Research
Research in Musicology at Örebro University deals with issues of music as a cultural and social phenomenon, the importance of music for people and the music's function within and outside educational institutions.
In accordance with our research profile music, experience and experiential practice; music and equality (focusing particularly on factors such as gender, class, nationality and ethnicity); music and media; music education and training; and musical creation are studied.
One characteristic of our research is how culture and society affects the terms and conditions of the relationship between music and human.
Our research
Doctoral education
Research news
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Psychiatric diagnoses may increase the risk for young people to commit crime
Psychiatric diagnoses such as ADHD, substance abuse, and depression may increase the risk for young people to commit crimes – especially among women. This is shown by Rebecca Siponen’s doctoral thesis in criminology at Örebro University.
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Curiosity and play to enhance AI’s learning ability
Amy Loutfi has been named a Wallenberg Scholar and awarded 18 million SEK for AI research. Guided by curiosity, play and empathy, Professor Amy Loutfi and her research team aim to study and develop the learning process in embodied AI systems, such as...
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To reap benefits from AI, invest in people
Will AI take our jobs? Answers range from a resounding NO to an anxious-filled YES. A researcher will almost always say, “It depends” – which is also the shortest possible summary of the Swedish book “ Artificiell intelligens och jobben”.