How to make Music Research Open?

Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Lieungh, Erik

doi:10.7557/19.5309

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“…In addition, although not found in a search for “social impact”, there is much valuable scientific inquiry focused on Level 1, and in particular, the move toward open research and an enhanced emphasis on integrity and reproducibility is making its own valuable contribution to the rigor of the discipline (Eerola, 2018; Jensenius, 2020). As such standards become commonplace and accepted, the quality of work in more applied fields also rises, and its ability to convince audiences is also enhanced.…”

Section: What Music Psychology Can Bementioning

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“…As Farnham et al (2017) note, “early career researchers have the least commitment toward professional hierarchy and are highly involved in data collection and analysis … young researchers are the key for change”. In music psychology early career researchers are often found at the vanguard of new techniques and approaches, holding more established scholars to account in relation to issues such as open science and reproducibility as well as advances in programming and online experiments (e.g., Harrison, 2020; Jensenius & Lieungh, 2020, Neuwirth et al, 2018). This fits with Level 1 impact as Sloboda outlined, as well as providing the potential for a more diverse reach in terms of access to participants, collaboration with other researchers, and higher levels of external impact.…”

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Making a Difference with Music Psychology Research: Strategy, Serendipity, and Surviving a Global Pandemic

Lamont

2021

Music & Science

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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced researchers around the globe in every discipline imaginable into a position, where they have to provide justification for the relevance of their work. This represents a sharp acceleration in an underlying trend toward demonstrating greater impact for research, as evidenced in the UK by assessments such as Pathways to Impact statements in grant applications and Research Excellence Framework (REF) Impact Case Studies. Music psychology is ideally positioned at the nexus of a number of different larger fields to afford strategic relevance of some kind, and some work is more obviously placed to do so, such as the many intervention projects harnessing instrumental benefits of music which are explicitly designed to improve people’s lives. However, I argue that the fundamental power of music (in and of itself as well as in other areas) provides everyone in the field with inherent potential impact. Using the case study of a recent project, I am leading on people’s favorite music choices, which turned into something of value to many of its participants almost overnight, I illustrate how serendipity can be developed into strategy. Drawing on insights from analysis of people’s accounts of their favorite music, I show how the fundamental premise that music matters to people gives music psychology research a head start in its quest for relevance, placing this in wider debates about the relevance of music, the arts, and culture to post-COVID-19 life.

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confidence: 99%