Welcome to my personal website!
I'm a musician, educator and researcher, affiliated as an Associate Professor in Early Childhood Music Education to the University of Luxemburg. I am also affiliated to IPEM at Ghent University, as a Visiting Professor. Previously, I was affiliated to IPEM (Ghent University) as a Ph.D. student and postdoc, and to the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp as a Ph.D. student in the arts.
I devote my time to the development of [research & practice]-based innovative movement-based approaches to instrumental music teaching and learning (in Early Childhood).
The leitmotiv in my work is the integration of theoretical, empirical and practical research. Importantly, my research is constantly inspired by my experience as performer and teacher.
Next to my work as an academic, I am a guest lecturer at different conservatoires. I play the clarinet in a balkan/klezmer band with some of my friends, the Holy7.
NEWS
New open access publication: Nijs L. Fostering a Synergy Between the Development of Well-Being and Musicianship: A Kinemusical Perspective. Education Sciences. 2025; 15(9):1245. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15091245
The project "MutechLab. Promoting evidence-informed technology integration in the music classroom" has been approved by the Luxembourg National Research Fund - FNR. See HERE
My first book (for teachers) is out: check it HERE
new paper accepted on AR and Music Education, in IEEE Access. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10597574
new paper on embodied creativity:
2025.11.27 ∣ Embodied Music Pedagogy meets Possibility Studies? PSN lectures (Online)
2025.11.22 ∣ Embodiment in music education – music as empowerment, online café ISME SIG PRIME
2025.11.02 ∣ Embodied Music Pedagogy, Podcast Filosofie Oost-West, Hilversum (NL)
2025.10. 16-18 ∣ Case Studies in Artistic research, Erasmus staff mobility (Rome, It)
