Jens Knigge
Professor of Music Education
My research examines how children and young people learn in and through music and the other arts, and what arts education contributes to individuals and to society.
Professor of Music Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Levanger, Norway
Professor of Music Education
Academy of Music and Drama
Gothenburg, Sweden
Visiting Professor (professor II)
Oslo, Norway
Current work
dialoguing@rts
Horizon Europe project, 2024–2027
As principal investigator and coordinator, I lead a consortium of 27 partner organisations from eight countries. We investigate how performing arts education can foster cultural literacy, social cohesion and inclusion.
MishMash Centre for AI and Creativity
National AI research centre, since 2025
I co-lead Work Package 4, Creative use of AI in education. It examines how creative AI can strengthen rather than replace human creativity in teaching and learning.
Music-related Learning Processes
Research group at Nord University, since 2018
I founded the group in 2018 and have been its head since then. It comprises approximately 20 researchers and has carried out several major national and international projects.
Research areas
Each area leads to the related publications.
- Musical competence and assessment
- Learning outcomes and transfer effects
- Singing in formal and non-formal education
- Music teacher education
- Arts education, inclusion and society
- Digital media and AI
- Research methodology and theory
- Scenic interpretation of music and theatre
Contact
Prof. Dr. Jens Knigge
Nord University, Faculty of Education and Arts
Høgskoleveien 27, 7600 Levanger, Norway