Team

Group of German and Belgian researchers with the project’s school coaches

The interdisciplinary SMASCH team unites research from the following areas:

  • education science
  • sociology
  • organizational research and accounting
  • digital transformation
  • qualitative methods for the research and development of digitalization in educational settings

Team Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Sigrid Hartong
Heisenberg Professorship “Transformation of Governance in Education and Society”, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Helmut-Schmidt-University – University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Tobias Scheytt
Department for Management Accounting and Control, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Helmut-Schmidt-University – University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

Dr. Nadine Gerhardt-Huber
Department for Management Accounting and Control, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Helmut-Schmidt-University – University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

Anja Loft-Akhoondi
Heisenberg Professorship “Transformation of Governance in Education and Society”, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Helmut-Schmidt-University – University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg


Nina Brandau

Heisenberg Professorship “Transformation of Governance in Education and Society”, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Helmut-Schmidt-University – University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

Team Leuven

Prof. Dr. Mathias Decuypere
Methodology of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences
KU Leuven


Dr. Samira Ali Reza Beigi
Methodology of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences
KU Leuven


Toon Tierens

Methodology of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences
KU Leuven