Alexandra Kertz-Welzel

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Alexandra Kertz-Welzel, PhD, is since 2021 professor II at INN and professor and chair of music education at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich (Germany). She obtained her PhD in musicology from Saarland University in Saarbruecken (Germany), as well as master's degrees in music education, German studies, philosophy, piano performance, and harpsichord performance. From 2002-2005, she was visiting scholar and lecturer in music education at the University of Washington in Seattle (USA) and, from 2005-2011, high school teacher and part-time lecturer at the University of Music in Saarbruecken (Germany). Since April 2011, she is professor and chair of music education at LMU. With research interests in international music education, sociology and philosophy of music education, music education policy, community music, and children's musical cultures, she has regularly presented at national and international conferences. She is author and editor of several books and a frequent contributor to leading journals in music education. Since 2021, she is Vice Dean of the College of Arts and History at LMU. She has been active in international societies for many years and was chair of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education (ISPME) (2017-2019) and co-chair of the ISME Commission on Policy: Culture, Education and Media (2016-2018). Additionally, she is editorial board member of international peer-reviewed journals such as Philosophy of Music Education Review, Arts Education Policy Review, and Journal of Historical Research in Music Education. 

An updated list of her publications can be found here