Kelly Jakubowski
@kellyjakubowski.bsky.social
Professor of Music Psychology at Durham University, violinist, researching musical memory and imagination
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We're living in a world where diversification is quickly being devalued. If you're asking, what can I do as a #musicscience researcher to show my commitment to diversifying research, check out our article, out today in Music & Science, identifying key gaps & promising trends: doi.org/10.1177/2059...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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What prevents music psychologists from sharing primary research data?
If you are a music psychology researcher (of any level/experience), do help us and complete this anonymous 10-minute questionnaire. #musicpsych #musicscience #opendata #survey
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If you are a music psychology researcher (of any level/experience), do help us and complete this anonymous 10-minute questionnaire. #musicpsych #musicscience #opendata #survey
durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
What prevents music psychologists from sharing primary research data?
If you are a music psychology researcher (of any level/experience), do help us and complete this anonymous 10-minute questionnaire. #musicpsych #musicscience #opendata #survey
durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you are a music psychology researcher (of any level/experience), do help us and complete this anonymous 10-minute questionnaire. #musicpsych #musicscience #opendata #survey
durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Calling all #musicpsych #musicscience and students working in related areas! Please consider joining us in Durham this summer for what is shaping up to be a fantastic event!
Excited to be hosting promising scholars during SysMus26! 🎉
Check out our website for more info musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky #conferences
Check out our website for more info musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
#musicpsych #PsychSciSky #conferences
SysMus26—the 19th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology—is being held this coming year at Durham University, UK, July 22–24 (Wed–Fri), 2026!
Abstract submission deadline is 30 January 2026.
Check out the SysMus 26 site for further details:
musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
Abstract submission deadline is 30 January 2026.
Check out the SysMus 26 site for further details:
musicscience.net/events/sysmu...
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Calling all #musicpsych #musicscience and students working in related areas! Please consider joining us in Durham this summer for what is shaping up to be a fantastic event!
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Mixed Reality Concert in Durham! Thanks to Musicon & @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social @hauntedplanet.com @madshaahr.bsky.social and some snow here already!☃️🎵 @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Mixed Reality Concert in Durham! Thanks to Musicon & @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social @hauntedplanet.com @madshaahr.bsky.social and some snow here already!☃️🎵 @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social
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🎹Arrived to Durham!Tomorrow is Musicon Mixed Reality Concert and talk on Music Department! We also included LoGaCulture music “Voices of the Boyne”! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... #TrinityCollegeDublin @hauntedplanet.com @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social @madshaahr.bsky.social @logaculture.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🎹Arrived to Durham!Tomorrow is Musicon Mixed Reality Concert and talk on Music Department! We also included LoGaCulture music “Voices of the Boyne”! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... #TrinityCollegeDublin @hauntedplanet.com @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social @madshaahr.bsky.social @logaculture.bsky.social
Any last takers for this concert on Wednesday? Should be fun! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Svetlana Rudenko: Dreaming with Mixed Reality - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Any last takers for this concert on Wednesday? Should be fun! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
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Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert!
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
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Keep up to date with the latest news and announcements from the Royal Northern College of Music.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert!
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
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Mixed Reality Concert by Haunted Planet Studios at Durham! 19 th November 7.30 pm #music #science #DreaMR it’s also Launch “E.Ravilious: Psychogeography AR” with @svetlanarudenko.bsky.social @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social 🎹🎻 pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham... @hauntedplanet.com @madshaahr.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Mixed Reality Concert by Haunted Planet Studios at Durham! 19 th November 7.30 pm #music #science #DreaMR it’s also Launch “E.Ravilious: Psychogeography AR” with @svetlanarudenko.bsky.social @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social 🎹🎻 pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham... @hauntedplanet.com @madshaahr.bsky.social
The longest author list I’ve been on yet, but for good reasons! A massive and rigorous international research collaboration. Well done to Massimo and Francesca for leading this!
