Tuomas Eerola is professor in music cognition at Durham University. He studied at the University of Jyväskylä from where he received his MA in music in 1997, and his PhD in musicology in 2003. His research focuses on music and emotion and music perception in general. He has over 200 publications that can be accessed from Google Scholar.Google Scholar Profile. "Google Scholar Profile Tuomas Eerola", Google Scholar, Accessed 20 December 2017. He has been awarded major research grants from Academy of Finland to study the appeal of sad music,Research Reveals Pain and Pleasure of Sad Music. "Article", Academy of Finland, Helsinki, Finland. Accessed 13 October 2016. from Economic and Social Research Council to explore the tagging of emotions in music,Tagging online music contents for emotion. A systematic approach based on contemporary emotion research. "Research Councils UK", accessed 26 September 2017. and Arts and Humanities Research Council (as a co-PI) to study the interpersonal entrainment in music performance.Interpersonal Entrainment in Music Performance. "Research Council UK", Accessed 1 January 2016 He has also contributed to Australian Research Council Discovery Project grants.Social cohesion and community resilience through intercultural music engagement and Revealing Universal and Cultural Origins of Music-Induced Affect At Music Department at Durham University, he has served as the Director of Research (2013-2015, 2021-2024) and the Head of Department (2018-2020).
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