Team – Blinc

Tim Scholze - Project developer & manager on national, European and international level with a focus on Competence Oriented Learning and Validation and Sustainable Development

Tim Scholze

Background: PhD in Educational Science, Soils Scientist (M.Sc.agr), Project Management since 1993, 10 years University experience (admin, teaching and science),with blinc since 2005

Focus in blinc: Developing and management of European projects in innovative training and learning, circular economy, CSR, Sustainable and climate-sensitive development, digital literacy, culture, New ways of (informal) learning and validation, blended learning, learning technologies.
European strategic development in blinc

Sabine Wiemann - Project manager & developer in national and European projects with expertise in sustainable development, media literacy, diversity, social, cultural and intercultural issues

Sabine Wiemann

Background: B.A. in international business communication, certified translator and interpreter for EN, FR and IT, project management since 1998 and one of the founding members of blinc (since 2005).

Focus in blinc: Developing and management of European projects in innovative training and learning, circular economy, CSR, Sustainable and climate-sensitive development, culture, combatting domestic violence
New ways of (informal) learning and validation
European strategic development in blinc

Leena Ferogh - Manager of Intercultural Learning projects, financing specialist of our European Projects

Leena Ferogh

Background: PhD in educational sciences, since then also worked as an intercultural trainer in the social and health care sector and on many projects in this field (e.g. LISTEN, REST, PRACTICE, I-Care). Worked in many projects on educational and environmental issues at the University of Göttingen and the University of Kassel since 2005. With blinc since 2016.

Focus in blinc: Focus on intercultural learning, youth and school education

Dimitar Zlatanov - Management of EU projects

Dimitar Zlatanov

Background: BA in Political Science, MA in Artistic Psychosocial Practices. Spent several years working with refugees and different disadvantaged groups. Working on EU projects since 2018.

Focus in blinc: Part of the blinc team since 2022. Managing different EU projects. At the moment, involved in Green Gardens, SASSI LLC, Care4Carers, PROSPER, Critical Balance, SLACC and Cur8.

Sarah Wild - Project manager with a focus on informal learning projects in enterprises and capacity building projects in the field of regional development.

Sarah Wild

Background: Master degree in Business Psychology, Bachelor degree in Business Administration. 10 years experience in EU projects, 4 years project management. With blinc since 2013

Focus in blinc: Project management, development of trainings, specialised in HR development topics, integration and cultural topics and age sensitive learning and training

Vianne Law - Project assistance in EU projects in the cultural sector.

Vianne Law

Background: BA in Sustainable Development, MA in Human Rights and Conflict Management. Have experience in NGO management and international social projects since 2015.

Focus in blinc: Focus on the cultural projects PPS and CIP.

Olga Mineva - Project manager and expert in projects with vulnerable target groups, HR projects and informal learning projects in enterprises

Olga Mineva

Background: Organisational Psychologist, Strategic Leadership Consultant, Trainer, Founder of an NGO for Women Empowerment;
Project Developer &Manager with focus on Vulnerable Groups.
Shared projects with blinc since 2012, employed since 2020

Focus in blinc: Responsible for Empowerment of Vulnerable Groups,
Organisational Development in NGOs,
Supporting organisational development in blinc

Sebastian Schwäbe - Project Manager with focus on CSR and corporate sustainable development projects

Sebastian Schwäbe

Background: Certified Project Manager, B.A. Ancient cultures, Study of Business Information Systems, 5 years Teaching Experience (private school), one year of international experience. With blinc since 2018

Focus in blinc: Project Manager in blended learning projects on CSR and sustainable development, counselling on validation and creation of LEVEL5 documentation.
Content development in mobile learning apps with different target groups (schools, higher education, companies).

Celia Mewes - Project manager & developer in European projects with expertise in HE sector and a focus on (inter-)cultural issues.

Celia Mewes

Background: M.A. in English and German, Ph.D. in German Literature, expertise in project management at HE level and outside academia since 2001. (Inter-)Cultural work, experience as a lecturer in HE institutes and private sector in Germany and the UK.

Focus in blinc: Developing and managing European projects in innovative training and learning, cultural and intercultural issues. European strategic development

David Pohl - Web-application-developer for websites, PWAs (Progressive Web Apps), themes / design and plugins for learning software and project websites, IT administration operations

David Pohl

Background: Information technology officer (focused on html, css, scss, javascript, typescript, PHP, react, react native, angular, ionic), since 2016 with blinc and/or its partner organisations BUPNET/Q21

Focus in blinc: Interface between IT development and content requirement queries. Create Themes, Design, Plugins for wordpress, mahara, moodle, moodle app. Development of Apps for IOS and Android.

Maike Gauger Lange - Responsible for ERASMUS for Young Entrepreneurs EU Project administration Project Assistance in entrepreneurial and business/academia projects

Maike Gauger-Lange

Background: PhD in History, certified Project Manager, working experience as coordinator and researcher at university, working for blinc since 2017

Focus in blinc: Entrepreneurship Education, Responsible for the EYE programme.
Link to University projects.
Central Administration and documentation

Jens-Michael Lohse - Software developer (LEVEL5, Apps and Plugins for Moodle, Mahara and WordPress) and support, expertise in different European & national projects on data and digital literacy

Jens-Michael Lohse

Background: Studied Physics, worked as Software developer / Quality engineer in the lamp production.
With blinc and/or its partner organisations
BUPNET/Q21 since 2012.

Focus in blinc: Developing Learning technologies, with special focus on the technical part (software development (Apps, LEVEL5 validation software, Plugins for Moodle, Mahara and WordPress))

Alexandra Meier - Project Assistance, HR and Accounting

Alexandra Meier

Background: Originally from the nursing field, I retrained in 2020 to become a management assistant for administrative management.

Focus in blinc: Joined blinc at the end of 2021. I am responsible for administrative processes & take care of documentation, organization, accounting and HR.

Garrett Hubing - Project Assistance in projects related to Integration and Language Acquisition

Garrett Hubing

Background: MA in Linguistics and Turkish Studies, MA in TEFL, several years experience facilitating integration and managing integration-related projects. High school teacher certification and experience teaching English/Physics. Trainer certification for Frisbee sports.

Focus in blinc: Joined blinc at the beginning of 2022. Mainly involved in the projects DREAMM and VIPS.

Sara Wiemann - Project assistance and design expert for websites, multimedia applications (photo, video, design) and layout

Sara Wiemann

Background: Background in Business Informatics, Online and Social Media Marketing. With blinc since 2018.

Focus in blinc: Creation and maintenance of digital projects like websites, online and offline publications as well as logo design and all other graphic design work.

Bernhard Schäfer - Expert on circular economy projects with long- term experiences on municipal waste and waste-water technology management

Bernhard Schäfer

Background: Engineer with focus on waste management, waste water treatment. 35 years experience in conception and handling of innovative projects in the fields of bioenergy, sewage and waste on municipal level. Participation in various EU projects since 10 years.
With blinc since 2020

Focus in blinc: Development of solutions on sustainable development, renewable energy, waste recycling, waste water and biomass, production and application of activated carbon from biomass.

Linda Siebert - Project assistance in EU projects in the cultural sector.

Linda Siebert

Background: Background in educational science, cultural studies, music education and adult education. Joined blinc in 2021.

Focus in blinc: Focus on the cultural projects NEMO, PPS and CIM.