The aim of the HERMMES ambassador training is to equip professionals with skills, knowledge, and experience to provide their own direct support to teachers and parents in setting up and implementing their own approach to holistic media education.
The training consists of in-person and online courses and takes the participant on a 15-month learning journey to become the HERMMES ambassadors in their community.
DURATION: 15 months
STARTS ON: 9 September 2026
PRICE: € 1.275,00 (+VAT)
SUITABLE FOR:
Teacher trainers
After completing the HERMMES ambassador training, participants will be able to:
Adapt curricula for educational settings in line with national requirements
Guide schools and kindergartens towards getting the HERMMES label for their institutions
9 September 2026
10 September - 1 October 2026
2 - 3 October 2026 (Friday 14:00 - Saturday 20:00)
5 October - 1 November 2026
5 October - 1 November 2026
2 - 6 November 2026 | Zagreb, Croatia
7 - 26 November 2026
7 - 26 November 2026
27 - 28 November 2026
29 - 30 January 2027
12 - 13 March 2027
4 - 5 June 2027
27 September - 1 October 2027 | Prague, Czechia
🇩🇪 University of Siegen
Julia Kernbach is a lecturer and researcher at Siegen University, Germany, with a diploma in photography and a PhD in media education. Her research and teaching interests include the qualification of (art) teachers for digital skills education and analogue and digital media production projects.
🇺🇳 UNESCO
Mark West is a specialist on the future of education at the UNESCO’s Education Sector, where he explores how technology can improve or disturb the quality, equity, and accessibility of learning. He is the author of the UNESCO report “The Ed-Tech Tragedy?”.
🇩🇪 Alanus University
Paula Bleckmann is a Professor of Media education at Alanus University, Germany. Her research and teaching interests include digital resilience, parent counselling and cooperation, and unplugged methods for teaching digital skills. She is a founding member of GAINING
🇩🇪 Freie Hochschule Stuttgart
Robert Neumann is a Professor of Media and Computer Science education at Freie Hochschule Stuttgart, Germany. His Research and teaching experience include unplugged approaches for understanding Artificial Intelligence (and more specifically LLMs).
🇭🇺 🇳🇱 ECSWE/ENSWaP
Márti Domokos is the coordinator of the HERMMES project. She is project coordinator at the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education and a board member of the European Network of Steiner Waldorf Parents. Her expertise is in digital media curriculum development, parent-teacher cooperation and new technologies.
🇬🇧 University College London
Wayne Holmes is a professor of Critical Studies of AI and Education in the UCL Institue of Education. He holds a UNESCO Chair in the Ethics of AI and Education (IRCAI, Slovenia). His research and expertise is in the ethical, human rights, and social justice implications of AI for education.
🇩🇰 ECSWE/ENSWaP
Jesper Balslev is Senior Associate Lecturer at the Business Academy with a PhD in media education. His research experience includes digital disconnection-studies, IT and sustainability, digital sovereignty and analogisation, and prefigurative politics as a method to develop new approaches to technology.
🇬🇧 Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr. Velislava Hillman teaches at Goldsmiths, University of London and is founder of EDDS Institute where she investigates and evaluates educational technology and AI in education. Her research is on the impact of advancing digital systems, including AI, on children’s learning and wellbeing. She is the author of the book Taming Edtech.
🇬🇧 Sheffield Hallam University
Kath Bransby is a senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, and the education coordinator at Waldorf UK. Her expertise is in curriculum innovation, early literacy and neurodiversity, change management and leadership.
🇩🇪 elewa
Ulrike Sievers is a teacher at a Waldorf school in Hamburg, Germany. She is a teacher educator and runs the online professional learning platform elewa, hosting the HERMMES Learning journey. Her expertise is in language teaching, teaching methods in secondary education, integrating analogue and digital media in holistic and creative ways.
🇩🇪 Heidelberg University
Thomas Fuchs is a philosopher, psychiatrist and professor currently teaching at Heidelberg University. He is an award-winning scholar with a focus on phenomenology, embodied cognition, and differences between “Machine Learning” and human embodied and relationship-oriented learning.
🇩🇪 President of Montessori association
Ellen Zeiss is a Montessori educator and international trainer, a media maturity coach, and a World Peace Game facilitator. Her expertise is in child development and teacher education, and the intersection of freedom and responsibility in educational practice.
