Below you can find examples of ongoing MUSTS research projects.
Listen Closely: Innovating Participation in Symphonic Music
PhD project by Veerle Spronck Supervisors: Prof. dr. Peter Peters and dr. Ruth Benschop
Current projects
Artful Participation: Doing Artistic Research with Symphonic Music Audiences
In the 21st century, symphonic music institutions face challenges that endanger their traditional ways of operating. Although symphonic music is widely accessible, it has lost […]
Making Clinical Sense
Digital technologies are reconfiguring medical practices in ways we still don’t understand. This research project, funded by the European Research Council (Starting Grant 2015, Number […]
Responsible Innovation in Biogas in India (NWO-RRI project)
Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, the Punjab region of India is the leading food producer for the entire Indian subcontinent. Twice a year, […]
Listening on Display: Exhibiting Sound Art 1960s-now
PhD project by Linnea Semmerling (funded by NWO through the ‘PhD in the Humanities’ programme) Supervisors: Karin Bijsterveld, Peter Peters
Talking You Through: Traffic Information and Car Radio, 1950s-now
This project examines the history and contemporary practices of traffic radio in the United States, Germany and The Netherlands (1950s-now). Which technologies and organisational forms […]
Mental Health Expertise Online: The enactment of expertise on bipolar disorder on online platforms in English and French
Bipolar disorder is listed among the top ten causes of disability worldwide, yet the knowledge about it is limited, and the authority of experts has […]
Nature’s diplomats: Ecological experts and the conservation policy of international organizations (1920-2000)
Today it is a broadly shared assumption that environmental problems are global, and that we should address them by resorting to a neutral and universal […]
Imagining Techno-moral Change
Objective: to develop and apply the techno-ethical scenario approach to nanotechnologies in food and medicine Description: Nanotechnology raises many ethical concerns. Some of these are […]