgutachter)
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
27.05.2020Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Zweitgutachter im Promotionsverfahren Dr. Paul Christian Hönigschnabel: Musikerziehung in Österreich: 1947–2017. Die Mediatisierung des Faches, dargestellt in den Beiträgen des Fachmagazins Musikerziehung
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
27.05.2020Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Abschluss Promotionsverfahren Michael Dannhauer (Erstgutachter)
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
16.04.2020Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Erstgutachter im Promotionsverfahren Dr. Michael Dannhauer: (Über-)Leben als Popmusiker*in Eine empirische Untersuchung zur tertiären Ausbildung, dem Tätigkeitspro-fil sowie den professionellen Herausforderungen und Kompetenzbeständen von Berufsmusiker*innen im Bereich Populärer Musik
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
16.04.2020Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
"Musikunterricht in digitalisierten Bildungskontexten"
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
20.02.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Musikunterricht in digitalisierten Bildungskontexten
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
20.02.2020 → 21.02.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2019
Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreis für Musikpädagogische Forschung - 2019
Ahlers, M. (Organiser)
27.09.2019 → 29.09.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leben mit Maschinen - 2019
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
29.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Digitalisierung, Musik, Unterricht, Forschung
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
20.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Erstgutachter im Promotionsverfahren Dr. Melanie Ptatscheck: Biographische Fallrekonstruktion von Lebensgeschichten heroinabhängiger Musiker in Los Angeles
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
19.06.2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Abschluss Promotionsverfahren Melanie Ptatscheck (Erstgutachter)
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
17.06.2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Erstgutachten im Dissertationsverfahren Melanie Ptatscheck, M.A.
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
17.06.2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
International Association for the Study of Popular Music UK and Ireland Branch Sustainable Sounds Conference - 2019
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
11.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Materiality, Agency and Potentials of “Music-Making-Things”
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
11.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Musikobjekte als Gegenstand der Artefaktanalyse - Interdisziplinärer Workshop - 2019
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
18.03.2019 → 19.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
- 2018
Professorship for Music Education, in Particular Popular Music (Organisational unit)
Ahlers, M. (Executive member)
04.12.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
MusikmachDinge, Klangerzeuger, neuen Instrumente und hybride Perfomance-Settings
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
10.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Evaluation künstlerischen Unterrichts an einer Universität: Einblicke in die Entwicklung von Erhebungsinstrumenten, Prozesse, sowie erste Daten
Ahlers, M. (Speaker) & Seifert, A. (Speaker)
06.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Musikalische Interface Designs (Poster)
Ahlers, M. (Speaker) & Wernicke, C. (Speaker)
06.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Pop-Welten
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
29.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Kompetentes Klassenmusizieren: Prozesse und Produkte phasenübergreifender Zusammenarbeit
Ahlers, M. (Speaker) & Landmeier, J. K. (Speaker)
26.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reeperbahnfestival Konferenz
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
19.09.2018 → 22.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Best/Worst of Both Worlds?
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
14.09.2018 → 16.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Best/Worst of Both Worlds?
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
14.09.2018 → 16.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Das erste Vernetzungstreffen des BMBF-Förderungschwerpunkts "Forschung zur Digitalisierung in der Kulturellen Bildung"
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
28.06.2018 → 29.06.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
"Neue MusikmachDinge: Augmented Creativity and Connectivity?"
