Nikki Moran is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and a leading expert in music and sociNikki Moran is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and a leading expert in music and social interaction. Dr. Moran currently serves as co-Editor-in-Chief of Psychology of Music, a premier international publication in the field of music psychology. Her own research on the embodied and interactive aspects of music-making has been published in numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters. As a faculty member at the Edinburgh College of Art, her work explores the complex relationships between creative arts, communicative expression, and social context, shedding new light on the ways in which music shapes and is shaped by human interaction.