Music and movement educator, teacher educator, psychologist, researcher, author, guitarist

Qualifications:

• Doctorate in psychology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Austria (2002)

• MA in Elemental music and movement pedagogy, Mozarteum University Salzburg, Orff Institute (2009)

• Clinical and Health psychologist (1998)

• Neuropsychologist (2003)

• Habilitation in Elemental Music and Dance/Movement Pedagogy, Mozarteum University Salzburg (2023)

Professional experience:

• 1996 - 2015 Clinical Psychologist at the Zentrum für sozialintegrative Entwicklungs- und Lernförderung in Salzburg.

• 1997 - 2003 Researcher at the Christian-Doppler-Clinic, Salzburg

• 2001 - 2010 Clinical Psychologist and assistant of head of department at ""Ambulante Psychosoziale Rehabilitation"" at Mobiler Hilfsdienst GmbH, Salzburg

• 2009 to present Music teacher

• 2016 - 2017 University assistant (Post-doc) at the Department of music education at Mozarteum University, Salzburg

• 2017 - 2023 Assistant professor with focus on „Music and Dance in Inclusion and Diversity“ at the Department for Elemental Music and Dance Pedagogy – Orff Institute, Mozarteum University Salzburg

• 2023 to present Associate Professor at the Department for Elemental Music and Dance Pedagogy – Orff Institute, Mozarteum University Salzburg

30 years of experience with persons with disabilities, children and their families with social challenges, emotionally disturbed children, adults with severe disabilities, in creating music and movement experiences.

Commissioner of the Special Music Education and Music Therapy Commission of ISME (International Society of Music Education, since 2018)

Founding member of Interest Group Music inclusive Austria (IGMI)

Research topics:

Inclusive music education, Assessment of the Quality of Relationship (AQR), contemporary music, music psychology"