European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music - ESCOM

Exciting to see the next edition of ICMPC has been announced! #musicscience #conference

📢 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

Amazing to see early career researchers coming together in #musicscience. We welcome everyone to become a member of ESCOM to stay up to date on other opportunities and events www.escomsociety.org/membership

#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠 🎶 2026 AMPS/APSCOM | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia [hybrid] | 9-11 December 2026 🎤 Deadline for abstracts due 24 April 2026 🎟 Registration open now: amps.org.au/conference-r... 🌐 amps.org.au/amps-apscom-...

Extended call for papers! 🚨🔍 Apply by March 1st, 2026 for the Psychology & Music Interdisciplinary Encounters (PAM-IE) conference happening at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, from the 14-17th of October 2026. www.pam-ie2026.com #musicscience #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

📣We have a 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 in the computational analysis of gesture-vocalization interactions. The position is connected to our new project 𝘊𝘰-𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 (𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘎𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦) led by Research Professor Lara Pearson

📢 Calling all musicology students! The abstract deadline for #SysMus26 at Durham University is Jan 31! 🗓️ 📍 Durham, UK + Online (Hybrid) 📅 22–24 July 2026 💰 Limited travel funding available for unwaged presenters! Submit your abstract here: musicscience.net/events/sysmu... #SysMus #AcademicSky

🎶💤 Registration for the 1st #ConfMusSleep in Aarhus, DK is now open! 🕒 Early-bird: until 15/03/26 🕒 Regular: 16/03–26/04/26 👉 For registration link, fees and deadlines: musicinthebrain.au.dk/internationa... #musicscience

Thinking of hosting #SysMus27? There’s still time to get your application in! 🗓️ We’re aiming for a global, multi-hub 20th anniversary and would love to hear from your institution. Deadline: 31/1/2026. Details here: sites.google.com/view/sysmus/...

Excited to start 2026 by sharing great news: Our Associate Professor Boris Kleber @boris-kle.bsky.social has received an infrastructure grant from @carlsbergfondet.dk 🙂 This will enable a new hyperscanning setup at MIB 🧠Thanks to Carlsbergfondet🙌 musicinthebrain.au.dk/display/arti... #neuroscience

Come study with us! We are excited to announce the international application period for our Master’s Degree in Music and Science is now open! www.jyu.fi/en/study-wit... You can apply until 21 January 2026. Please distribute to anyone interested!

Research position suitable for a PhD student (or beyond), keen to work with multimodal vocal performance data in beatboxing: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun... Deadline: 12 January! Apply here: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/2429 Feel free to contact me with questions about the position

Happy New Year! Here’s looking forward to a great 2026! #musicpsych #musicscience

Do you want to host SysMus in 2027? To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we want to connect early-career researchers around the globe. Any institution from around the world can join this multi-hub endeavour! Find out more at sites.google.com/view/sysmus/... #musicpsych #PsychSciSky

Fantastic display of collaboration in #musicpsych!!

Our study about reminiscence bump(s) in personally meaningful music: Your life’s greatest hits? A global study finds they trace back to our teens. Timing changes w/ age & gender: as we age, men stick to old favourites, women embrace newer tunes! 1/2 Read: t.ly/u2qvJ #MusicScience #MusicPsychology

Catching up to congratulate @harinlee.info after their best student paper award presentation at #ICMPC18. Phenomenal work for #musicscience looking into "Global similarities and diversities of melody and rhythm"! Check out the Youtube Interview here: youtu.be/717L9IDQYGQ

Looking back to a great presentation at #ICMPC18 from the best student paper runner up Lalit Mohan! Lalit is a PhD student researching Music Cognition at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad mcgiiit.com & iiit.ac.in Check out the interview: youtu.be/29aJNMXpIiw

The final keynote for #ICMPC18 was from Dr. Andrea Schiavio @yorkmusicpsych.bsky.social! He discussed 4E cognitive approaches for #musicscience and #musiceducation!

