Music and the nervous system, central, peripheral and social

Multi-modal sensory and cognitive processes in communication

Interdisciplinary communication and interaction

Improvisation and meaning

Music therapy and neurorehabilitation

Since joining UiB in 2010 I have taught in the following courses:

MUF101 Music, culture and society

MUTP101 Introduction to music therapy

MUTP104 Musicking

MUTP111 Music and Brain

MUTP203 Music making in music therapy groups

MUTP205 Introduction to music therapy practice

MUTP302 Improvisation in music therapy

MUTP303 Music therapy profession

MUTP305 Music therapy in medical contexts

MUTP312 Music therapy research methods

MUTP350 Master thesis supervision

Guest lecturer:

ELMED230 Brain and Music

VIT210 Mennesket: Natur og kultur

Popular scientific lecture

• Gilbertson, Simon; Krüger, Viggo; Metell, Maren et al. (2024). GAMUT Roundtable. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2015). Musikkterapi og afasi (Music therapy and aphasia). (external link)

Academic article

• Sæle, Eirik Aurlund; Gilbertson, Simon (2024). Ethical reflections on social media use within music therapy: A conversational focus group study. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon; Hebert, David Gabriel (2021). Music in a Concussive Monologue . (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2019). Imagining Something Else: A Queer Essay. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2015). In visible hands: The matter and making of music therapy. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2013). Improvisation and meaning. (external link)
• Mössler, Karin ; Gilbertson, Simon; Krüger, Viggo et al. (2013). Converging reflections on music therapy with children and adolescents: A collaborative seminar on diverse areas of music therapy practice and research. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2009). A reference standard bibliography: Music therapy with children who have experienced traumatic brain injury. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2008). The silent epidemic of road traffic injury: What can music therapists do about it?. (external link)

Chapter

• Gilbertson, Simon (2022). Undefining Music Therapist. (external link)

Lecture

• Gilbertson, Simon (2022). Music therapy in neurological rehabilitation. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon; Bakke, Signe; Ege, Grete Furuseth (2022). Music of the Body. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2022). Music therapy in early neurosurgical rehabilitation. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon; Ege, Grete Furuseth; Bakke, Signe (2022). Music of the Body. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon; Yakira, Hagit (2019). A Dialogical Creative Practice Immersion: Co-constitution and Inseparability. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2019). Horizontal and Vertical Research development. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2019). Materializing Care: An introduction. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2019). Music therapy and Aphasia. (external link)
• Bergsland, Andreas; Angelo, Elin; Kulset, Nora Bilalovic et al. (2018). Challenges and possibilities for musical knowledge transmission, learning and education between music disciplines. (external link)
• Gold, Christian; Abrams, Brian; Elefant, Cochavit et al. (2014). The art of scientific writing: Preparing manuscripts and surviving peer review. (external link)
• Gold, Christian; Bonde, Lars Ole; Bradt, Joke et al. (2013). The art of scientific writing: Preparing manuscripts for journal submission and surviving the peer review process. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Gilbertson, Simon; Tchirkov, Sergej (2022). Co-creativity in music therapy and performance. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2022). Severe traumatic social brain injury and music therapy. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon; Kibirige, Ronald (2021). Micro-interactions in creative practices as social and cultural regeneration: Interdisciplinary approaches from early neurological rehabilitation and post-war reconciliation. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon; Ikuno, Rika; Miyake, Hiroko et al. (2021). How can we nurture the “seeds of research” we encounter in the clinical field: Report and discussion from the dialogue group for studying musical- clinical- practices . (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2020). ‘Staying in alignment in times of trouble’: A case example of adopting digital education and assessment in music therapy. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2018). A quantum analysis of an improvised song in music therapy. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2018). A quantum analysis of improvised song creation. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2018). Improvised songs in clinical settings: An illustration-supported recall method. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2018). The In Visible Society: Devices of acknowledging visible and invisible practices of sounding. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2018). In/separability and Music: A quantum narrative of learning and teaching. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2017). Music. Matter. Making: Toward a music therapy beyond the human.. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon; Miyake, Hiroko; Ikuno-Yamamoto, Rika et al. (2017). Knowing/Communicating the clinical process of music therapy practice: Illustrative Approaches. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon; Viega, Michael; McCaffrey, Triona et al. (2017). Critically evolving: Current trends in arts-based research in music therapy. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2017). Just for the record: Quantum anarchy plus colonial inscription in arts focused research.. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2017). Researching the music therapy process: Matter, making and methods. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2017). In audible movements: on the edges of perception and beyond.. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2016). Inscription devising and the in/separability of musical materials. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2016). Unruly multiplicity: Interdisciplinary rehabilitation and the undisciplined nature of human illness and care. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2016). Clinical application of music therapy in neurorehabilitation. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon; Todd, Claire (2015). Intra-Weaving: Meeting through the motions of making. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2015). Music therapy, matter and embodied practice in medical education. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2013). Keynote presentation: Navigation and Sounding: Fundamental modes of being: sensing creative music practices. (external link)
• Lagesen, Simen Krogstie; Skeie, Geir Olve; Specht, Karsten et al. (2013). Musikk, terapi og nevrologiske sykdommer. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon; Fachner, Jörg; Schmid, Wolfgang et al. (2012). Imaging and sensing - Convergence of basic and applied research and practice with music, music therapy and the brain. (external link)

Film

• Gilbertson, Simon (2021). Steps towards self-criticality: On access, inclusion and the inevitability of exclusion. (external link)

Other presentation

• Gilbertson, Simon (2018). Fanfare for the In Visible Society. (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Gilbertson, Simon (2016). Music therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2015). In the light of day: A real-world perspective on childhood severe traumatic brain injury and music therapy during early neurosurgical rehabilitation. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon; Edwards, Jane (2015). Exploring Resistance and Change in Music Therapy Learning for Students and Educators. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2013). Adults with Stroke. (external link)

Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

• Goodman, Karen; Gilbertson, Simon (2015). International perspectives in music therapy education and training: Adapting to a changing world. (external link)

Book review

• Gilbertson, Simon (2013). Music therapy in principle and practice. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2012). Music therapy education and training: from theory to practice, by Karen D. Goodman. Springfield: Charles C Thomas Publisher, 2011, 324 pp. ISBN: 978-0398-08609-1. (external link)
• Gilbertson, Simon (2011). Forms of Vitality: Exploring Dynamic Experience in Psychology, the Arts, Psychotherapy, and Development. (external link)

Article in business/trade/industry journal

• Gilbertson, Simon; Edwards, Jane; Ledger, Alison (2013). Exploring potentials for the use of music and music therapy in antenatal care: A review and discussion. (external link)

Reference material

• Allen, Joy; Gilbertson, Simon (2013). Guidelines for Music Therapy Practice in Adult Medical Care. (external link)

Academic monograph

• Gilbertson, Simon; Aldridge, David (2008). Music therapy and traumatic brain injury: A light on a dark night. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Book: Gilbertson, S. & Aldridge, D. (2008). Music therapy and traumatic brain injury: A light on a dark night. London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

In Visible Hands: An arts-based research project investigating the meaning given to embodiment in music therapy practice using sculpture and qualitative analysis of therapist's narratives on the use and meaning of their hands in music therapy.

In Audible Movements: A multidisciplinary collaborative research project investigating interrelations between physical movement and musical structures in multidisciplinary music improvisation. Study uses multiple high definition cameras and Noldus Observer XT data capture and analysis software.

Music therapy implementation in medical contexts: An international collaboration between Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre (GAMUT) and Leeds Institute of Medical Education (LIME)

Interdisciplinary education and training in primary health care (TVEPS and TVEPS Research)