Professor Rosie Perkins

BMus, MA, PhD, FHEA, FRSPH, HonRCM

Professor of Music, Health and Social Science

Doctoral Supervisor

Rosie Perkins is Professor of Music, Health, and Social Science at the 海角乱伦官方. Based in the Centre for Performance Science, Rosie’s research investigates two broad areas within music and mental health: how music and the arts support societal wellbeing and how to enhance artists’ wellbeing and career development. Rosie has particular interest in how music can support parental wellbeing and co-chairs the .

Rosie’s research 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 海角乱伦官方.

Rosie is a LAHP (London Arts & Humanities Partnership) doctoral student supervisor, currently supervising the work of Vivien Munday, Rebecca Herman, and Philippa Booth. She welcomes enquiries from potential doctoral students working in the broad area of the arts and mental health, particularly on topics related to parental wellbeing and to optimal learning and workplace cultures for musicians.

Selected publications

Perkins R (ed.) (2024), Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing, Oxford University Press [].

Perkins R, Spiro N, & Waddell G (2023), Online songwriting reduces loneliness and postnatal depression and enhances social connectedness in perinatal mothers: randomised controlled trial, Public Health, 220, 72-79 [].

Williamon A, Ginsborg J, Perkins R, & Waddell G (2021), Performing Music Research: Methods in Music Education, Psychology, and Performance Science, Oxford University Press [] [].

Perkins R, Mason-Bertrand A, Tymoszuk U, Spiro N, Gee K, & Williamon A (2021), Arts engagement supports social connectedness in adulthood: findings from the HEartS Survey, BMC Public Health, 21 (1208), 1-15 [].

Perkins R, Mason-Bertrand A, Fancourt D, Baxter L, & Williamon A (2020), How participatory music engagement supports mental wellbeing: a meta-ethnography, Qualitative Health Research, 30, 1924-1940 [].

Fancourt D & Perkins R (2018), The effect of singing interventions on symptoms of postnatal depression: a three-arm randomised controlled trial, British Journal of Psychiatry, 212, 119-121 [].

Perkins R, Reid H, Araújo L, Clark T, & Williamon A (2017), Perceived enablers and barriers to optimal health among music students: a qualitative study in the music conservatoire setting, Frontiers in Psychology, 8 (968), 1-15 [].

Perkins R (2013), Learning cultures and the conservatoire: an ethnographically-informed case study, Music Education Research, 15, 196-213 [].

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Faculties / departments: Research, Academic staff

Research

Latest Publications

Shaughnessy, C. and Santiago, D. and Donoso, P. P. and Perkins, R. and Lisboa, T. (2024) Perspectives in Public Health, 144 (5) ISSN 1757-9139 (print) 1757-9147 (online)

Spiro, N. and Shaughnessy, C. and Perkins, R. and Waddell, G. and Campbell, A. and Williamon, A. (2024) Social Sciences & Humanities Open ISSN 2590-2911 (online) (In Press)

Greenwood, L. and Farquharson, Y. and Dye, H. and Perkins, R. and Fancourt, D. (2024) In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 66-91. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

Lisboa, T. and Santiago, D. and Fonte, V. and Shaughnessy, C. and Perkins, R. (2024) In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 262-280. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

Perkins, R. (2024) In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 307-314. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

Perkins, R. and Miele, M. (2024) In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 3-24. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

Shaughnessy, C. and Hall, A. and Perkins, R. (2024) In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 125-143. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

Spiro, N. and Waddell, G. and Adediran, R. and Osmond, P. and Tredget, E. and Sharma, S. and Perkins, R. (2024) In: Music and Parental Mental Wellbeing. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 92-120. ISBN 9780192863287 (paperback) 9780191954191 (online)

Williamon, A. and Spiro, N. and Yang, J. and Shaughnessy, C. and Luo, C. and Waddell, G. and Perkins, R. (2024) [Dataset]

Williamon, A. and Spiro, N. and Shaughnessy, C. and Waddell, G. and Perkins, R. and Campbell, A. (2023) [Dataset]

Spiro, N. and Yang, J. and Shaughnessy, C. and Luo, C. and Perkins, R. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8 (100691). ISSN 2590-2911 (online)

Spiro, N. and Shaughnessy, C. and Waddell, G. and Perkins, R. and Campbell, A. and Williamon, A. (2023) PLOS One, 18 (10) (e0292722). ISSN 1932-6203 (online)

