Postdoctoral Research Associate in Music Psychology

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ682/postdoctoral-research-associate-in-music-psychology

Role Description
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Postdoctoral Research Associate for a fixed-term period of five years (0.8 FTE) to join the ERC Synergy Project REM@KE (Reconstructing Embodied Musical Knowledge at the Keyboard) at the University of York. Based in York, the successful candidate will shape and deliver an ambitious interdisciplinary research programme spanning music cognition, psychology, historically informed performance, organology, and musicology. Working under the mentorship of Dr Andrea Schiavio, the postholder will conduct high-quality collaborative research, manage all datasets and repositories, contribute to the design and delivery of experimental studies, and support the dissemination of findings through publications, conferences, public engagement activities, and other appropriate outputs in collaboration with colleagues across three hubs (York, Gothenburg, and Pavia).

Closes: 27th March 2026.

For informal enquiries: please contact Dr Andrea Schiavio (andrea.schiavio@york.ac.uk).