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Jens Anderson-Ingstrup is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication and Psychology within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Aalborg University. His work focuses on improving wellbeing through music-based interventions in dementia care, particularly through choir activities and caregiver training programs. He is affiliated with the Nordjysk Center for Kultur og Sundhed and leads initiatives related to embodied cognition assessment and person-attuned musical interactions (PAMI).
Anderson-Ingstrup's research spans dementia choir impacts, caregiver competency development, and psychometric evaluations. Notable projects include the 2024-2028 initiative funded by Velux Foundation and Beckett Fonden to implement person-centered musical interactions in care homes. He contributes to clinical manuals and training materials for music therapists, emphasizing practical application in residential dementia care settings.
His recent publications (2023-2025) highlight pilot studies on choir singing's effects on embodied cognition, manual development for PAMI interventions, and qualitative analyses of caregiver-patient reciprocity. He serves on editorial boards for journals like the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy and actively participates in research networks such as the International Consortium of Music Therapy Research Universities.
