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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield

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Music psychology research and teaching in #Sheffield, UK. Muses, Mind, Machine; Music & Dementia; Performer & Audience research; MA Psychology of Music full-time and part-time. www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/research/…

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Stephanie Pitts @sparcsheffield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Looking forward to this sharing of research ideas and questions with Tickets for Good on 8th Oct in Sheffield - arts and health workers, researchers and students all welcome! www.eventbrite.com/e/live-music...
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Live Music and Workplace Wellbeing
New research, two panels and live music on what a night out does for wellbeing at work. Free, at the University of Sheffield.
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Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research @sempre-uk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Research Studies in Music Education (RSME) is looking for a second Assistant Editor to support its review and editorial processes. Find out more and apply: sempre.org.uk/rsme-seeks-a... #MusicEducation #AcademicPublishing
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RSME Seeks an additional Assistant Editor – Sempre
Research Studies in Music Education is seeking a second Assistant Editor to support its editorial and review processes, working closely with the existing Assist
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
BBC News - Could Sheffield be the next UNESCO City of Music? - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Could Sheffield be the next UNESCO City of Music?
University says the city should seek recognition to celebrate its 'rich musical heritage'.
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme. Lovely to see the wonderful Professor Mike Braddick, ex-TUOS @sheffielduni.bsky.social History and Faculty colleague, featured in the exhibition!
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sheffield Music City! @sheffielduni.bsky.social
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Tuomas Eerola @tuomaseerola.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📢 Open positions at @coe-mmbb.bsky.social — the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain in Finland! We are recruiting 5-9 postdoctoral & 2-6 doctoral researchers to join our large, international research community 🇫🇮 #musicscience 🔹 Postdocs: bit.ly/4gADdbx 🔹 Doctoral: bit.ly/4g10xPz
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5-9 Postdoctoral researchers, CoE in Music, Mind, Body and Brain
The Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Music, Mind, Body and Brain at [the Department of Music, Art and Culture studies](https://www.jyu.fi/en/humsoc/mutku) of the University of Jyväskylä is seeking to rec...
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Stephanie Pitts @sparcsheffield.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Huge congratulations to our brilliant @musicpsychshef.bsky.social colleague Nikki Dibben for her election to a British Academy fellowship. Very well-deserved recognition for her diverse and impressive work in music cognition, popular music, and music and AI. Looking forward to celebrations!!
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Lovely to see Katie, a recent MA music psychology graduate, thriving at the helm of a successful teacher training placement (SCITT) and building music psychology into the curriculum. Not too late to apply to the SCITT for September (or to our MA Psychology of Music too 😉)... gorsescitt.org.uk/music/
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Music
Music “Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” Pablo Casals 239G Leeds, Bradford, Hull and East Yorkshire Code Course Information All secondary trainees re...
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Hazel Aileen van der Walle @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
#SysMus26 loading…👾 to get you even more excited, our team have made a @sysmus.bsky.social promo video! 🧑‍🚀🚀 Watch it on YouTube youtu.be/50m5J7ZEwGY?... &/ visit our website musicscience.net/events/sysmu... We can’t wait to see you all there!! #MusicResearch #MusicScience #MusicPsych #conferences
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Get ready for SysMus26 in Durham!
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Music Psychology Lab - Durham @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Good news if you are interested in attending #SysMus26: we've extended our registration deadline till 3 July! Hope to see you in Durham soon!
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Caroline Curwen @curwen01.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I’m recruiting professional or highly trained musicians in any genre for my @leverhulme.ac.uk study at @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social The online study involves: 📝 10-minute screening 🎧 60-minute listening session 🎁 £50 Amazon voucher on completion of Session 2 carolinecurwen.com/music-imagin...
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Eren Günseli @erengunseli.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join my lab at Sabancı University in Istanbul for a 2-year TÜBİTAK-funded position, with possible extension. Interested candidates can email me with a CV and a brief note about their research interests. More details on gunselilab.com soon.
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Memory, Attention, & Cognitive Control Lab | Istanbul | Sabanci Uni.
Memory, Attention, & Cognitive Control Lab at Sabancı University - Eren Günseli. We study how memory and attention interact, how humans control what to remember, what to forget, what to attend to, and...
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Music in the Round @musicintheround.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A few weeks on, here’s a look back at our Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2026... and what a fest it’s been! Thank you so much to everyone who joined us 🙏 Here are some highlights & reflections from an unforgettable 9 days. What were your standout moments? #ThisIsChamberMusic #Sheffield #SCMF26
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Job! Creative Manchester Research Associate (Maternity Leave Cover) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRV865/c...
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Creative Manchester Research Associate (Maternity Leave Cover) at The University of Manchester
Apply for the Creative Manchester Research Associate (Maternity Leave Cover) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Kelly Jakubowski @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We've got a 0.5 Teaching Fellow in Music Psychology role going for this coming academic year. Please spread the word, and feel free to get in touch with me if you want to know more: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Teaching Fellow in Music Psychology
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Stephanie Pitts @sparcsheffield.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
There's a strong @musicpsychshef.bsky.social presence in the string sections of Sheffield Chamber Orchestra for our concert on Saturday. 🎻🎻🎻🎻Really enjoying rehearsals with John Lyon and looking forward to hearing Steel City Choristers. Do come! #SheffieldisSuper www.scorchestra.uk/concert/the-...