🇦🇹 EPA
Arja Krauchenberg is project and advocacy coordinator at the European Parents’ Association. She advocates for a holistic approach to education involving all people concerned with the upbringing of children. Her expertise is in multilingual education, media and digital literacy, and advocacy.
🇪🇸
Clara Centeno was a researcher at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission for 24 years. She conducted research on the interplay of digital technologies and skills for inclusion and well-being of vulnerable groups. Her research is informing the development of the EU digital education policies.
🇩🇰 Steiner Skolen i Vejle
Martin Kondrup is the principal of Steiner Skolen i Vejle and a teacher of natural sciences. He develops IT literacy frameworks and contributes to the Danish national media education network. His expertise is in building bridges between physical phenomena and their digital manifestations.
🇭🇷 ECSWE
Dora Šimunović is advocacy coordinator at the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education and the co-coordinator of the HERMMES project. Her expertise is in advocating for healthy digital media education with governing bodies and in policy-driven environments in Europe and internationally.
🇬🇧 Alanus University
Prof. Dr Martyn Rawson is a teaching at the Alanus University, at the National Tsing Hua University, at the Freie Hochschule Stuttgart, and in a Waldorf secondary school in Hamburg. His expertise is in contemporary pedagogy, curriculum theory, and assessment for learning.
🇨🇿 Czech Forest Kindergarten Association
Johana Passerin, with Master in special needs education, is co-founder of the Czech Association of forest kindergartens, and a lecturer in early childhood education. Her expertise is in coping strategies of young children, such as role play, outdoor movement, puppet play, fairy tales and artistic expression, all applicable to coping with problematic digital media experiences.
🇬🇧 Alliance for Childhood
Christopher Clouder is the chairman of the Alliance for Childhood – European Network and a board member of the European Network of Steiner Waldorf Parents, on whose behalf he has been a HERMMES partner. He has rich experience in advocating for healthy child development, in school and at home.
🇩🇪 Helmut-Schmidt University
Sigrid Hartong is a professor at the Helmut-Schmidt University in Hamburg. She researches manifestations, effects, and future of datafication, digital infrastructures and AI in education and society. She is closely involved in the SMASCH project, the ETH-TECH, the Unblack the Box, and the European Conference of Critical EdTech Studies.
🇧🇪 Federatie Steinerscholen
Pieter Bastin is a teacher of media education in Stenier schools in Belgium and a Senior Lecturer in Media at the Erasmushogeschool Brussels. He is responsible for updating Flemish Steiner school curriculum with the HERMMES materials and researches how AI intersects with pedagogical practice.
🇧🇪 L4WB-I
Dominic Richardson leads the Learning for Well-Being Institute. He has worked closely with the UNICEF Innocenti office and the OECD on his research of child well-being, evaluating family policies, integrating human services, and social impact investment.
🇧🇪 IASWECE
Clara Aerts is an early childhood specialist and has contributed to the development of the HERMMES approach on behalf of the International Association of Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Education. Her expertise is creating environment for healthy early childhood development in the digital age, public lecturing and teaching in adult education using empowering learning processes.
🇩🇪 University of Siegen
Julia Kernbach is a lecturer and researcher at Siegen University, Germany, with a diploma in photography and a PhD in media education. Her research and teaching interests include the qualification of (art) teachers for digital skills education and analogue and digital media production projects.
🇺🇳 UNESCO
Mark West is a specialist on the future of education at the UNESCO’s Education Sector, where he explores how technology can improve or disturb the quality, equity, and accessibility of learning. He is the author of the UNESCO report “The Ed-Tech Tragedy?”.
🇩🇪 Alanus University
🇩🇪 Freie Hochschule Stuttgart
🇭🇺 🇳🇱 ECSWE/ENSWaP
Márti Domokos is the coordinator of the HERMMES project. She is project coordinator at the European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education and a board member of the European Network of Steiner Waldorf Parents. Her expertise is in digital media curriculum development, parent-teacher cooperation and new technologies.
🇬🇧 University College London
Wayne Holmes is a professor of Critical Studies of AI and Education in the UCL Institue of Education. He holds a UNESCO Chair in the Ethics of AI and Education (IRCAI, Slovenia). His research and expertise is in the ethical, human rights, and social justice implications of AI for education.