Spiro, N. and Sanfilippo, K. R. M. and McConnell, B. B. and Pike-Rowney, G. and Bonini Baraldi, F. and Brabec, B. and Van Buren, K. and Camlin, D. A. and Cardoso, T. M. and C抬ifdalo虉z, B. U. and Cross, I. and Dumbauld, B. and Ettenberger, M. and Falkenberg, K. and Fouche虂, S. and Frid, E. and Gosine, J. and graham-jackson, a. l. and Grahn, J. A. and Harrison, K. and Ilari, B. and Mollison, S. and Morrison, S. J. and Pe虂rez-Acosta, G. and Perkins, R. and Pitt, J. and Rabinowitch, T. C. and Robledo, J. P. and Roginsky, E. and Shaughnessy, C. and Sunderland, N. and Talmage, A. and Tsiris, G. and de Wit, K. (2023) Music & Science, 6 pp. 1-18. ISSN 2059-2043 (online)

Bind, R. H. and Sawyer, K. and Hazelgrove, K. and Rebecchini, L. and Miller, C. and Ahmed, S. and Dazzan, P. and Sevdalis, N. and Bakolis, I. and Davis, R. and Baldellou Lopez, M. and Woods, A. and Crane, N. and Manoharan, M. and Burton, A. and Dye, H. and Osborn, T. and Greenwood, L. and Perkins, R. and Fancourt, D. and Pariante, C. M. and Estevao, C. (2023) Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9 (131) ISSN 2055-5784

Shaughnessy, C. and Perkins, R. and Spiro, N. and Waddell, G. and Williamon, A. (2023) Cultural Trends ISSN 0954-8963 (print) 1469-3690 (online)

Perkins, R. and Spiro, N. and Waddell, G. (2023) Public Health, 220 pp. 72-79. ISSN 0033-3506

Perkins, R. and Spiro, N. and Waddell, G. (2023) [Dataset]

Shaughnessy, C. and Hall, A. and Perkins, R. (2023) Musicae Scientiae ISSN 1029-8649 (print) 2045-4147 (online)

Bind, R. H. and Estevao, C. and Fancourt, D. and Hazelgrove, K. and Sawyer, K. and Rebecchini, L. and Miller, C. and Dazzan, P. and Sevdalis, N. and Woods, A. and Crane, N. and Manoharan, M. and Burton, A. and Dye, H. and Osborn, T. and Greenwood, L. and Bakolis, I. and Baldellou Lopez, M. and Davis, R. and Perkins, R. and Pariante, C. (2022) Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8 (148) ISSN 2055-5784

Shaughnessy, C. and Perkins, R. and Spiro, N. and Waddell, G. and Campbell, A. and Williamon, A. (2022) Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 6 (1) pp. 1-12. ISSN 2590-2911 (online)

Perkins, R. and Kaye, S. and Zammit, B. B. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Spiro, N. and Williamon, A. (2022) Public Health, 207 pp. 1-6. ISSN 0033-3506

Ascenso, S. and Delle Fave, A. and Williamon, A. and Perkins, R. (2022) In: The Oxford Handbook of Music Performance, Volume 2. Oxford Handbooks . Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780190058869 (hardback) 9780190058876 (e-book) 9780190058883 (e-book)

Lisboa, T. and Santiago, D. and Perkins, R. and Silva, K. J. (2022) Project Report. 海角乱伦官方 and Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.

Williamon, A. and Waddell, G. and Spiro, N. and Perkins, R. and Shaughnessy, C. and Campbell, A. and Miraldo, M. and Lalioti, V. and Ppali, S. (2022) The Pandemic and Beyond.

Spiro, N. and Perkins, R. and Kaye, S. and Tymoszuk, U. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Cossette, I. and Glasser, S. and Williamon, A. (2021) [Video]

Estevao, C. and Bind, R. and Fancourt, D. and Sawyer, K. and Dazzan, P. and Sevdalis, N. and Woods, A. and Crane, N. and Rebecchini, L. and Hazelgrove, K. and Manoharan, M. and Burton, A. and Dye, H. and Osborn, T. and Davis, R. E. and Soukup, T. and Arias de la Torre, J. and Bakolis, I. and Healey, A. and Perkins, R. and Pariante, C. (2021) BMJ Open, 11 (e05213) ISSN 2044-6055

Perkins, R. (2021) International Journal of Birth and Parent Education, 8 (4) ISSN 2054-0779 (print) 2054-0787 (online)

Perkins, R. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Tymoszuk, U. and Spiro, N. and Gee, K. and Williamon, A. (2021) BMC Public Health, 21 (1208) ISSN 1471-2458 (online)

Tymoszuk, U. and Spiro, N. and Perkins, R. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Gee, K. and Williamon, A. (2021) PLOS One, 16 e0246078. ISSN 1932-6203

Williamon, A. and Ginsborg, J. and Perkins, R. and Waddell, G. (2021) Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780198714545 (paperback)

Williamon, A. and Tymoszuk, U. and Spiro, N. and Gee, K. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Perkins, R. (2021) [Dataset]

