The Historiana Teams
Historiana is being jointly developed by its Historical Content team, Teaching and Learning team and Concept, Development and Design team. All teams work together to create content for Historiana and to translate complex historical events, developments, concepts and skills into accessible, ready-to-use material for history teachers across Europe and beyond. Together, they combine historical content with practical ways of teaching it to provide an in-depth, multiperspective and transnational approach to history. Steven Stegers and Ivan Milovanov are managing Historiana on behalf of EuroClio and are responsible for coordination, communication and partnership.
The Historical Content team
The Historical Content team of Historiana takes the lead in creating, editing and updating the resources available under the Historical Content tab of Historiana.
The team is composed of historians and experienced educators from across Europe and beyond. The current team come from Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States but we are always looking for new volunteers who would like to join the team.
The team meets monthly online and twice a year face-to-face with the T&L team. At these meetings they usually review progress made on content development and proposals for new content as well as identifying possibilities for re-curating existing content on Historiana to better meet teachers’ needs.
AboutAndrea Scionti
Andrea Scionti
Andrea Scionti studied history in Italy (Perugia and Pisa), at the University of Edinburgh and at Emory University, where he received his PhD. His research focused on US and Cold War history, with particular interest in transatlantic relations and cultural diplomacy. He joined the Historical Content Team in 2015 to contribute to Historiana's vision of a transnational and multiperspective approach to history teaching, and has contributed to the development of source collections since then. He currently lives in Brussels, where he works on EU affairs.- About
Bob Stradling
Bob Stradling
Dr. Bob Stradling taught modern political history at London University before he moved to Scotland in the 1990s where he was appointed Senior Research Fellow and Director of a multi-disciplinary research unit at the University of Edinburgh. From the mid-1980s he also worked on a part-time basis for the Council of Europe as history education consultant and in that capacity was also actively involved in the planning to establish EuroClio in 1992. He has continued to work with the team at EuroClio ever since. In 2009, having retired from the University, he was invited by EuroClio to join an advisory board to discuss how best to develop a website for history educators, Historiana, and development began in 2010 with Bob as editor-in-chief. He is also the author of Teaching 20th Century European History (2001); Multiperspectivity in History Teaching (2003), joint author (with Chris Rowe) of Critical Moments in Recent European History (2008) and the editor of Crossroads of European History (2008). 
AboutChris Rowe
Chris Rowe
Chris Rowe, born in 1941 near Liverpool, studied History in Liverpool, London, Vienna and at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island from which he received a graduate fellowship. After his studies he worked as a History teacher at both Grammar Schools as well as University. He has been the head of the History Department of Wistantley Sixth Form College for twenty-five years and after his retirement in 2002 Chris Rowe became a History consultant, providing in-service training for History teachers in the UK and Europe-wide. Besides his involvement with EuroClio he also works as an international expert for the Council of Europe History projects. For more than thirty years Chris Rowe has been involved in A-level history examinations and until today works as principal examiner. He is author and co-author of several text books and teaching resources that mainly deal with British, American and 20th century Europe.- About
Francesco Scatigna
Francesco Scatigna
Francesco Scatigna is a member of Historiana's content team. He lives and works in Brussels. Even though he now works in EU affairs, he has tried to keep his background in history alive via his cooperation with EuroClio and Historiana. Francesco worked for EuroClio's Secretariat in The Hague and in Brussels in 2013, and has subsequently been co-opted to Historiana's Historical Content team in 2014. - About
Sean Wempe
Sean Wempe
Dr. Sean A. Wempe is an Associate Professor of Modern European History, California State University--Bakersfield. He is part of the Historiana content team, contributing and editing material. His specialties include the history of imperialism, internationalism, and public health. His first book, Revenants of the German Empire: Colonial Germans, Imperialism, and the League of Nations was released with Oxford University Press in 2019 and examines how former German colonial officials, missionaries, and settlers used the Mandates System to insert themselves into the new imperialism of the interwar period. His second book, Chronic Disparities: Public Health in Historical Perspective, covering the global history of inequality in public health, was released with Oxford University Press in August 2020.
The Teaching and Learning team
The Teaching and Learning team of Historiana leads and coordinates EuroClio’s work to create, review and update the resources available via the Teaching and Learning tab of Historiana. The aim of the team is to make Historiana a place where history teachers and students can find learning plans and activities that will enable them to learn and think about the past as historians. The team is composed of experienced and dedicated educators from across Europe and beyond. The current members of the team are from Australia/France, Germany/ Cyprus, Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The team meets monthly. In a typical meeting, they might share ideas about new tools for the eActivity builder, make plans to write useful documents to make Historiana more accessible, discuss upcoming trainings for teachers about an aspect of history teaching or plan their joint work with the Historical Content team to create new Historiana materials. You will often see the team providing teacher trainings both face-to-face and online at EuroClio events. They welcome offers of support to develop activities using Historiana content. To offer such help please contact secretariat@euroclio.eu
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Bridget Martin
Bridget Martin
Bridget Martin began teaching history in 2012 and has worked in secondary schools in both Australia and France. Bridget holds a Master in Secondary Teaching and a Master of Arts in History. She has published peer-reviewed papers on history curriculum debates and the use of oral history in the classroom. Bridget has presented teacher professional development at a number of conferences including those of the History Teacher Association of Australia, Teach for Australia, and EuroClio. After a period as a History Teacher in Residence at EuroClio in 2019, Bridget joined the Historiana Teaching and Learning Team where she creates learning activities and leads teacher training workshops and webinars. 