🇩🇰 Business Academy Copenhagen
🇬🇧 Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr. Velislava Hillman teaches at Goldsmiths, University of London and is founder of EDDS Institute where she investigates and evaluates educational technology and AI in education. Her research is on the impact of advancing digital systems, including AI, on children’s learning and wellbeing. She is the author of the book Taming Edtech.
🇬🇧 Sheffield Hallam University
Kath Bransby is a senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, and the education coordinator at Waldorf UK. Her expertise is in curriculum innovation, early literacy and neurodiversity, change management and leadership.
🇩🇪 elewa
🇩🇪 Heidelberg University
Thomas Fuchs is a philosopher, psychiatrist and professor currently teaching at Heidelberg University. He is an award-winning scholar with a focus on phenomenology, embodied cognition, and differences between “Machine Learning” and human embodied and relationship-oriented learning.
🇩🇪 Montessori Europe
Arja Krauchenberg is project and advocacy coordinator at the European Parents’ Association. She advocates for a holistic approach to education involving all people concerned with the upbringing of children. Her expertise is in multilingual education, media and digital literacy, and advocacy.
🇪🇸
Clara Centeno was a researcher at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission for 24 years. She conducted research on the interplay of digital technologies and skills for inclusion and well-being of vulnerable groups. Her research is informing the development of the EU digital education policies.
🇩🇰 Steiner Skolen i Vejle
Martin Kondrup is the principal of Steiner Skolen i Vejle and a teacher of natural sciences. He develops IT literacy frameworks and contributes to the Danish national media education network. His expertise is in building bridges between physical phenomena and their digital manifestations.
🇭🇷 ECSWE
🇬🇧 Alanus University
Prof. Dr Martyn Rawson is a teaching at the Alanus University, at the National Tsing Hua University, at the Freie Hochschule Stuttgart, and in a Waldorf secondary school in Hamburg. His expertise is in contemporary pedagogy, curriculum theory, and assessment for learning.
🇨🇿 Czech Forest Kindergarten Association
Johana Passerin, with a masters degree in special needs education, is the co-founder of the Czech Association of Forest Kindergartens and a lecturer in early childhood education. Her expertise is in coping strategies for young children related problematic digital media experiences.
🇬🇧 Alliance for Childhood
Christopher Clouder is the chairman of the Alliance for Childhood – European Network and a board member of the European Network of Steiner Waldorf Parents, on whose behalf he has been a HERMMES partner. He has rich experience in advocating for healthy child development, in school and at home.
🇩🇪 Helmut-Schmidt University
Sigrid Hartong is a professor at the Helmut-Schmidt University in Hamburg. She researches manifestations, effects, and future of datafication, digital infrastructures and AI in education and society. She is closely involved in the SMASCH project, the ETH-TECH, the Unblack the Box, and the European Conference of Critical EdTech Studies.
🇧🇪 Federatie Steinerscholen
Pieter Bastin is a teacher of media education in Stenier schools in Belgium and a Senior Lecturer in Media at the Erasmushogeschool Brussels. He is responsible for updating Flemish Steiner school curriculum with the HERMMES materials and researches how AI intersects with pedagogical practice.
🇧🇪 L4WB-I
Dominic Richardson leads the Learning for Well-Being Institute. He has worked closely with the UNICEF Innocenti office and the OECD on his research of child well-being, evaluating family policies, integrating human services, and social impact investment.
🇧🇪 IASWECE
Clara Aerts is an early childhood specialist and has contributed to the development of the HERMMES approach on behalf of the International Association of Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Education. Her expertise is creating environment for healthy early childhood development in the digital age, public lecturing and teaching in adult education using empowering learning processes.
The organiser preserves the right to make changes to the timeline, programme, and lecturers.
REGULAR FEE
€ 1.275,00
+ VAT (21%)
by 1 June 2026
LATE FEE
€ 1.695,00
+ VAT (21%)
by 1 August 2026
Fee can be paid by an organisation or business, as part of your professional development or in the form of a scholarship, or by you personally.
For any question regarding our support in the payment, please contact hermmes.ambassador@ecswe.eu