Williamon, A. and Spiro, N. and Kaye, S. and Tymoszuk, U. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Perkins, R. (2021) [Dataset]

Spiro, N. and Perkins, R. and Kaye, S. and Tymoszuk, U. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Cossette, I. and Glasser, S. and Williamon, A. (2021) Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (594086). ISSN 1664-1078

Ara煤jo, L. and Wasley, D. and Redding, E. and Atkins, L. and Perkins, R. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2020) [Video]

Ascenso, S. and Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2020) [Video]

Tymoszuk, U. and Perkins, R. and Spiro, N. and Williamon, A. and Fancourt, D. (2020) The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75 (7) pp. 1609-1619. ISSN 1079-5014 (print) 1758-5368 (online)

Perkins, R. and Mason-Bertrand, A. and Fancourt, D. and Baxter, L. and Williamon, A. (2020) Qualitative Health Research, 30 (12) pp. 1924-1940. ISSN 1049-7323 (print) 1552-7557 (online)

Tymoszuk, U. and Perkins, R. and Fancourt, D. and Williamon, A. (2020) Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55 (7) pp. 891-900. ISSN 0933-7954 (print) 1433-9285 (online)

Camlin, D. A. and Caulfield, L. and Perkins, R. (2020) International Journal of Community Music, 13 (2) pp. 157-172. ISSN 1752-6299 (print) 1752-6302 (online)

Ara煤jo, L. and Wasley, D. and Redding, E. and Atkins, L. and Perkins, R. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2020) Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (298). ISSN 1664-1078

Perkins, R. and Fancourt, D. and Williamon, A. (2020) In: The Routledge Companion to Health Humanities. Routledge Literature Companions . Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 317-323. ISBN 9781138579903 (hardback) 9780429469060 (e-book)

Warran, K. and Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2019) Psychology of Music, 47 (6) pp. 874-889. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)

Heyman, L. and Perkins, R. and Ara煤jo, L. (2019) Journal of Popular Music Education, 3 (2) pp. 173-201. ISSN 2397-6721 (print) 2397-673X (online)

Waddell, G. and Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2019) Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (557). ISSN 1664-1078

Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2019) In: Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education. ISME Series in Music Education . Routledge, pp. 97-114. ISBN 9780367077327 (hardback) 9780367077334 (paperback) 9780429022418 (e-book)

Ascenso, S. and McCormick, J. and Perkins, R. (2019) In: Leadership of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Music Education. Routledge, pp. 18-38. ISBN 9780367077327 (hardback) 9780367077334 (paperback) 9780429022418 (e-book)

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2019) Arts & Health, 11 (1) pp. 38-53. ISSN 1753-3015 (print) 1753-3023 (online)

Ascenso, S. and Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2018) Frontiers in Psychology, 9 (1895). ISSN 1664-1078

Perkins, R. and Yorke, S. and Fancourt, D. (2018) International Journal of Music Education, 36 (4) pp. 644-658. ISSN 0255-7614 (print) 1744-795X (online)

Waddell, G. and Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2018) Music Perception, 36 (1) pp. 60-76. ISSN 1533-8312

Perkins, R. and Yorke, S. and Fancourt, D. (2018) BMC Psychology, 6 pp. 1-12. ISSN 2050-7283

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2018) BMJ Open, 8 (7) pp. 1-8. ISSN 2044-6055

Ascenso, S. and Perkins, R. and Atkins, L. and Fancourt, D. and Williamon, A. (2018) International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 13 (1) pp. 1-15. ISSN 1748-2631

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2018) Music & Science, 1 pp. 1-10. ISSN 2059-2043

Perkins, R. and Fancourt, D. (2018) British Journal of Psychiatry, 212 (2) pp. 119-121. ISSN 0007-1250 (print) 1472-1465 (online)

Ara煤jo, L. and Wasley, D. and Perkins, R. and Atkins, L. and Redding, E. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2018) [Video]

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2017) Psychology of Music, 47 (1) pp. 132-143. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)

Ara煤jo, L. and Wasley, D. and Perkins, R. and Atkins, L. and Redding, E. and Ginsborg, J. and Williamon, A. (2017) Frontiers in Psychology, 8 (1558). ISSN 1664-1078

Stahl, G. and Burnard, P. and Perkins, R. (2017) Sociological Research Online, 22 (3) pp. 57-77. ISSN 1360-7804

Perkins, R. and Reid, H. and Ara煤jo, L. and Clark, T. and Williamon, A. (2017) Frontiers in Psychology, 8 (968). ISSN 1664-1078

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2017) Psychology of Music, 46 (2) pp. 238-251. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)

Aufegger, L. and Perkins, R. and Wasley, D. and Williamon, A. (2017) Psychology of Music, 45 (3) pp. 417-431. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)

Yorke, S. and Perkins, R. (2017) Manual. 海角乱伦官方, London.

