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- Annual Conference 2026 “Music in the Social Space” (Kassel)
For the 2026 Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology, Jan Hemming and Paolina Aquilino invite you to the Institute of Music at the University of Kassel. The Call for Papers and all relevant information on deadlines can be found on the conference website, which will be continuously updated with further information and announcements.
- DGM Conference in Freiburg 2025
The annual conference in Freiburg was a great success, and we would like to thank all participants for their exciting contributions and lively discussions.
Nearly 100 participants attended the main conference, with 14 young scientists also attending the “Doc.Workshop” in advance. Two keynotes, 17 talks, and 52 posters were presented, and the young scientist award for the best poster went to Robin Hake. Congratulations!
At the general meeting, the Good Scientific Practice Committee and the Ethics Commission were confirmed in their new composition by vote and will take up their duties with immediate effect. The DGM Executive Board was also newly elected and will take up its duties in its new composition at the beginning of 2026.
A detailed report on the annual conference will follow shortly!
- Young scientists: Travel grants and poster prize
The DGM is offering three travel grants of EUR 350 each. Please send an informal application to our treasurer by August 22, 2025, explaining your professional status and why you are unable to finance your travel expenses elsewhere.
If you have applied for the poster prize, please upload your poster as a PDF to ConfTool by August 15, 2025. If you have any problems uploading, please report this to the webmaster.
- Conference registration and abstract updates
Contributions submitted can now be updated in ConfTool until July 15, and registration for the annual conference is now open on the same site. For those who have applied for the poster prize, the deadline for submitting the final version of the poster as a PDF is August 15. If you encounter any problems with ConfTool, please contact the webmaster.
We would also like to remind you that this year, in accordance with the statutes and the regular cycle, elections for the Executive Board will take place. Of course, it is possible to run for any position on the Executive Board. Information on this can be found here.
- Submission of contributions open
It is now possible to submit a contribution to the annual conference via ConfTool. Users who already had an account with ConfTool last year can also use it for the current conference. If you have an older account or no account at all, you can register directly on the website.
Deadline for submission: May 1, 2025
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