I am music scholar working in the field of empirical musicology, music psychology and music and science. My topics of interest are music and emotions and how we perceive music, especially the central elements such as melody, timbre, rhythm, metre and dissonance, read more of my research.

After 13 years in the UK (Durham University), I have moved back to my home country, Finland in 2026. My institutional homepage can be found at University of Jyvaskyla, and I am a member of Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain. Here is a dynamic database of my publications. My Academic CV is also available here. There are also headshots for media purposes here and here.

I mainly work with empirical data and my aim is to carry out research as transparently as possible, which includes commitment to:

• releasing my research as open data and code, see coverage here
• formalising my research with computational models, more here
• publishing all research as Open Access, see here
• contributing to research transparency initiatives and training