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IASPM UK and Ireland @iaspmuki.bsky.social · 2d

Save the date: the 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will be held on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at the University of Cambridge.

The conference is aimed at postgraduate and early career researchers (PGRs & ECRs) working in music psychology and music education.

Learn more: sempre.org.uk/conference/2...

2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference – Sempre

The 2026 Sempre PGR/ECR Conference will take place on Thursday, 16 April 2026, at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, with online participation avail

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 1d

...and here
sparc.sites.sheffield.ac.uk

Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre

Who we are. SPARC was founded in 2010 as part of the strong profile of music psychology research at the University of Sheffield. We work collaboratively with arts sector organisations, developing rigo...

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 1d

Read more about our research centres here...
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Muses Mind Machine

Muses Mind Machine is transforming the understanding and employment of the arts to support human flourishing. We use interdisciplinary knowledge and methods to address some of the most challenging que...

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 1d

We'd love you to join us if you're part of a Sheffield arts organisation who would like to work with our students in this way. Or if you're a potential student who would like to hear more about collaborative dissertations. Please complete our short form and we'll send joining details.

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 1d

Our MA and PhD Psychology of Music students have been doing collaborative research with local arts organisations, including #TicketsForGood. You're invited to join our showcase on 24 Oct, hosted jointly by our research centres, MMM and SPARC. Please sign up for event info: forms.gle/TqsNgfQQpPFF...

Collaborative research showcase

Thanks for your interest in joining our music psychology collaborative research showcase on Friday 24th October, 3.00-4.30pm. Please add your contact details below and tell us a bit about your interes...

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Mark Taylor @markrt.bsky.social · 5d

funded quants x cultural policy x sociology PhDs don’t come up very often. this looks great! please circulate!

Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · 5d

Great (paid) PhD opportunity. Excellent environment, conditions, and supervisors. And a topic close to my heart. (Selfish reason for promoting this: I fear there won't be enough concerts for retired me to go to. Geen dag zonder Bach.) vacatures.knaw.nl/job/The-Hagu...

PhD position "Is the audience for classical music concerts fading out?"

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 7d

At Muses Mind Machine we're investigating how ecomusicking helps shape our environmental values, beliefs and behaviours Yesterday's www.bbc.co.uk/academy/live... and today's @granthamcsf.bsky.social symposium asks how individual and systemic change can shape the environmental choices we make.

Climate Creatives 2025 presented by BBC Academy Live

A conference to spark and inspire compelling climate storytelling which took place on 7 October, live from the Royal Geographical Society.

www.bbc.co.uk

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UiO - RITMO @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social · 7d

Our next RITMO Seminar Series is Tuesday next week!😁
Professor of Music at the University of Jyväskylä, Petri Toiviainen @ptoiviai.bsky.social, will give a talk titled "Embodied Dynamics of Metre Perception".
Read more here:

Embodied Dynamics of Metre Perception - RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion

Professor of Music at the University of Jyväskylä, Petri Toiviainen, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.

www.uio.no

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 7d

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How AI Is changing music: creativity, copyright, and the future of songwriting

YouTube video by The University of Sheffield Player

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 12d

Fantastic insight on film and TV scoring from @gazelletwin.bsky.social Great music psych questions - scoring for the jumpscare; keeping musical consistency across TV series; working the temp music as mood cue... Thanks @sensoriafestival.bsky.social

Gazelle Twin @gazelletwin.bsky.social · 14d

This Friday at @sensoriafestival.bsky.social I’ll be talking about scoring for Film & TV with Daniel Dylan Wray (The Guardian). 10am at Showroom Cinema, Sheffield.

www.sensoria.org.uk/sensoriapro-...

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 14d

Brilliant to welcome our new #MusicPsychology MA students to @sheffielduni.bsky.social this week. We asked them their favourite things about Sheffield so far: friendly people, green spaces, Chinese restaurants, and er, the weather 😎Good job we asked them yesterday!

Screenshot of the BBC Weather forecast for Sheffield, showing 'Gusty winds and heavy rain'

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations to Sheffield PhD graduate @ehmacgregor.bsky.social on another new article - very useful comparison of the thinking behind music education policy in England and Wales; timely for GCSE results week!

Elizabeth MacGregor @ehmacgregor.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm delighted to see this article published in Arts Education Policy Review (🔑OPEN ACCESS🔑) with my wonderful colleagues @thomasbreeze.bsky.social and Viv John.
#MusicEd #CardiffMet @somervillecollege.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1063...

