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** This list is managed by Dr Evangelos Himonides (UCL), on behalf of the Society for Education and Music Psychology Research (sempre), and aims to serve as a discussion forum for researchers working at the shared boundaries of science and music. This list was previously managed by the Institute of Musical Research. ** MESSAGE FOLLOWS: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Music for Social Impact) Guildhall School of Music and Drama/Barbican Centre Grade E 3-year fixed term contract, full time Salary: £39,680 per annum (including £6,390 Inner London weighting) Guildhall School of Music & Drama is one of the world's leading conservatoires and drama schools, offering musicians, actors, stage managers and production artists an inspiring environment in which to develop as artists and professionals. The School boasts a diverse and growing research culture, and is currently seeking to build up its community of post-doctoral researchers. We seek an outstanding candidate for this full-time three-year position to make a leading contribution to a ground-breaking multi-country research project led from the Guildhall School, under the overall direction of Professor John Sloboda, OBE, FBA. You will be expected to take significant intellectual and organisational initiatives in the planning, data-collection, analysis, and dissemination of research investigations undertaken within the AHRC-funded research project Music for Social Impact: Practitioners' Contexts, Work, and Beliefs, planned to run for three years from January 2020. You will possess a PhD in a relevant discipline, with a strong social science research background, and familiarity with both quantitative and qualitative research methods. This project aims to achieve an in-depth understanding of the growing body of participatory music-making activities being offered to groups around the world defined by their social needs or deprivation, work which focuses on marginalised or excluded groups (in regions of poverty, conflict, or social disruption, including refugees and migrants, people in prison, homeless people, etc.). The project will focus on these activities as seen through the eyes of the professional musicians who animate and lead them, and therefore you should possess a sound knowledge base of socially oriented projects that employ professional musicians. Starting date is 1 January 2020. Starting salary is £39,680 per annum (including £6,390 Inner London weighting). Please click here to download the Job Information Pack.<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gsmd.ac.uk%2Ffileadmin%2Fuser_upload%2Ffiles%2FJob_Vacancy_info%2FJob-Information-Pack-GS502.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7C092e722dc1df4c3d4fc808d716ca91e4%7C1faf88fea9984c5b93c9210a11d9a5c2%7C0%7C1%7C637002931603318743&sdata=i1t19ctMxxTKeKqfp3vy3ZzymzcFZMS9BMB8vu6EMv8%3D&reserved=0> A public announcement about the project can be found here<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gsmd.ac.uk%2Fabout_the_school%2Fnews%2Fview%2Farticle%2Fguildhall_school_of_music_drama_awarded_pound984000_to_lead_3_year_international_research_project_on%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C092e722dc1df4c3d4fc808d716ca91e4%7C1faf88fea9984c5b93c9210a11d9a5c2%7C0%7C1%7C637002931603328752&sdata=oO9%2F6Or0SDlXnR29MaCFnzH8OBtBLMiR5b85zonfJkg%3D&reserved=0>. Informal enquiries prior to application may be made to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (email only, no phone calls please). Closing date for applications 12 noon on Thursday 12 September 2019. Interviews will be held on Thursday 26 September 2019. The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MUSIC-AND-SCIENCE list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MUSIC-AND-SCIENCE&A=1