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The Creation
We are joined by Steel City Choristers to perform Joseph Haydn’s glorious masterpiece, The Creation, a three-part oratorio that celebrates the creation of the world as depicted in Milton’s ‘Paradise L...
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Just signed up for this summer's graduation ceremony, looking forward to celebrating with our undergraduates and new PhDs. Good time to share this photo of some of last year's MA Psychology of Music graduates - places left for 2026 entry if you'd like to join them! sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate...
A group photo after MA graduation at University of Sheffield, showing five smiling white women in their 20s to 50s, four of them in academic dress of red or black robes and black mortar boards (three professors, two recent MA Psychology of Music graduates).
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Stephanie Pitts @sparcsheffield.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Had a wonderful visit to sunny Maastricht last week, delivering a keynote at the 'Breaking the Classical Frame' conference of MCICM, and sharing in the retirement celebrations of Prof Peter Peters, with fancy dress as a Dutch professor 👀👩‍🎓 Geweldig leuk!!
The conference stage in Opus 9, the home of Phil Zuid in a converted church, with a chandelier hanging above a grand piano.Stephanie Pitts (middle-aged white woman with dark hair and glasses) in the academic dress of Maastricht University, with dark red and black velvet robes, white shirt front and bowtie, and a black velvet hat, all designed for a considerably taller person.First page of my keynote lecture, reading 'The Hidden Musicians revisited - on amateur musical life, belonging, and place'; Professor Stephanie Pitts; Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre, University of Sheffield, UK. Border in shades of green, yellow and blue, chosen to go with DuoLingo screenshots...Final slide reading 'Thanks & bedankt!', with DuoLingo screenshots 'We should stop / We zouden moeten stoppen' and 'You probably do not have to be worried / Je hoeft waarschijnlijk niet bezorgd te zijn'
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Introducing and testing a Bayesian emotions-in-music model (BEiMM): a cross-cultural investigation of Japanese and UK younger and older listeners www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Introducing and testing a Bayesian emotions-in-music model (BEiMM): a cross-cultural investigation of Japanese and UK younger and older listeners
What is the basis for listeners to perceive music as expressive of emotions? For almost three decades, the cues-based lens model has been the primary method to predict perceived emotions from music...
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Hot off the press and years in the making, our newest publication introduces a Bayesian model of emotion perception in music. Please read it and let us know what you think! url6649.tandfonline.com/ls/click?upn...
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Introducing and testing a Bayesian emotions-in-music model (BEiMM): a cross-cultural investigation of Japanese and UK younger and older listeners
What is the basis for listeners to perceive music as expressive of emotions? For almost three decades, the cues-based lens model has been the primary method to predict perceived emotions from music...
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Thanks to Emily Cooper, MA graduate and current PhD student, for this lovely account of her time on our MA Psychology of Music. Apply now for 2026 entry if you'd like to follow in her footsteps 👣👣👣 singing-in-balance.blogspot.com/2026/03/psyc...
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Psychology of Music Masters at the University of Sheffield
Hello all! Emily here. I am a proud graduate of the Master’s programme in Psychology of Music at the  University of Sheffield . I have recen...
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Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures @granthamcsf.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Can a concerto played with trash help spread the message of sustainability? 🎻 The Britten Sinfonia orchestra tried to do just that as part of the Barbican Centre’s 2025-26 concert season. Read our Grantham Scholar @jennmac42.bsky.social's review for @uk.theconversation.com ⬇️ tinyurl.com/37f53yen
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A concerto played with trash: Barbican offers a masterclass in thought-provoking classical programming
Musicians played an enormous plastic bottle marimba, a wall of tuned glass bottles, discarded flower pots, cooking pans and a washing machine drum.
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
So pleased to hear about this event, organised by one of our BMus graduates in her new role at #MusicForEveryone - a 'What's Next Wind Band' for people who loved making music at school/university but haven't found the right opportunities since. www.music-for-everyone.org/event/whats-...
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What’s Next Wind Band
18-35s Course and Concert
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Kate Stevens @katestevartssci.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
We're recruiting for a Research Fellow in Music Science. #music #cognition #computation #neuroscience #research Join us! @marcsinstitute.bsky.social au.smrtr.io/g3Vv
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Research Fellow in Music Science
Job Description: * 5-year Fixed-Term Contract, Full-time position at Academic Level B. * Based at the MARCS Institute with flexible working arrangements. * Salary: $120,908 – $142,769 per annum, plus ...
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Kate Stevens @katestevartssci.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We’re recruiting a new, 5 year research-intensive Senior Research Fellow position @marcsinstitute.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social Research expertise in the #neuroscience of #ageing and #dementia? Join us! jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
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Charter Hall Senior Research Fellow
Job Description: * 5-year Fixed-Term Contract, Research-intensive full-time position at Academic Level C. * Westmead campus with flexible working arrangements. * Salary: $147,138 – $169,011 per a...
