Research Groups

In addition to our wide-ranging research activities, we have several groups across Australia that have different foci of research at the nexus of psychology and music.

New South Wales

Western Sydney University

The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development

See here for a list of MARCS seminars.

Music Science Lab
Group led by:

Associate Professor Andrew Milne

Members:

Professor Roger Dean
Professor Kate Stevens
Associate Professor Alison Short
Dr Gabriele Cecchetti
Dr Simon Chambers
Siyao Cheng
Anita Connell
Luiza Lucuța
Lekshmy Hema Nair
Farrah Sa’adullah

Macquarie University

Music, Sound and Performance Lab
Group led by:

Professor Bill Thompson; Founding Director: Centre for Elite Performance, Expertise, and Training
Members:
- Dr Kirk Olsen
- Dr Amee Baird (NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Fellow; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle; Clinical Neuropsychologist)

University of New South Wales

Empirical Musicology
Group led by:

Professor Emery Schubert
Professor Dorottya Fabian

Music Acoustics
Group led by:

Professor Joe Wolfe
Members:
- Emeritus Professor John R. Smith

Music Education
Group led by:

Dr Paul Evans

Queensland

The University of Queensland

Psychology of Music
Group led by:

Dr Mary Broughton
Members:
- Associate Professor Denis Collins

Applied Psychology of Music
Group led by:

Associate Professor Genevieve Dingle
Members:
- Dr Elyse Williams

Music Learning and Development Across the Lifespan
Group led by:

Professor Margaret Barrett
Members:
- Dr Mary Broughton
- Dr Vicky Abad
- Dr Libby Flynn

Music Education
Group led by:

Associate Professor Julie Ballantyne

James Cook University

Psychology of Music
Group led by:

Dr Amanda Krause

Victoria

University of Melbourne

MP3 Lab (Music Psychology, Music Performance Science, Music Performance Teaching)
Group led by:
Dr Solange Glasser

Members:
- Lab Manager: Kayla Morgan
- Professor Gary McPherson
- Professor Jane Davidson
- Associate Professor Margaret Osbourne
- Xanthe Lowe-Brown
- Sabrina McKenzie
- Anna Kho

Research Initiative in Creativity and Wellbeing
Group led by:
Professor Jane Davidson

Members:
- Professor Gary McPherson
- Dr Frederic Kiernan
- Dr Alex Crooke

Clinical and Music Neuroscience Lab

Group led by:
Professor Sarah Wilson

Members:
- Associate Professor Margaret Osborne
- Lab Manager: Daniel Yeom

Centre for Wellbeing Science

Research Director:
Professor Nikki Rickard

Western Australia

Curtin University

Social and Applied Psychology of Music
Group led by:

Professor Adrian North

Edith Cowan University

Music Education and Psychology
Group led by:

Dr Jason Goopy

Murdoch University

Music Cognition
Group led by:

Dr Jon Prince

International Organisations