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. (2017) Public Health, 145 pp. 149-152. ISSN 0033-3506

Ascenso, S. and Williamon, A. and Perkins, R. (2017) Psychology of Music, 45 (1) pp. 65-81. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)

Perkins, R. and Ascenso, S. and Atkins, L. and Fancourt, D. and Williamon, A. (2016) Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, Research and Practice, 6 (11) pp. 1-17.

Perkins, R. (2016) In: Bourdieu and the Sociology of Music Education. Routledge. ISBN 9781472448293 (hardback) 9780367597337 (paperback) 9781315569819 (e-book)

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. and Ascenso, S. and Carvalho, L. A. and Steptoe, A. and Williamon, A. (2016) PLOS ONE, 11 (3) pp. 1-16. ISSN 1932-6203 (online)

Fancourt, D. and Perkins, R. and Ascenso, S. and Atkins, L. and Kilfeather, S. and Carvalho, L. A. and Steptoe, A. and Williamon, A. (2015) Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 85 (1) pp. 53-55. ISSN 0033-3190

Perkins, R. and Aufegger, L. and Williamon, A. (2015) International Journal of Music Education, 33 (1) pp. 80-90. ISSN 0255-7614 (print) 1744-795X (online)

Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2014) Psychology of Music, 42 (4) pp. 550-567. ISSN 0305-7356 (print) 1741-3087 (online)

Perkins, R. (2013) Research Studies in Music Education, 35 (2) pp. 197-212. ISSN 1321-103X (print) 1834-5530 (online)

Ascenso, S. and Perkins, R. (2013) In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2013, 23-31 August 2013, Austria.

Korte, M. and Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2013) In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2013, 23-31 August 2013, Austria.

Perkins, R. (2013) Music Education Research, 15 (2) pp. 196-213. ISSN 1461-3808 (print) 1469-9893 (online)

Perkins, R. and Triantafyllaki, A. (2013) In: Professional Knowledge in Music Teacher Education. Routledge, pp. 173-185. ISBN 9781409441113 (hardback) 9781138272583 (paperback) 9781315602332 (e-book)

Perkins, R. (2012) In: Life in the Real World: How to Make Music Graduates Employable. New Directions in the Humanities . Common Ground Research Networks, pp. 11-26. ISBN 978-1-61229-078-2 (paperback) 978-1-61229-079-9 (PDF)

Williamon, A. and Perkins, R. and Ritchie, L. and Thompson, S. (2012) In: Musique et Sciences de l鈥橢sprit (Music and the Sciences of the Mind). Acad茅mie Royale de Belgique, Brussels, pp. 123-137. ISBN 978-2-8031-0299-0

Perkins, R. and Williamon, A. (2011) In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2011, 24-27 August 2011, Canada.

Perkins, R. (2010) Scientia Paedagogica Experimentalis, 47 (2) pp. 437-462. ISSN 0582-2351

Burt-Perkins, R. (2009) In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2009, 15-18 December 2009, New Zealand.

Williamon, A. and Wasley, D. and Burt-Perkins, R. and Ginsborg, J. and Hildebrandt, W. (2009) In: International Symposium on Performance Science 2009, 15-18 December 2009, New Zealand.

Burt-Perkins, R. and Mills, J. (2009) British Educational Research Journal, 35 (6) pp. 817-835. ISSN 1469-3518 (online)

Lebler, D. and Burt-Perkins, R. and Carey, G. (2009) International Journal of Music Education, 27 (3) pp. 232-249. ISSN 0255-7614 (print) 1744-795X (online)

Burt-Perkins, R. (2008) In: Inside, Outside, Downside Up: Conservatoire Training and Musicians' Work. Black Swan Press, pp. 49-60. ISBN 9780975751961

Burt-Perkins, R. and Mills, J. (2008) Music Performance Research, 2 pp. 26-35. ISSN 1755-9219 (online)

Burt, R. (2007) In: Listen to Their Voices: Research and Practice in Early Childhood Music. Canadian Music Educators鈥� Association, pp. 126-139. ISBN 0-920630-13-6

Burt, R. and Oakes, L. and Mills, J. (2006) Research Perspectives in Music Education, 10 (1) pp. 27-43. ISSN 1947-7457

Burt, R. and Mills, J. (2006) British Journal of Music Education, 23 (1) pp. 51-73. ISSN 0265-0517 (print) 1469-2104 (online)

Perkins, R. In: Developing Creativities in Higher Music Education: International Perspectives and Practices. Routledge Research in Higher Education . Routledge, pp. 223-233. ISBN 9780415709941 (hardback) 9781138669819 (paperback) 9781315885223 (e-book)