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Thanks so much to our MA Psychology of Music graduate, Shealy Yixuan Sun, who has made this wonderful video of her time with us in Sheffield. A real privilege to see student life first-hand!… | Stepha...
Thanks so much to our MA Psychology of Music graduate, Shealy Yixuan Sun, who has made this wonderful video of her time with us in Sheffield. A real privilege to see student life first-hand! Applicati...
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Stephanie Pitts @sparcsheffield.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Exciting funded PhD opportunity at RHUL on Emerging Technologies in Music: Implications for Musicians and Audiences www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Emerging Technologies in Music: Implications for Musicians and Audiences at Royal Holloway, University of London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Emerging Technologies in Music: Implications for Musicians and Audiences at Royal Holloway, University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Lovely to join the Grantham Scholars for their interdisciplinary methods exchange today. Forgot to take a photo so am recycling this one, which feels very on-brand ♻️ Exciting ideas emerging with my PhD student @jennmac42.bsky.social and her newfound collaborators, so watch this space! 🎶👂🌎
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RNCM Research @rncmresearch.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📣 Call for Expressions of Interest 👇 The RNCM invites proposals from international early‑career researchers, particularly those addressing wind & brass band music, for the @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships 2026. 📆 EoI deadline: 17 February 2026 🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
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Call for Expressions of Interest – British Academy International Fellowships at the RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music
Call for Expressions of Interest – British Academy International Fellowships at the Royal Northern College of Music The […]
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Lara Pearson @musicalgesture.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Deadline approaching soon: 28 February!! A postdoctoral research fellowship on gesture-vocalization interactions in three vocal performance traditions, based at the University of Oslo. If you have any questions about the position, please get in touch!
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Stephanie Pitts @sparcsheffield.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Huge congratulations to our new Dr @emrisley.bsky.social shown here impressing her cute dog Sky with her thesis on the psychological cost of a musical theatre performance career! 🥰I've loved being Emma's supervisor and learned a lot - all supervisions should include recent theatre debriefs!! 🎵👏🍾
Dr Emma Risley holds up her newly bound thesis to show her apparently attentive dog!
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Samantha Gregory @drsamgregory.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Here is a link to the Webinar recording for the below funded PhDs youtu.be/HUyDgsRUePc
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hprior.bsky.social @hprior.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
An exciting opportunity! sempre.org.uk/call-for-a-n...
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Call for a New Sempre Conference Secretary – Sempre
Sempre is looking for a new Conference Secretary to work alongside Dr Helen Prior in organising and supporting conferences in music education, music psychology,
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Elizabeth MacGregor @ehmacgregor.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Please take a look at our new 🗝️open access🗝️ article based on @sparcsheffield.bsky.social research at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, Peterborough Sings! and funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1177/0255...
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Investigating Amateur Choirs in the United Kingdom as Sites of Musical Learning and Ambition - Stephanie E. Pitts, Elizabeth H. MacGregor, 2025
Singing in an amateur choir is widely recognised as a source of enjoyment, social connection, and wellbeing. Choir membership in the United Kingdom, however, is...
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RNCM Research @rncmresearch.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert! RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡 💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered 📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025 👉 rncm.ac.uk/news #DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
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News - Royal Northern College of Music
Keep up to date with the latest news and announcements from the Royal Northern College of Music.
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate... Do you know an outstandingly qualified candidate for PhD study in Music Psychology? Tell them about this scholarship opportunity to study with #musesmindmachine and the School of Languages Arts and Societies.
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AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA)
Applications to the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield are open for 2026/27 entry.
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Stephanie Pitts @sparcsheffield.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Excited to be part of this new journal, now welcoming original research on all aspects of live music, across genres, locations, methods and disciplines. Take a look, share with colleagues, and send us your brilliant research! www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-l...
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Journal of Live Music Studies
Journal of Live Music Studies; The Journal of Live Music Studies (JLMS) is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to advancing knowledge of live music practices, performances, business, infrastructure ...
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Thanks to Steven Rimmer #ticketsforgood partner with @sparcsheffield.bsky.social and #musesmindmachine Investigating the social and emotional benefits of increased access to cultural participation.
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Hearing about the diverse collaborative dissertations our MA students in Psychology of Music have completed in the last few years and some of the new collaborations and research problems students can engage in this academic year. Come join our MA Psychology of Music sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Three types of AI deals for voice talent are set out brilliantly by legal advisor Dr Mathilde Pavis of Replique. If you're a vocalist, musician or agent are you seeing similar new licensing deals emerging? youtu.be/webyIJUDXkc
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3 Types of AI Deals Every Agent & Talent Must Understand
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🎺Final call to join our research centres and students for a collaborative showcase this Friday at 3pm. 🎺Please sign up in the link below and we'll send more info...
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IASPM UK and Ireland @iaspmuki.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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...
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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 · 14/10/2025
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...
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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.co.uk · 10/10/2025
funded quants x cultural policy x sociology PhDs don’t come up very often. this looks great! please circulate!
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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.
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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.
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UiO - RITMO @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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:
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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.
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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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 · 03/10/2025
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
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Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield @musicpsychshef.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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 · 22/08/2025
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!
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