Steering Committee

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Dr. Teun Dekker (UCM) is Vice Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Education at University College Maastricht.

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Dr. Helen Brookman is the Director of Liberal Arts and Pro-Vice-Dean (Innovation in Education) at King’s College London.

Dr. Ursula Glunk is the Academic Director of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Program at University College Freiburg.

Dr. Delphine Groues is the Executive-Director of Studies at the Institut d’études politiques in Paris.

Dr. Francesco Strazzari is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Pisa-based Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and adjunct research professor at the Oslo-based NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

Project Manager

Dr. Sara Tomczuk holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Washington, manages CREATES, and teaches in the Studium Individuale at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.

Project Chair

Dr. Carola Schormann is a professor of Musicology and a vice president of Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.

Toolkit Development Teams

DT for Co-creative Learning

Dr. Steffi Hobuß (DT Lead) Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Dr. Rosa Andújar, King’s College London

Rosa Andújar is Deputy Director of Liberal Arts at King’s College London, where she teaches and manages an interdisciplinary undergraduate programme that ranges across the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. She is a classicist by profession, with research expertise in both Ancient Greek Drama and its modern reception.

Dr. Simon J. Büchner, University College Freiburg

Simon Büchner is lecturer and course coordinator in the Liberal Arts and Sciences program at University College Freiburg. His background is in Cognitive Science and Psychology. He used both research-based learning and problem-based learning in his undergraduate teaching.

Dr. Sevgi Doğan, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Dr. Judith Gurr, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Dr. Judith Gurr holds a doctorate in political science from the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg. She is a Dialogical Learning Specialist and Deputy Director of the Teaching Service at Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Dr. Mattia Grandi, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Mattia Grandi is a Research Fellow in “Emerging Research in International Security” at the Institute of Law, Politics and Development of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. His research interests include, among others, natural resources management and conflict, critical security studies and African politics, with a specific focus over the Horn of Africa.

Dr. Manuela Heins, University College Maastricht

Dr. Jeroen Moes, University College Maastricht

Dr. Sara Tomczuk, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Dr. Sara Tomczuk holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Washington, manages CREATES, and teaches in the Studium Individuale at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.

Stella Wasenitz, University College Maastricht

With a background in educational theory and philosophy, Stella teaches at the University College Maastricht as a Junior Teaching Fellow and works at EDLAB, the Institute of Education Innovation of Maastricht University. Stella worked with problem-based learning from the perspective of a student, a teacher, and a researcher.

DT for Faculty Advising

Dr. Oscar van den Wijngaard (DT Lead) EDLAB The Maastricht University Institute for Education Innovation

For many years, Oscar taught humanities and coordinated academic advising at University College Maastricht. He currently works at EDLAB, the education innovation institute of Maastricht University on projects on student retention, student engagement and problem-based learning.

Dr. Camilla Cassidy, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Dr. Sarah Lewis, King’s College London

Dr. Ryan Plumley, University College Freiburg

DT for Peer Advising

Dr. Sabine Sané (DT Lead) University College Freiburg

Dr. Sevgi Doğan, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Dr. Mattia Grandi, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Mattia Grandi is a Research Fellow in “Emerging Research in International Security” at the Institute of Law, Politics and Development of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. His research interests include, among others, natural resources management and conflict, critical security studies and African politics, with a specific focus over the Horn of Africa.

Reine Ramaekers, University College Maastricht

Reine Ramaekers is a Junior Teaching Fellow at Maastricht University College. After being a student there herself she followed a Masters degree in Cognitive Neuroscience with a focus on Educational Neuroscience.

Dr. Sara Tomczuk, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Dr. Sara Tomczuk holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Washington, manages CREATES, and teaches in the Studium Individuale at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.

DT for Self Advising

Dr. Véronique Dubois-Bouchet (DT Lead) SciencesPo

Nathan Clendenin, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Willian Oliveira Dos Santos, University College Maastricht

Willian Oliveira dos Santos is a Junior Teaching Fellow at University College Maastricht and teaches courses on academic skills and research methods. He has contributed to the development and management of the college’s MethodsLab, a platform to assist students with research methodology.