Eva Saether Editor

Alexis Anja Kallio is Senior Lecturer of Music and Research at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University. Her research investigates the politics of music education, with a particular focus on diversity and equity issues. She is editor of Difference and Division in Music Education (2020) and co-editor of Music, Education, and Religion: Intersections and Entanglements (2019).

Heidi Westerlund is Professor at the Sibelius Academy, the University of the Arts Helsinki where she also serves as head of music education doctoral studies. She is PI of Global visions through mobilizing networks; The Arts as Public Service: Strategic Steps towards Equality (ArtsEqual); and Co-investigator in Music for social impact. Westerlund has published widely, serves on several editorial boards and is the editor-in-chief of the Finnish Journal of Music Education.

Sidsel Karlsen is Professor of Music Education at the Norwegian Academy of Music where she is one of the leaders of the Centre for Educational Research in Music, and docent at the University of the Arts Helsinki. She is PI of Global visions through mobilizing networks. Karlsen has published widely in international research journals, anthologies and handbooks and serves on several international editorial boards.

Kathryn Marsh is Professor Emerita at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney. She has been the editor of Research Studies in Music Education and Visiting Fellow at the Universities of Oxford, London and Washington. She is author of the award winning (2008) book The Musical Playground: Global Tradition and Change in Children’s Songs and Games (OUP).

Eva Sæther is Professor in Music Education at Lund University, Malmö Academy of Music (MAM), and docent at the University of the Arts Helsinki. Her research focuses on intercultural perspectives on musical learning and creativity(ies). She teaches in the music teacher education program, and leads the research education in music education at MAM.