Finally, our 4-year long project has been published! We have conducted a multi-lab study comparing STM of musicians and nonmusicians, collecting many other cognitive, personality, musical, and demographic variables!
A big thank you to all collaborators!
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A big thank you to all collaborators!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study - Massimo Grassi, Francesca Talamini, Gianmarco Altoè, Elvira Brattico, Anne Caclin, Barbara Carretti, Véronique Drai-Zer...
Musicians are often regarded as a positive example of brain plasticity and associated cognitive benefits. This emerges when experienced musicians (e.g., musicia...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The longest author list I’ve been on yet, but for good reasons! A massive and rigorous international research collaboration. Well done to Massimo and Francesca for leading this!
Thanks to @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social and Leeds School of Music for a fun and stimulating visit.
And with many thanks to the rest of the team doing this research @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social, @weiwu.bsky.social, @margulisa.bsky.social
And with many thanks to the rest of the team doing this research @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social, @weiwu.bsky.social, @margulisa.bsky.social
Fascinating to hear @kellyjakubowski.bsky.social talk at Leeds about how music shapes imagination, covering importance of genre, age, auditory features and contextual associations with music for content of imagined thoughts when listening! Brilliant collaborative work!
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thanks to @musicpsychleeds.bsky.social and Leeds School of Music for a fun and stimulating visit.
And with many thanks to the rest of the team doing this research @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social, @weiwu.bsky.social, @margulisa.bsky.social
And with many thanks to the rest of the team doing this research @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social, @weiwu.bsky.social, @margulisa.bsky.social
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New #openaccess paper on musical chills! 🎶🎺
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New #openaccess paper on musical chills! 🎶🎺
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
Most work on listeners, but we find musicians experience chills while performing!
Chills linked to performance qualities, connections between performers and personal associations. Findings suggest chills + wellbeing link
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0305...
One more day!! Please consider joining us in Durham if you do research on imagined music and wellbeing!
🌀 Still time to submit to our international symposium!
📍 Durham University | 18–19 May 2026
🗓️ Submissions close 4 Nov 2025
musicinmyhead.org/network-acti...
📍 Durham University | 18–19 May 2026
🗓️ Submissions close 4 Nov 2025
musicinmyhead.org/network-acti...
International Symposium — Call for Contributions - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
What does it mean to imagine music? The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network invites proposals for its inaugural international symposium, held at Durham University, UK, 18–19 May 2026. The event brings t...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
One more day!! Please consider joining us in Durham if you do research on imagined music and wellbeing!
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
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🌀 Still time to submit to our international symposium!
📍 Durham University | 18–19 May 2026
🗓️ Submissions close 4 Nov 2025
musicinmyhead.org/network-acti...
📍 Durham University | 18–19 May 2026
🗓️ Submissions close 4 Nov 2025
musicinmyhead.org/network-acti...
International Symposium — Call for Contributions - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
What does it mean to imagine music? The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network invites proposals for its inaugural international symposium, held at Durham University, UK, 18–19 May 2026. The event brings t...
musicinmyhead.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🌀 Still time to submit to our international symposium!
📍 Durham University | 18–19 May 2026
🗓️ Submissions close 4 Nov 2025
musicinmyhead.org/network-acti...
📍 Durham University | 18–19 May 2026
🗓️ Submissions close 4 Nov 2025
musicinmyhead.org/network-acti...
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Lab member @fruzsiszucs.bsky.social has written about her recent experience going to her first international conference at musicscience.net!
#musicpsychology #earlycareerresearcher #psychology #conference #ICMPC18
#musicpsychology #earlycareerresearcher #psychology #conference #ICMPC18
September 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Lab member @fruzsiszucs.bsky.social has written about her recent experience going to her first international conference at musicscience.net!
