Music Research Today 2025
Musikforskning idag (Music Research Today) brings music researchers in all disciplines together. This year's conference is hosted by the School of Music, Theatre and Art at Örebro University. The conference will take place on October 23rd - 24th, starting and ending at lunch.
The conference welcomes contributions on any topic related to research in musicology, music pedagogy, artistic research in music, music theory, music therapy, music psychology and music-related research in other disciplines. The conference particularly welcomes contributions and participation from doctoral and master's students.
For the first time, Musikforskning idag is organizing an introductory cross-disciplinary seminar for doctoral students at Swedish universities, starting on the evening of October 22nd. The ambition is to stimulate conversation across disciplinary boundaries, and to create and develop contact surfaces through a moderated dialogue.
Music and politics
This year's conference has a special focus on Music and Politics, which is reflected in the keynote presentations. This theme will be the thread for a coherent series of sessions across the program, while a diversity of other perspectives on music research will fill out the full picture.
PLEASE NOTE: Whilst the conference is organized around the theme of music and politics, we welcome all and any contributions relevant to research on music!
Important dates:
- Abstract must be submitted no later than 14 February 2025
- The outcome of the review will be announced by 23 February 2025
- The last day for registration and payment of conference and membership fees is May 1, 2025
- Introductory interdisciplinary seminar for doctoral students starting in the evening of October 22, 2025.
- The conference will take place on 23-24 October 2025.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact: konferens@musikforskning.se
Conference fee, registration and participation
The conference fee is 1500 kr for members of SSM. The membership fee to SSM is an additional 250 SEK. The fee for non-members is 2250 SEK. The conference fee applies regardless of your level of attendance. Furthermore: For doctoral students not employed by their institutions, students (e.g., Master, Magister, undergraduate) and retirees the preliminary reduced conference fee for members is 750 SEK (the reduced fee for non-members in this category is 1500 SEK).
The conference fee includes coffee breaks, lunch and the conference dinner. The deadline for registration is May 1st, 2025. All fees must be paid to bankgiro 5227-4784 by this date and the conference registration sent to konferens@musikforskning.se
Practical information
The program and more detailed information will be published on the conference webpage: www.musikforskning.se
Facilities and equipment
All lecture halls will be equipped with projectors, sound systems and wireless internet. More information will be available on the SSM website.
Travel and accommodation
Information about accommodations will be updated on the conference website. Travel and accommodation are the responsibility of the participant. The conference organisers are not able to cover costs for travel and lodging.
Book table
There will be an open book table at the conference. For information about the book table please contact the Society’s secretary.
SSM Membership
The conference is being organized by the Swedish Society for Music Research. Members pay a reduced conference fee. For information on how to become a member, see: https://musikforskning.se/om-samfundet. As a member of SSM you actively support the Society’s work with the conference and the publication of our academic journal, SJM.
