Richard Parncutt

I am a systematic musicologist, music psychologist, and psychoacoustician. Recent research contributions addressed global warming, human rights, and academic travel.

From 1998 to 2023, I was Professor of Systematic Musicology, University of Graz, Austria, where I directed the Centre for Systematic Musicology (2009 to 2023). I was president of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) (2015-2018) and chair of the 15th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) combined with the 10th triennial conference of ESCOM (Graz, Montreal, La Plata, Sydney, 23-28 July 2018).

My qualifications include Bachelor of Science (physics) and Bachelor of Music (performance) from the University of Melbourne (1981); Bachelor of Science with Honours (physics) and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of New England, Australia (1987); Habilitation in Systematic Musicology from the University of Graz (1998); and Habilitation in Music Psychology from the University of Klagenfurt (2021).

In 2024 I received a Sustainability Award from the Austrian federal government for a project entitled “The global multi-hub academic conference: Sustainable and inclusive”. More here: https://www.uni-graz.at/en/news/sustainability-award-2024-for-two-projects-of-the-university-of-graz/

Page Internet: homepage.uni-graz.at/de/richard.parncutt/