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David G. Hebert, PhD is a Professor of Music Education at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Bergen), where he leads the Grieg Academy Music Education (GAME) research group and manages the state-sponsored Nordic Network for Music Education. He is also an Honorary Professor with the Education University of Hong Kong, Affiliated Professor with University of Faroe Islands, and was recently Visiting Professor with Lund University, Sweden. He is a Board Member of the International Society for Music Education and Chair of its History Standing Committee. A widely published and cited researcher [h-index:20], his background includes academic positions with universities on five continents. Hebert has lectured at 85 institutions worldwide, directed projects on each inhabited continent (in Japan, China, the USA, Finland, New Zealand, Ghana, and Guyana), and is especially interested in international-comparative research. Prof. Hebert has mentored several doctoral students, serving on doctoral committees for universities in 14 countries, and teaches for faculty development courses in Doctoral Supervision. He teaches courses in arts/cultural policy for PhD students at Bergen Summer Research School and China’s leading law faculty (CUPL-Beijing), and edits the Deep Soundings book series for Rowman & Littlefield. His ten books include Wind Bands and Cultural Identity in Japanese Schools (2012, Springer), Theory and Method in Historical Ethnomusicology (co-edited, 2014, Lexington Books), Patriotism and Nationalism in Music Education (co-edited, 2016, Routledge), International Perspectives on Translation, Education, and Innovation in Japanese and Korean Societies (2018, Springer), Music Glocalization: Heritage and Innovation in a Digital Age (co-edited, 2018, Cambridge Scholars), Advancing Music Education in Northern Europe (co-edited, Routledge, 2019), Teaching World Music in Higher Education (co-authored, Routledge, 2020), Ethnomusicology and Cultural Diplomacy (co-edited, Lexington Books, 2022), Shared Listenings: Methods for Transcultural Musicianship and Research (co-authored, Cambridge University Press, 2023), and Comparative and Decolonial Studies in Philosophy of Education (Springer, 2023). He was a Keynote Lecturer for conferences in Europe (Norway, Germany, Poland, Estonia, Sweden), Asia (Uzbekistan, Vietnam, China), and Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda), and Chair of arts sessions at the XVIII World Congress of Sociology (Japan). He has authored articles in 35 different professional journals, and his work is cited in 1400+ publications. He also authors Sociomusicology, a professional blog with 365,000 visitors. He is on the editorial boards of several research journals and has professionally reviewed book proposals for 10 academic presses. He recently served as Chair of the Historical Ethnomusicology section of the Society for Ethnomusicology. In addition to academic research, he also works as a trumpeter, conductor, and songwriter. As an occasional member of the Edvard Grieg Choir, he has performed concerts as a classical bass baritone singer with the Bergen National Opera (2014 & 2015), Bergen Philharmonic (2015) and the Berlin Philharmonic (2013). From 2022, he has grant funding for development of PhD programs in Uganda and Southern China.

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Prosjekter

New Approaches for Advancement of Music Performance (NAAMP): Artistic Research on the Impact of A Workshop for Professional Musicians

Kulturelt mangfold og etniske minoriteter i barnehage, skole og samfunn.

Hebert-Goto Duo

CABUTE - Capacity Building for Research-Based Teacher Education

Music and Cultural Diplomacy

Music Talks

Digital Competence and Digitized Musical Heritage (NNME-Nordplus)

RESEARCHING ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT IN A VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Shared Listenings: Methods for Transcultural Musicianship and Research

Resilience in Higher education. Overcoming adversity. RESUPERES

Comparative and Decolonial Studies in Philosophy of Education

Hebert, D. G. & Hauge, T. B. (Eds.), Advancing Music Education in Northern Europe. (in press, 2018, Routledge).

Forskningsgrupper

Kairos - kunstnerisk arbeid
Grieg Academy Music Education (GAME) research group
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (TeLED)

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Senter for utdanningsforskning (SUF)

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