Geoffrey Luck

Dr Geoff Luck is a Senior Researcher in Musicology in the Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies (MACS) and Assoc. Prof. (Docent) of Experimental Psychology in the Faculty of Education and Psychology. Geoff holds a PhD in Psychology and has extensive expertise in quantifying and predicting how we process music, especially via movement and embodiment. His teaching responsibilities span a range of topics, including music psychology, music and neuroscience, and research methods. Geoff is Director of the Sound Science Lab, and incoming Editor-in-Chief of Musicae Scientiae, the leading music science journal. Geoff has led successful externally-funded projects including The Kinematics and Dynamics of Musical Communication (Academy of Finland, 2008-2013) and Gigbuds (TEKES, 2013-2015), and currently leads The Rhythm of Life (Research Council of Finland, 2023-2027) and AUDISSION (Business Finland, 2024- 2025) projects. He is an Executive Module Leader in the Research Council of Finland-funded Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain (2022-2029), Chair of the Joint Seminar on Music, Sport and Health, Faculty representative of the Jyväskylä Brain and Mind consortium, and a Mentor on both the JYU Tenure Track and MACS Postdoc mentorship programmes.