Sonic Lab 8 — Rosie Perkins, Professor, Royal College of Music London

Nick Luscombe from OIST Sonic Lab speaks with Rosie Perkins, who is Professor of Music, Health, and Social Science at the Royal College of Music London (RCM). Rosie’s research investigates two broad areas within music and mental health: how music and the arts support societal wellbeing and how to enhance musicians’ wellbeing and career development. Rosie has particular interest in music and parental mental health, founding and co-leading the Music and Parental Wellbeing Research Network which fosters novel, international, and interdisciplinary collaborations to explore the role of music in supporting parental wellbeing. Rosie’s work has been supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Arts Council England, British Academy, Dutch Research Council, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and has featured in a wide range of international journals and press. Rosie is an honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London and a Fellow of AdvanceHE (FHEA) and the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH). In 2019, Rosie was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal College of Music (HonRCM).