#musicpsychology #earlycareerresearcher #psychology #conference #ICMPC18
#musicpsychology #earlycareerresearcher #psychology #conference #ICMPC18
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📯We're looking for a new colleague in #musicology in Würzburg (tenured full professorship, W3)! While the call is in German only, international candidates are highly encouraged to apply. Do not hesitate to reach out! 📆 **October 15, 2025**. See: www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/04...
September 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📯We're looking for a new colleague in #musicology in Würzburg (tenured full professorship, W3)! While the call is in German only, international candidates are highly encouraged to apply. Do not hesitate to reach out! 📆 **October 15, 2025**. See: www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/04...
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🚨NEW BLOG🚨
“Conferences, huh. What’s the point?”
@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social @katiesvish.bsky.social & @kirtsconnor.bsky.social reflect on this conference season and why we bother going to conferences anyway.
#musicscience #ICMPC18 #blog #phdlife #phd
musicscience.net/2025/08/13/c...
“Conferences, huh. What’s the point?”
@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social @katiesvish.bsky.social & @kirtsconnor.bsky.social reflect on this conference season and why we bother going to conferences anyway.
#musicscience #ICMPC18 #blog #phdlife #phd
musicscience.net/2025/08/13/c...
Conferences, huh. What’s the point?
In this post, Hazel, Katie, and Connor highlight some reasons why you should consider attending an academic conference, supplemented by our recent experience from attending the 18th International C…
musicscience.net
August 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🚨NEW BLOG🚨
“Conferences, huh. What’s the point?”
@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social @katiesvish.bsky.social & @kirtsconnor.bsky.social reflect on this conference season and why we bother going to conferences anyway.
#musicscience #ICMPC18 #blog #phdlife #phd
musicscience.net/2025/08/13/c...
“Conferences, huh. What’s the point?”
@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social @katiesvish.bsky.social & @kirtsconnor.bsky.social reflect on this conference season and why we bother going to conferences anyway.
#musicscience #ICMPC18 #blog #phdlife #phd
musicscience.net/2025/08/13/c...
Great to see this paper out, which is a super useful resource for people wanting to use music and/or movies as autobiographical memory cues. Thanks to Amy Belfi and her awesome students for involving me in this work! doi.org/10.3758/s134...
Popular music and movies as autobiographical memory cues - Memory & Cognition
Research on music-evoked autobiographical memories has grown rapidly in recent years, suggesting that music can be an effective stimulus for cueing memories from one’s life. One challenging aspect of ...
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August 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Great to see this paper out, which is a super useful resource for people wanting to use music and/or movies as autobiographical memory cues. Thanks to Amy Belfi and her awesome students for involving me in this work! doi.org/10.3758/s134...
Can you think of examples of books, films, TV shows, etc. featuring earworms or other types of imagined music? Please share them here! musicinmyhead.org/inner-music-...
Inner Music in Fiction and Biography - The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network
Inner Music in Fiction and Biography ‘Inner music’ or ‘musical imagery’ refers to the music that one hears in one’s own head. For example, an ‘earworm’ is a catchy piece of music that is stuck in one’...
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August 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Can you think of examples of books, films, TV shows, etc. featuring earworms or other types of imagined music? Please share them here! musicinmyhead.org/inner-music-...
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We’re thrilled to announce that the Inner Music and Wellbeing Network is a Strategic Partner of the 4th World Tinnitus Congress & XV International Tinnitus Seminar, 30 June–2 July 2027.
@freyabailes.bsky.social will lead a track on Consciousness, Inner Music & Auditory Imagery.
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@freyabailes.bsky.social will lead a track on Consciousness, Inner Music & Auditory Imagery.
wtc2027.co.uk
WTC & ITS 2027
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August 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We’re thrilled to announce that the Inner Music and Wellbeing Network is a Strategic Partner of the 4th World Tinnitus Congress & XV International Tinnitus Seminar, 30 June–2 July 2027.
