GAMUT – The Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre
GAMUT is a collaborative research initiative, focusing on advancing knowledge in music, health and welfare.
About the research centre
GAMUT is a collaborative research initiative between the University of Bergen and NORCE Norwegian Research Centre. GAMUT focuses on advancing knowledge in music, health and welfare, and cooperates with municipalities and health trusts. We have a strong international focus.
The two institutions, The Grieg Academy at UiB and NORCE, each have distinct profiles that complement one another.
The centre publishes two international journals in music therapy:
- Nordic Journal of Music Therapy (external link)
- Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy (external link)
Current goals of the center include
- Establishing a Norwegian music therapy research center of high international standing.
- Promoting robust knowledge development in the academic field of music therapy.
- Producing socially relevant insights into the relationship between music, health, and societal development.
Annual reports
The annual report contains a description of GAMUTS' activities, including an overview of publications and projects. In addition, the report provides information on the twin centre's organisation, development and partners.
- Annual report for 2024 (external link) (English)
- Annual report for 2023 (external link) (Norwegian)
- Annual report for 2022 (external link) (Norwegian)
Projects
Completed projects
Here you will find an overview of completed projects at GAMUT, both in English and Norwegain.
- Alumnistudenters opplevelse av praksisutplassering under 5 årig musikkterapiutdannelse
- Care for music
- Home-based Music Therapy for Individuals Living with Amyothrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and their caring spouses
- In Visible Hands: A Multidisciplinary Collaborative Arts-based Research Project Exploring Meanings Given by Music Therapists Involved in Creative Music Action in Relation to Their Hands
- Klientens rolle, kompetanse og bidrag i ressursorientert musikkterapi: En kvalitativ studie
- Mellom taushet og støy – musikk, musikkterapi og det psykososiale miljø på sykehjem
- MOT 82 – MusikkOppfølgingsTilbod for menneske med psykisk liding
- Mot et selvstendig liv i felleskap: en kvalitativ studie av musikkterapeutisk praksis i fasen av ettervern innen barnevernet
- Musikkterapi med barn på sykehus i psykisk helsevern
- MUSIAGI
- Musikk – fortelling – fellesskap: En kvalitativ undersøkelse av ungdommers perspektiver på deltagelse i samfunnsmusikkterapeutisk praksis i barnevernsarbeid
- Music of the body exploring the inseparability of aesthetic music expression, physiology and technology in higher music education
- Music Therapy for Substance Abuse: Development of a Protocol for Cochrane Systematic Review
- Psykotiske pasienters erfaringer med musikkterapi
- Rockebandet som musikkterapeutisk arena
- STALWARTS
- Urolige barn og musikkterapi
- Virkningen av musikkterapi på funksjonell kommunikasjon og stemningsleie for pasienter med Parkinson’s sykdom
People
Centre manager
Viggo Krüger GAMUT Director
Centre members
Chi-Yen Chang 張綺妍 Stipendiat
Ole Kristian Einarsen Stipendiat
Claire Ghetti Professor
Simon Gilbertson Førsteamanuensis
Jill Halstead Professor
Kjetil Hjørnevik Førsteamanuensis
Maren Metell Postdoktor, knyttet til prosjektene SOUNDING RELATION og IMAGINE
Wolfgang Schmid Professor
Geir Olve Skeie Professor
Brynjulf Stige Professor, Leiar for POLYFON kunnskapsklynge for musikkterapi
Lars Tuastad Førsteamanuensis
Eva Marija Vukich Stipendiat, Sounding Relation Project
Styringsgruppen
Frode Thorsen Universitetet i Bergen, leder
Jan Harald Kapersen NORCE
Ingrid Helgøy NORCE
Randi Rolvsjord Universitetet i Bergen
Lars Tuastad Representant fra GAMUT forskergruppen
Jan Frich Folkehelseinstituttet
Anne Balsnes Universitetet i Agder
Contact
Please contact research manager Viggo Krüger.
- Phone number
- +47 995 34 628
- Emails
- Viggo.Kruger@uib.no
Funding
Research at GAMUT is primarily funded through funds from the Research Council of Norway, HK-dir and the European Research Council.