Meet our researchers
Through their work, our researchers contribute to KMH being able to offer an educational and research environment characterized by pedagogical, artistic and scientific excellence.
KMH offers an educational and research environment characterized by pedagogical, artistic and scientific excellence. Our researchers contribute with their expertise to strengthening this environment and thus also to music's position in society.
Professors
Professor is the highest academic career level at Swedish universities and means that the person is expected to take overall responsibility within their subject area. Here, some professors at KMH are presented with a description of their research and background. More researchers will be presented here shortly.
Erkki Huovinen
Professor of Music Pedagogy
Erkki Huovinen conducts research in a broad and interdisciplinary field that, among other things, combines aspects of musical knowledge formation, creativity, music theory and improvisation.
Eva Bojner-Horwitz
Professor of Music and Health
Eva Bojner Horwitz conducts research in a broad and interdisciplinary field that, among other things, combines social medicine, music psychology and health science with a focus on social sustainability in school and healthcare systems.
Henrik Frisk
Professor of Digital Sound Art
Henrik Frisk is employed as a professor of digital sound art at KMH and conducts research in music with a focus on composition and artistic practice.
Jan-Olof Gullö
Professor in Music and Media Production
Jan-Olof Gullö conducts research mainly in music production and music technology in higher music education.
Susanne Rosenberg
Professor of Folk Song
Susanne Rosenberg conducts research mainly in improvisation and method development in folk singing and folk music.
Cecilia Rydinger
Professor of Orchestral Conducting
Cecilia Rydinger’s research focuses on choral conducting and choral leadership, with a particular emphasis on the artistic and pedagogical legacy of Professor Eric Ericson.
Senior lecturers
At KMH, a number of senior lecturers are also active, in both music and music pedagogy. They conduct research within the framework of their employment.
Karl Asp
Senior Lecturer
Karl Asp conducts research in music education, focusing on how participation, eligibility, and meritocracy influence learning experiences in both formal and informal music education.
George Kentros
Artistic Researcher
George Kentros conducts research on the similarities and differences between interpretation methods for newly composed music and works from earlier historical periods
Anna Paradiso Laurin
Lecturer and Researcher
Anna Paradiso Laurin is specializing in artistic research on historical keyboard instruments and the Swedish music repertoire from 1780 to 1860.
Susanna Leijonhufvud
Senior Lecturer in Music Education
Leijonhufvud's research explores musical learning across time, focusing on the link between research and music education practice.
Hans Lindetorp
Senior Lecturer
Hans Lindetorp conducts research on how music and technology can interact within this field.
Klas Nevrin
Lecturer in improvisation
Klas Nevrin is a musician, composer, and lecturer at KMH. He teaches improvisation, creative listening, and artistic research.
Mattias Sköld
Senior Lecturer
Mattias Sköld conducts research in music and technology, with a focus on experimental notation.
David Thyrén
Senior Lecturer in Music and Society
David Thyrén conducts interdisciplinary research on the historical contexts of music and social sustainability in higher music education.
Postdocs
As a first career step after a doctorate, there is the opportunity to condudt research as a postdoc. Currently, KMH has an international postdoc funded by the Swedish Research Council. A postdoc appointment is a time-limited qualifying appointment with a main focus on research as a first career step after the doctoral dissertation. KMH has received co-financing from the Swedish Research Council for our first international postdoc. KMH is working to be able to offer more opportunities for employment as a postdoc.
Kaja Korošec
Postdoc
Kaja Korošec's thesis project was about developing a music-based intervention that aims to increase quality of life, subjective well-being and self-compassion, and reduce anxiety about social interaction in adults with autism.
Affiliated researchers
Affiliation means that KMH can associate researchers from other universities and colleges. These can also be researchers from the business community. KMH want to increase research exchange both nationally and internationally.
Natalya Pasichnyk
Affiliated Researcher
Natalya Pasichnyk is an affiliated researcher at KMH. She conducts research in music with a focus on musical performance.