1. Musical Creativity Embodied and Interactive

My current position is funded by a "Stand Alone Grant" from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

Thanks to this, I lead an interdisciplinary research project that explores musical creativity in the contexts of performance, education, and music composition.  This work aims at improving our understanding of music as an embodied and participatory phenomenon, and provides novel tools to enhance the creative potentials of individuals and groups.

​I am also working on new collaborative projects, building connections between music, the cognitive humanities, and the social and empirical sciences. 

2. 4E Music Cognition​

In my writings I defend a '4E' approach - one that conceives of the musical mind as Embodied, Embedded, Extended, and Enactive. While this framework is increasingly receiving attention in the cognitive sciences, it remains rather unexplored in music. My aim is to fill this gap and provide richer understandings of what music cognition really entails.

3. Broader Research Interests

My professional interests lie in: (i) the psychology of musical creativity, (ii) the role of action and interaction in musical experience, (iii) the acquisition and development of musical skills, (iv) the links between perception, emotion, culture, and music cognition, and (v) the philosophical foundations of music psychology.

4. Collaborative Work

Most of my research is done in collaboration with colleagues working in music and other disciplines. I am extremely grateful to all of them, and to all the other scholars whose work inspired me throughout the years.