A National Plan for Music Education: A comparative “What’s the Problem Represented to Be?” analysis across England and Wales

In 2022 both England and Wales released policy documents entitled A National Plan for Music Education. While the English policy was a long-awaited update to a similar policy published in 2011, the ...

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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · Aug 6

📢 CALLING ALL CREATIVES!!! WE NEED YOU!!!
If you can spare JUST 1 hour a month to meet with a young person to share your experience, insights & be that first connection into the profession, please sign up to mentor in 2026!
Applications close 29 Sep.
👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

Become a mentor

Registration to be a mentor in 2026 is now open! Arts Emergency mentors support young people in Greater Manchester, London and Merseyside who are interested in the creative and cultural industries and...

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Jonathan (Jaytee) Tang @jayteetang.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hot off the press! 📄 My new publication from my doctoral research is out! Big thanks to Edison Tan, Shen Li, @neuroceutical.bsky.social & Chi-Ying Cheng; grateful to Nikki Dibben, Renee Timmers & WRoCAH for their support! #MusicPsychology #CrossCulturalResearch

doi.org/10.1177/0022...

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jul 16

Lovely memories here of the wonderful @jayteetang.bsky.social and his time in Sheffield with @musicpsychshef.bsky.social We'll really miss you!!

Jonathan (Jaytee) Tang @jayteetang.bsky.social · Jul 16

I’ve truly enjoyed my PhD journey at @sheffielduni.bsky.social @musicpsychshef.bsky.social! 🎓🎶 Grateful to my amazing supervisors, Nikki Dibben & Renee Timmers, for their guidance, support & inspiration throughout this research adventure. Excited for what's next! #PhDLife #MusicPsychology

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Music in the Round @musicintheround.bsky.social · Jul 16

JOIN THE MUSIC IN THE ROUND TEAM!

We are recruiting for a new MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

⏰ Full-time, 5 days/week (35hrs)
📈 £24,150
📍 Sheffield

Interested?More info and link below
#Wearehiring #Artsjobs #Charityjobs

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Music Venue Trust @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social · Jun 4

FANS CALLED TO PROTECT THE FUTURE OF LIVE MUSIC

For the first time, Parliament has launched a fan-led review into live music, placing the voices of fans at the centre of efforts to protect the UK’s grassroots music venues.

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 30

Congratulations to our brilliant @accessfolk.bsky.social colleagues on their team prize for open research @openresshef.bsky.social 🍾🎵

Open Research, University of Sheffield @openresshef.bsky.social · Jun 30

Winners of the Team Prize, the Access Folk team, commented:

"Having been awarded the Team Prize for Open Research has provided affirmation that all the effort we are putting in is recognised as high quality by the institution. This has given us momentum to keep doing what we feel is important."

Open Research Prize 2025 - winners and runners up

The winners of the University of Sheffield’s 2025 Open Research Prize have now been announced - many congratulations to our prize winners.

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Jonathan (Jaytee) Tang @jayteetang.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thrilled to share my paper on ethical considerations in international service-learning in music therapy, now published! 🙏Grateful to Sanna & Taru for editing this special issue. Let's keep striving to be the most ethical versions of ourselves.
doi.org/10.56883/aij...

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Elizabeth MacGregor @ehmacgregor.bsky.social · Jun 25

Two articles published in one week! One on #singing with the wonderful @sparcsheffield.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social and one on #vulnerability from my recent research at @somervillecollege.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social.
🎵 doi.org/10.1386/ijcm...
✏️ doi.org/10.1177/1468...

Evaluating collaborative action ethnography as a means of co-constructing ‘pedagogies of vulnerability’ in the post-pandemic music classroom - Elizabeth H MacGregor, 2025

Following the lengthy period of isolation enforced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the imperative for qualitative researchers to re-engage in personal and participato...

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Francesca Talamini @francescatalamini.bsky.social · Jun 23

JOB OFFER: 4-year PostDoc position in the field of music psychology. Join us at the University of Innsbruck, in the heart of Austrian Alps!
lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karri...

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 13

What great programming @sysmus.bsky.social organising committee: Katarina Henttonen gives her paper on scary music, today, Friday 13th 👻😉

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 12

Lovelt to see Joy (Yue You) from @musicpsychshef.bsky.social also presenting at @sysmus.bsky.social today

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 12

Not only does Jaytee Tang have his PhD viva today, he is presenting! @sysmus.bsky.social

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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · Jun 12

Keynote Prof Anja Volk @sysmus.bsky.social Great examples of computational and cognitive musicology informing creative and health applications, and raising great questions about explainable AI.

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