Excited to have @danielasammler.bsky.social for the fourth keynote of #ICMPC18!! A deep dive into the behavioural and neurological mechanisms of performers #musicscience

For the third keynote of #ICMPC18 we are joined by Dr. Marcelo Wanderly on the development of interfaces for musical expression! #musicscience

It is amazing to be in São Paulo at #ICMPC18 this year to be presenting my research on layering rhythms and mental imagery! @smmb-lab.bsky.social 🎶

Wonderful talk by @j-w-cannon.bsky.social from @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social presenting survey study and rich data on emotion, embodied pleasure and social connection at electronic dance music events #ICMPC18 #ICMPC2025 #MusicScience

Kilian Vogt, Sight over sound in judgements of audio-visual music performances? presents a replication of Tsay's visual dominance hyp (which has mixed support). future needs to have more, different instruments involved in the replications/extensions. #ICMPC2025 #MusicScience

. @norijacoby.bsky.social, Mapping cross-cultural internal representations in music a whopper of research-packed keynote -- new behavioural methods (incl. online and field exps.) can address Qs about perception of music and their underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms #ICMPC2025 #MusicScience

The second keynote of #ICMPC18 by @norijacoby.bsky.social! #musicscience

Congratulations to Lalit Mohan who was the first runner up for the #ICMPC18 best student paper award! 🥈

Congratulations to @harinlee.info for winning the #ICMPC18 best student paper award! 🥇

Looking forward to a week of #musicscience at #ICMPC18 in São Paulo! Starting strong with a keynote from Dr. Vinoo Alluri

Wonderful #musicscience presentations from early career researchers over the last three days at #SysMus25!!

Final keynote of #SysMus25 @sysmus.bsky.social by Prof. Bruno Laeng @unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social! Using pupillometry to peer into the emotional impact of “chilling” music, he found endogenous opioids may reduce intensity of musical pleasure #musicscience #cogsci #psychology

A wonderful keynote by Prof. Anna Volk from @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social to kick off the second day of #sysmus25! Her research, blending computer science, gamification, and musicology, highlights the interdisciplinary nature of #musicscience.

Great 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!!

Excited to see the ECR #musicscience community in Oslo and online next week for @sysmus.bsky.social Who is coming along?

It’s out! 🎉 The #SysMus25 program is out! Check out the amazing keynotes, workshops, and talk sessions curated by the fantastic organizing team at #RITMO (@unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social). Follow the link below to explore the full program. www.uio.no/ritmo/englis... #musicology #music #musicresearch

Wonderful collection of #musicscience researchers gathered at #SEMPRE!!! Congratulations to everyone who presented today!!

Welcome to join the Webinar on Researchers' Wellbeing & #Perfectionism on 19 March at 18:00 GMT. Practical tools will be given by a counsellor to support our #academic journey. Register: link.webropolsurveys.com/S/6ECFA547B8... Supported by: @escom.bsky.social & @tieteentekijat.bsky.social

Registration is now open for #SysMus25! 📅 Important Deadlines: • Spoken and poster presenters: April 11 • In-person attendees: May 16 • Online attendees: June 2 Register + find out about the conference program, keynote speakers, workshops, and social activities here: www.uio.no/ritmo/englis...

Did you know we have a Youtube Channel? @kirtsconnor.bsky.social sits down with ESCOM President Suvi Saarikallio to chat about the society and how others can become members. #musicscience #musicpsychology #psychology Check it out here: youtu.be/oADXAWMAOs8

#SysMus25 will take place at RITMO, University of Oslo, June 11-13, 2025. Registration will open soon. Keep an eye on this page for updates! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ4N...

We are starting tonight! If you registered, Zoom link for the meeting was sent to your email adresses, check you spam folder if you haven't seen the email yet.

Important Announcement: ICMPC 18 Submission Deadline Extended to January 31, 2025

The book of abstracts from our @escom12.bsky.social conference has been published! Share around to your co-authors and anyone else who is interested in #musicscience doi.org/10.25364/602...

Have you heard?👂 We are now accepting proposals for the special issue of Musicae Scientiae, currently scheduled to appear in June 2026. Proposals should be submitted no later than the 20th of December 2024! #musicscience #musicpsychology Check it out here: www.escomsociety.org/news

Heard there was some #musicscience chat happening over here on BlueSky 🤭