Beatrix van Doorn

Beatrix van Doorn is a Research Fellow and PhD student at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Department of Music Pedagogy and Music Therapy, conducting her doctoral research under the CREAM center since September 2025. Her primary project investigates how group music therapy interventions affect quality of life, sense of meaning, coping, and caregiver burden for relatives of people with dementia living at home.

Research Interests
Van Doorn specializes in music therapy applications for dementia caregivers, employing a humanistic and resource-oriented approach. Her work integrates group music sharing sessions with mixed-method analysis (questionnaires, individual/focus group interviews) to explore relational dynamics and contextual music understanding within caregiver communities.

Awards
No scientific awards or fellowships were documented in the provided materials.

Advising and Funding
Supervised by Professor Karette Stensæth, Van Doorn is not currently advising students as she completes her PhD. Her research fellowship is institutionally funded through the Norwegian Academy of Music's CREAM center.

Research Teams
She operates within the CREAM research framework and the Department of Music Pedagogy and Music Therapy, utilizing office 363 A as her primary workspace.