[1] Schadeberg obtained his PhD at the University of Marburg in 1971 and was a Professor of African Languages and Cultures at Leiden since 1986.
Schadeberg was the sole editor of the Journal of African Languages and Linguistics (JALL)[2] from 1983[3] to 1989.
[4] Previously, he had been associate editor of JALL since its foundation by Paul Newman in 1979.
[5] Schadeberg is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) since 1989.
[7] Schadeberg published many scholarly articles and book chapters, including:[8][9]