MAJ Steven Hornstra BEd, MSc is staff officer Military-Academic Networks at the NATO Command and Control Centre of Excellence, Civil-Military Co-operation specialist in the 1 Civil-Military Interaction Command of the Royal Netherlands Army, educational researcher at the School of Health professions Education of Maastricht University, and educationalist at the academy for postgraduate medical education of Maastricht University Medical Centre+. His main research interests are military training, officer training, learning theories, instructional design and military design thinking.