@freyabailes.bsky.social will lead a track on Consciousness, Inner Music & Auditory Imagery.
wtc2027.co.uk
@freyabailes.bsky.social will lead a track on Consciousness, Inner Music & Auditory Imagery.
wtc2027.co.uk
I'm on leave from work till late Sept, but great to see the research of our
@musicpsychologylab.bsky.social
being shared with colleagues from across the globe at #ICMPC18 by our highly capable and joyful students and postdocs!
@musicpsychologylab.bsky.social
being shared with colleagues from across the globe at #ICMPC18 by our highly capable and joyful students and postdocs!
Had a blast 💥 at #ICMPC18 in São Paulo!! Super lucky for the opportunity to disseminate our research and engage with international colleagues! 🌏🌍🌎
July 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I'm on leave from work till late Sept, but great to see the research of our
@musicpsychologylab.bsky.social
being shared with colleagues from across the globe at #ICMPC18 by our highly capable and joyful students and postdocs!
@musicpsychologylab.bsky.social
being shared with colleagues from across the globe at #ICMPC18 by our highly capable and joyful students and postdocs!
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Almost forgot @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social poster highlight from #ICMPC18!
Go check out the MUSIFEAST-17 stimulus set! #musicscience
Go check out the MUSIFEAST-17 stimulus set! #musicscience
🔦 final poster showcase of this bad boy: MUSIFEAST-17 #ICMPC18
No fear though, as if you haven’t heard already, you can get to know via its publication doi.org/10.3758/s134... and explore the dataset on OSF osf.io/5ebz2/ and GitHub with its interactive Shiny app 🫢 github.com/HazelvdW/MUS...
No fear though, as if you haven’t heard already, you can get to know via its publication doi.org/10.3758/s134... and explore the dataset on OSF osf.io/5ebz2/ and GitHub with its interactive Shiny app 🫢 github.com/HazelvdW/MUS...
July 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Almost forgot @hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social poster highlight from #ICMPC18!
Go check out the MUSIFEAST-17 stimulus set! #musicscience
Go check out the MUSIFEAST-17 stimulus set! #musicscience
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@kirtsconnor.bsky.social gave a presentation on the content validity assessment for his music-emotion episode instrument! Out now as a preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#musicscience #psychometrics
#musicscience #psychometrics
July 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
@kirtsconnor.bsky.social gave a presentation on the content validity assessment for his music-emotion episode instrument! Out now as a preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#musicscience #psychometrics
#musicscience #psychometrics
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Postdoc @weiwu.bsky.social giving a presentation at #ICMPC18 on music evoked thoughts. Semantic similarity analysis showed that adjacent age groups share similar thoughts to the music!
#musicscience
#musicscience
July 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Postdoc @weiwu.bsky.social giving a presentation at #ICMPC18 on music evoked thoughts. Semantic similarity analysis showed that adjacent age groups share similar thoughts to the music!
#musicscience
#musicscience
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Been having some wonderful and really engaging discussions with many of the #ICMPC18 attendees this year in São Paulo!
So lucky to be doing research in this field alongside such brilliant and thoughtful people 🧠💫
(P.S. this work is published! You can read it here: doi.org/10.1177/0305...)
So lucky to be doing research in this field alongside such brilliant and thoughtful people 🧠💫
(P.S. this work is published! You can read it here: doi.org/10.1177/0305...)
@hazelvanderwalle.bsky.social gave a presentation yesterday exploring the types of thoughts occurring while listening to music from a wide range of styles, familiarity, and more! Great to disseminate this @leverhulme.ac.uk project to the #musicscience crowd at #ICMPC18!!
July 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Been having some wonderful and really engaging discussions with many of the #ICMPC18 attendees this year in São Paulo!
So lucky to be doing research in this field alongside such brilliant and thoughtful people 🧠💫
(P.S. this work is published! You can read it here: doi.org/10.1177/0305...)
So lucky to be doing research in this field alongside such brilliant and thoughtful people 🧠💫
(P.S. this work is published! You can read it here: doi.org/10.1177/0305...)