AboutGijs van Gaans
Gijs van Gaans
Gijs van Gaans (1976) has studied history and religious sciences at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. After getting his teaching degree in history he has taught history and Latin in high school for several years. He now works as a teacher trainer and lecturer at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg. He is particularly interested in developing powerful material that trains historical reasoning, especially on sensitive topics. He also does research on historical narratives among young people and the way they use those narratives to give meaning to their lives.- About
Jens Lenders
Jens Lenders
Jens Lenders (MEd) studied history at both the HAN University of Applied Sciences and Fontys University of Applied Sciences. He has taught history and social sciences at a secondary school and is now employed as a teacher trainer and lecturer in didactics of history at Fontys University of Applied Sciences. 
AboutRiitta Mikkola
Riitta Mikkola
Riitta Mikkola (Finland) has graduated from the University of Tampere as a historian and a teacher of history and social studies. She has been teaching in both lower and upper secondary schools since 1994. At the moment she teaches history and social studies in Karakallio School in Espoo. She has been involved with Finnish History Teachers’ association (HTA Finland) since 1998 in different trainings, working groups and representing the association. She was the chairman of the board of HTA Finland and since 2012 she has been the chief editor of the Finnish HTA’s quarterly magazine Kleio. She has been writing the national curricula of history in National Board of education in 2004 and 2014. Riitta has participated in Euroclio activities since 2006 and as a board member 2015-2021. She is interested in languages, controversial issues, different perspectives and interactive teaching methods.
AboutUte Ackermann Boeros
Ute Ackermann Boeros
Ute Ackermann Boerosearned a Master of Arts in International Relations in 2012, and in 2017, she completed a PGCEi from Nottingham University. During her teaching career, she has taught History at various levels, covering a wide variety of topics. She moved to Cyprus, where she has been teaching History at various private schools. Currently, she is teaching History and TOK at the IB Diploma level with a focus on 20th-century History at the American International School in Nicosia, Cyprus. Since 2017, she has also been the Department Head for Social Studies. The school is inclusive, and more recently, the focus of her work has shifted increasingly to curriculum development and creating inclusive, concept- and inquiry-based teaching resources. She is also coordinating the High-School Student Council, which includes a strong commitment to service activities to the local and wider community. Apart from teaching in the classroom, over the years she has been increasingly involved with EuroClio, participating in a variety of projects and training events. She is the current President of the Board.
AboutVassiliki Yiannou
Vassiliki Yiannou
Vassiliki Yiannou is a seasoned history and Greek language teacher with over 25 years of classroom experience, currently teaching at the 2nd General Lyceum of Evosmos in Thessaloniki. She has also served as Deputy Headmistress and teacher mentor, contributing to educational leadership and teacher development. Vassiliki has been actively involved in European history education initiatives, particularly through EuroClio. Since joining the Learning to Disagree project in 2018, she has taken part in numerous EuroClio activities, including seminars, conferences, and content development. In 2023, she joined the Historiana Teaching and Learning Team, contributing to the platform’s pedagogical resources. With a strong interest in digital innovation and teacher training, she frequently presents on the use of technology in history education. Vassiliki is a member of AHEG, the Europeana Network Association, and PEN Greece. She joined the EuroClio Board in 2025, bringing her commitment to critical, inclusive, and tech-enhanced history teaching.
AboutVojtech Ripka
Vojtech Ripka
Vojtěch Ripka has been working in the field of education since 2005. He holds a Ph.D. in comparative social science from the Masaryk University in Brno. In 2008, he founded and, until 2021, led the Department of Education of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes. Among his greatest achievements are the Silver European Belma Award 2022 for the second-best educational material in Europe and establishing the Institute as the most important educational content provider among history teachers (according to the Czech School Inspection Survey 2021-2023). In his work, he applies the latest findings in pedagogy and didactics and focuses on multimedia involvement and the development of interactive learning environments. He is a co-author of the award-winning educational environment HistoryLab and has participated in developing interactive tools for the digital European educational system Historiana. He teaches history and research methods at the Anglo-American University in Prague and serves as a senior researcher at the Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. He cooperates closely with the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Council of Europe.
The Concept, Design and Development team
The concept, design and development team is in charge of creating, developing and maintaining the website historiana.eu. Their goal is to develop an easy-to-use learning environment for teachers and students. The team consists of Paul Jongsma (Webtic), Nique Sanders (Webtic) and Joes Koppers (USE Media), all with years of experience in their own field. They are constantly looking for ways to match technological developments with developments in the field of education, based on the needs of both teachers and students. Their motto: if it can be simpler in another way, they will not do it.
We are looking for a highly experienced freelancer with knowledge of Neo4J, VueJS and Python for our team. For more information, please contact nique@webtic.nl.
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Joes Koppers
Joes Koppers
Joes Koppers is an Interaction designer, creative technologist and Javascript developer. From his studio USE.media he collaborates with other designers, artists and developers to create surprising, fluent, user friendly interfaces and experiences. He has more than 20 years experience in designing & developing these. In 2013 Joes prototyped an early apps portal for Historiana, the precursor of today’s e-Activity builder. Since 2019 he’s part of the core team as front-end developer and UI/UX designer. - About
Paul Jongsma
Paul Jongsma
Paul Jongsma (Webtic, full-stack developer, system administrator and nerd) is one of the founders of the Historiana site and responsible for the technical architecture and hosting of the project. With a background in computer networking and founding partner of a public internet provider back in the 1990’s Paul always had a sweet spot for creating solutions using modern technologies in an interesting way. Writing code since the Acorn Atom and Inspired by Ted Nelsons’ Literary Machines we are building tools to interconnect knowledge in a shareable way.
