AIMS AND APPROACH

Research and teaching. The centre promotes research and teaching in all areas of SysMus, focusing on music psychology. The centre also promotes productive interactions between music psychology, other subdisciplines of SysMus, and other relevant disciplines, both within the centre and elsewhere.

Quality. The quality of research carried out within the centre is maintained by regular presentations at peer-review conferences and publications in peer-review journals. Research topics have clear social or academic relevance. Research results are made visible and available in the internet.

Language. We publish mainly in English to enable global access and global peer-review procedures. We maintain German as an academic language by promoting German-English bilingualism in teaching, research and administration.

Collegiality. We promote and enjoy a friendly, collegial working environment. Our common goal is academic quality in SysMus, as determined by international experts. Centre staff are appointed on that basis. Important information is made available to all members. Differences of opinion and approach are respected and addressed. Students of the centre are regularly informed about current international conferences, job offers, and other opportunities for career development.

Local networking. We are active in regional academic networks, including all four Graz universities. We aim to promote the visibility and networking of local research groups in all areas of SysMus.

Internationality. We contribute actively and regularly to the international development of research, teaching and supervision in SysMus. We present our research findings at international conferences and publish them in leading international journals. We (co-)organise international conferences and panels, and participate in international peer-review procedures as authors, reviewers and editors. We invite international experts to give guest lectures.

Interdisciplinarity. The centre draws its primary innovative potential from interdisciplinary synergies. Our research projects bring together and balance contributions from sciences, humanities and practice. We realize these aims internationally through the series Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology (CIM) and the Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies (JIMS).

The Conference on Applied Interculturality Research (cAIR10) is a response to the political and academic challenges of increasing multi-, inter- and transculturality.

Evaluation. An advisory committee regularly evaluates our achievement of these goals, and this text is revised accordingly.