Psychology of Music @ Uni of Sheffield
Music psychology research and teaching in #Sheffield, UK. Muses, Mind, Machine; Music & Dementia; Performer & Audience research; MA programmes onsite and online.
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- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldHuge 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!! 🎵👏🍾
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldHere is a link to the Webinar recording for the below funded PhDs youtu.be/HUyDgsRUePc
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- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldPlease 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...
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldFully 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
- 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.
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldExcited 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...
- Thanks to Steven Rimmer #ticketsforgood partner with @sparcsheffield.bsky.social and #musesmindmachine Investigating the social and emotional benefits of increased access to cultural participation.
- 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...
- 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
- 🎺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...
- 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...
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldSave 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- Read more about our research centres here... sheffield.ac.uk/muses-mind-m...
- ...and here sparc.sites.sheffield.ac.uk
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- 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.
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldOur 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:
- 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
- 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!
- 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!
- 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...
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- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldHot 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...
- Lovely memories here of the wonderful @jayteetang.bsky.social and his time in Sheffield with @musicpsychshef.bsky.social We'll really miss you!!
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- Congratulations to our brilliant @accessfolk.bsky.social colleagues on their team prize for open research @openresshef.bsky.social 🍾🎵
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- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldTwo 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...
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldJOB 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...
- What great programming @sysmus.bsky.social organising committee: Katarina Henttonen gives her paper on scary music, today, Friday 13th 👻😉
- Lovelt to see Joy (Yue You) from @musicpsychshef.bsky.social also presenting at @sysmus.bsky.social today
- Not only does Jaytee Tang have his PhD viva today, he is presenting! @sysmus.bsky.social
- 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.
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldP.S. If you haven’t registered yet, head over to the registration tab in the website and sign up. See you there!
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldGreat start to @sysmus.bsky.social 25 with a keynote on ecomusiking from Prof. Nicola Dibben @musicpsychshef.bsky.social Looking forward to great collection of presentations and posters @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social!!
- Congratulations Jenni MacRitchie, Justin Christensen and team on 4 years of the Music, Dementia, Technology project. Great to see so many partners celebrating the shared musical, technological life enhancing activities and learning from working together.
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- Bravo to @keetjeellis.bsky.social and @eiscoo.bsky.social for their contributions to this brilliant gig. Great to see Kate's research on experiences of homelessness, and Emily's on benefits of singing put into joyful action!
- Really special to see Sheffield Cathedral packed yesterday for the debut gig of @choirwithnoname.bsky.social and their guests #SheffieldOneWorldChoir www.choirwithnoname.org/choirs/sheff...
- Happy 25th Birthday 'Common People'! Professor Nicola Dibben discusses the cultural, psychological and musical significance of the brilliant, angry, witty, anthemic, class-divide track by Sheffield band Pulp with BBC reporter Simon Thrake and BBC Radio Sheffield Radio. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- We are very proud of Jonathan (Jaytee) Tang whose paper was joint winner of the Hickman award at the SEMPRE conference in Manchester. His research investigates how self-construal shapes affective experiences with music cross-culturally. @jayteetang.bsky.social
- Thinking about a postdoctoral research project in Sheffield in the area of Psychology of Music? Submit your expression of interest and benefit from feedback and training! Deadline is 2nd of June. Apply using this form. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Our researchers have been co-designing this new mini film about music alongside people living with young-onset dementia. It aims to challenge stereotypes of music being used as part of living well with dementia. Tickets for the premiere & discussion here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-wit...
- Very excited to see the work of recently graduated PhD student, Dr Persefoni Tzakani published in Frontiers in Psychology. Involving 144 Greek children, the study tests the role of trait and situational empathy in synchronisation. Check it out to learn more! www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
- Great to meet incoming students for our music psychology MA courses at the online open day last week. Still time to apply if you'd like to join them! Distance learning option for students wanting to study part-time, and a full-time course in Sheffield www.sheffield.ac.uk/las/postgrad...
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldDelighted to be in this new book with brilliant collaborators Sarah Price and Helen Freshwater. Our chapter investigates the idea of distributed fandom through frequent theatre attendance, drawing on our @ukri.org funded Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts project 🎭 🎵
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldWe speak over 120 languages in Sheffield! Now, the vibrant multilingualism of the city where they call you love has been recognised as part of the City of Languages initiative. Read more 👇 www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/sheffie...
- We're hoping to get in touch with some of our past music psychology MA graduates who have studied with us part-time or by distance learning to help us with a small piece of research. We know there are loads of you, so if you're out there in the blue skies, give us a follow so we can find you! 👋
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldCalling student members, PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and junior faculty in #musicscience 📣 Our Early Career Researchers’ Group (ECRG) is being established to provide support, networking, and mentorship across institutions and countries. Join up below!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Remembering a brilliant #SheffieldPhD graduation earlier this year - not just one new Dr in Psychology of Music, but four!! www.sheffield.ac.uk/muses-mind-m...
- Big news for Dr Jenni MacRitchie and her collaborators on funding for the new BRIDGES for Dementia network, which aims to boost the use and development of novel tools and technologies enabling people with dementia to remain independent at home for longer. www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/harness...
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldWe're recruiting now for our MA programmes in #MusicPsychology available in onsite and online formats. Do get in touch if you'd like to come and join us! www.sheffield.ac.uk/music/postgr...
- Congrats to #SheffieldPhD @ehmacgregor.bsky.social on great presentations at #SEMPRE and #RIME conferences
- Very much looking forward to presenting two papers at #RiME2025 this Thursday and Friday! I'll be drawing on my postdoctoral research @somervillecollege.bsky.social and some recent work with the Group for Research in Music Education at Cardiff Metropolitan @thomasbreeze.bsky.social
- Reposted by Psychology of Music @ Uni of SheffieldLovely to catch up with so many @sheffielduni.bsky.social friends at #sempre last week!
