Prof. Dr. Michael Ahlers

Education

2008                            Ph.D. at University of Paderborn with the research topic:  ‚Interface-Problems in Music Education: Historical and Empirical Studies on the Usage of Sequencer Software in Music Classes‘ 

1999–2001                   Additional Studies of Musicology at Musikhochschule Detmold

1995–1999                   Studies of Education with the subjects Music and German at University of Paderborn  

Academic Positions

09/2012                       Full Professorship for Music Education, in particular Popular Music, Leuphana University Lüneburg

Since 06/2012              Administration of a Professorship of Music Education, Leuphana University Lüneburg

09/2010                       Professorship (part-time) for Music Education focusing on Digital Media, Leopold-Mozart-Zentrum, University Augsburg

Since 09/2009              Academic Advisor (part-time) at University Paderborn 

Since 02/2005              Research Assistant, University Paderborn

2001–2005                   Editor-in-Chief of the Journal ‚Musikunterricht und Computer‘ (computers in music education), Lugert Publishing House