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
02.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Musikunterricht und Multimedia 3
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
16.02.2018 → 17.02.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
De-Mystifying the Digital
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
03.02.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die 10. Tagung der AG Populärkultur und Medien in der GfM - Popkongress 2018
Ahlers, M. (Participant)
01.02.2018 → 02.02.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2017
Zwischen den Stühlen oder gemeinsam sind wir stärker? Paradigmen, Probleme und Potenziale transdiszipinärer Forschung
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
25.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
GMM Summer Institute 2017
Ahlers, M. (Organiser)
23.09.2017 → 30.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Whole Person Development – Building Students as Academic Leaders
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
03.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
XVIII Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music - 2017
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
29.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
„Didaktik der Populären Musik“: Inter- National/Disziplinäre Blicke und eigene Ansätze
Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)
02.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
25th EAS Conference / ISME European Regional Conference 2017
Ahlers, M. (presenter)
20.04.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Mobile Music in the Making 2017
Ahlers, M. (presenter)
10.03.2017 → 11.03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
History and Roles of Star-Concepts
Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)
24.02.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Konferenz der Kommission für Musikpädagogik an wissenschaftlichen Hochschulen 2017
Ahlers, M. (Participant)
16.02.2017 → 17.02.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Lecture and Workshop on media-based presentations and music-marketing
Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)
13.02.2017 → 15.02.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Digitale Medien im Musikunterricht
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
01.02.2017Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Jugend – Musik – Medien
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
01.02.2017Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
- 2016
Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education (Organisational unit)
Ahlers, M. (Executive member)
08.12.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Digital Innovation Circle
Ahlers, M. (Keynote speaker)
05.12.2016 → 06.12.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Schneller, höher, lauter - Virtuosität in (populären) Musiken
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
18.11.2016 → 20.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vortrag und Workshop zu "Alternative Cultures" in EDM und Hip-Hop
Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)
03.11.2016 → 05.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Gesellschaft für Musikwirtschafts- und Musikkulturforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Ahlers, M. (Executive member)
21.09.2016Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
GMM Summer Institute 2017
Ahlers, M. (Organiser)
13.09.2016 → 20.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jugend- und popkulturelle Vermittlungsfelder
Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)
18.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Europe meets Asia – Virtuosos and Stars as Cultural Goods and Symbols
Ahlers, M. (Oral presentation)
01.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Tools – Kreativität – Gamification: Paradigmen und Konzepte zum Einsatz digitaler Medien im Musikunterricht.
Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)
19.05.2016 → 21.05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Popmusik-Vermittlung: Zwischen Kompetenzorientierung und Aufgabenkonstruktion
Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)
09.03.2016 → 12.03.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Acoustic Capital in German Rap: A Case Study on Appropriation, Value Creation and Post-Digital Music Business
Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)
03.03.2016 → 07.03.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Mediale Präsentationen in der Musikvermittlung
Ahlers, M. (Lecturer)
29.02.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
MpWH-Jahrestagung 2016 (Event)
Ahlers, M. (Full member)
25.02.2016 → 26.02.2016Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Education
Arbeitsgruppe Fach und Sprache (External organisation)
Ahlers, M. (Office)
08.02.2016 → 10.02.2016Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
- 2015
6. Nachwuchsworkshop der Gesellschaft für Popularmusikforschung - GfPM 2015
Ahlers, M. (Organiser)
10.07.2015 → 11.07.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2014
Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education (Organisational unit)
Ahlers, M. (Office)
11.12.2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
36th Annual Conference of the German Association for Research in Music Education
Ahlers, M. (presenter)
11.10.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
German Society for Popular Music Studies e.V. (External organisation)
Ahlers, M. (Member)
30.09.2014 → 02.10.2014Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Journal of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (Journal)
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
19.08.2014Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
European Association for Music in Schools - EAS 2014
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
20.05.2014 → 25.05.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Gutachter für den Schweizerischen Nationalfond (SNF)
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
20.05.2014Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
School of Education (Organisational unit)
Ahlers, M. (Member)
26.03.2014 → 01.04.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Symposium: Popmusik-Vermittlung zwischen Schule, Hochschule und Beruf
Ahlers, M. (Organiser)
13.02.2014 → 14.02.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Education and Training for European Teachers
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
20.01.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Reviewer für Tagungsband Nr. 35 des Arbeitskreis für Musikpädagogische Forschung
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
01.01.2014 → 04.01.2014Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
- 2013
Doppeltagung zur Internationalisierung der Lehrerbildung des und
Ahlers, M. (Participant)
07.11.2013 → 08.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Journal of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (Journal)
Ahlers, M. (Reviewer)
01.07.2013 → 01.07.2050Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Gründungsworlshop der "International Association for the Study of Popular Music D-A-CH" - IASPM D-A-CH 2013
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
25.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Teacher Identity in Europe: Intensive Programme (IP) - 2013
Ahlers, M. (Speaker)
15.03.2013 → 23.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education