Journal Team

Editors in Chief 2026/2027:

Chris Kattenbeck (University of Cologne, DE)

Josef Schaubruch (Mainz School of Music & Karlsruhe University of Music, DE)

 

Editors Board:

Daniel Fiedler (HMDK Stuttgart, DE)

Eva-Maria Tralle (Osnabrück University, DE)

Malte Sachsse (Detmold University of Music, DE)

Marc Godau (Paderborn University, DE)

Silke Schmid (University of Education Freiburg, DE)

Timo Neuhausen (Paderborn University, DE)

 

Advisory Board:

Anna Houmann (Lund University & Malmö Academy of Music, SE) – Professionalization, Sustainability and Innovation in Music Education

Barbara Hornberger (University of Wuppertal, DE) – Transdisciplinary Research on Popular Music, Popular Music Performances, Popular Music Pedagogy, Popular Music in the Post-Digital Age

Catharina Renate Christophersen (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, NO) – Music in Schools, Teacher Education, Partnerships, Policy Studies, Social Justice, Sustainability, Complexity, Educational Change

Heidi Westerlund (University of the Arts Helsinki, FI) – Collaborative Learning, Cultural Diversity, Democracy in Music Education

Jens Knigge (Nord University, Levanger, NO & University of Gothenburg, SE & Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, NO) – Competence Assessment, Cultural Literacy and Social Inclusion Through the Arts, Digital Tools in Music Education

Lauri Väkevä (University of Helsinki, FI) – Teaching Methods, Music Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Aesthetics, Social and Political Philosophy, Performing Arts, Artificial Intelligence

Michael Ahlers (Leuphana University, Lüneburg, DE) – Education, Improvisation, Creativity, Popular Music Practice, Digital Media, Music Didactics

Monika Unterreiner (University of Würzburg, DE) – (Cultural) Participation and Educational Equity, (Popular) Music Didactics, Community Music, Practice of Popular Music, Digitality

Stefanie Kiwi Menrath (Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, DE) – Cultural and Media Education, Pop Music Cultures, Transculturality, Ethnographic Research, Artistic Research

... (The advisory board is currently being expanded.)

 

Editors Office: 

Timo Neuhausen (Paderborn University, DE | Production Editor)

Laura Kupke (Paderborn University Library, DE | Technical Infrastructure)

Rebekka Schubert (Paderborn University, DE | Layout and Copy-Editing)

Dagmar Götte-Weiß (Paderborn University, DE | Copy-Editing)

 

Our sincere thanks and appreciation to our additional reviewers for 2026:

Benjamin Hecht (HMT Rostock, DE)

Bernd Clausen (University of Siegen, DE)

Daniel Walzer (Indiana University Indianapolis, USA)

Heinrich Klingmann (Paderborn University, DE)

Moritz Heffter (Freiburg University of Music, DE)

Immanuel Ott (Mainz School of Music, DE)

Jan Torge Clausen (University of Oldenburg, DE)

Johann Honnens (UdK Berlin, DE)

Johannes Treß (University of Education Freiburg, DE)

Jonas Völker (University of Music Detmold, DE)

Julia Barreiro (University of Potsdam, DE)

Julian Aufenanger (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, DE)

Martin Donner (RWTH Aachen University, DE)

Oliver Kautny (University of Cologne, DE)

Ruth Bier (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, DE)

 

Former Editors in Chief:

Marc Godau (2025/2026)

Timo Neuhausen (2025/2026)