2019 – 2022
Futured Jon Helge Sætre is Associate Professor in music education at the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH). He is also the director of CEMPE, the NMH Centre for Excellence in Music Performance Education. Jon Helge worked as a teacher educator for many years at Oslo Metropolitan University, and he has a background as a performing musician … Read more
Early March 2021, the Nordic Network for Research in Music Education (NNRME) arranged an online virtual conference. The conference was hosted by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the theme was Qualities in Music Education Practice and Research. Three important topics were raised by prominent researchers in our field. First, Professor Monica Lindgren, … Read more
This text is written by Professor Kari Holdhus, who is a researcher in the FUTURED WP3. She introduced the topic of relational pedagogy to the FUTURED #TextImmersion group, which led to this blog post. Relational educators often approve of thoughts stemming from psychologist Kenneth Gergen’s 2009 book Relational Being, of which he writes: After placing … Read more
We would like to thank everyone involved in the FUTURED project for invaluable contributions and collaboration over the last year. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world for us all in an instant. Thanks to our dedicated and proficient team of researchers and board members, the project have continued to move forward, attaining important … Read more
Jan Sverre Knudsen is Professor of music at the Institute of Early Childhood Education, Oslo Metropolitan University. Before his academic career he worked as a music therapist in special education and as a social worker in youth psychiatry. His research interests are related to various sub-disciplines of current musicology: music therapy, ethnomusicology, music education and … Read more
This autumn, researchers from both OsloMet and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences have met regularly on Fridays to immerse themselves in texts and theories concerning central topics related to the three FUTURED work packages. A major contribution to our discussion on music education and policy has been a recently published book written by Professor … Read more
Silje Valde Onsrud works as an Associate professor in music education at the Department of Arts Education at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. She has previously worked as the director for the Centre for Arts, Culture, and Communication at the Faculty of Teacher Education, Arts, and Sports. In her current work, she teaches and … Read more
We are very happy to introduce our readers to the researchers in the FUTURED project. First out is Professor Catharina Christophersen, project initiator and leader from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. How did you get involved with the FUTURED project? I have always been interested in critical and educational research, in particular the way … Read more
For two days in May 2020, the entire team of researchers, guest researchers, scientific advisory board members and steering group from the FUTURED project were invited to a seminar in Bergen. However, as a consequence of the corona-situation, the leaders of the overall project decided to transform the planned event into a webinar. Through a … Read more
The researchers in work package 3 are currently busy with data generation and analysis. Work package 3 aims at developing collaborative, innovative and interactive music education practices together with schools. Researchers Kari Holdhus and Catharina Christophersen have finished generating data in the music classroom in study 5. They have collaborated with a musician, three teachers, … Read more