A number of music faculty undertake research and creative activities that take them far and wide around the globe year after year, from Europe to Africa to China and elsewhere.
Music Research Approach
The music faculty at Northeastern maintains a distinguished record of global research initiatives, publications, presentations at national and international conferences, performances and of newly composed works.
Recent books by our faculty have been published by the University of Chicago Press and Oxford University Press, along with composition premieres and scholarly presentations throughout Europe, Asia, and North America—and with many more upcoming.
The distinctive feature of our faculty’s work is its unique embrace of transdisciplinary scholarship and creative output, with projects and publications that transcend boundaries between history, ethnography, music technology, music industry, social justice, and individual psychology.
Our Work
Research Contacts. Please contact us with any questions about current or future research projects at CAMD.
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Art + Design
Northeastern researchers visualize the Venice Biennale
Northeastern University has three projects on display at the 2025 Venice Biennale, which tell a story about our changing relationship to data and information.
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Art + Design
Escape rooms could help make VR and AR effective tools
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Gallery 360
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Each year, Gallery 360 hosts the Art + Design Senior Show, giving a professional platform to graduating students in what’s the first time for many.
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Music
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Music is the backbone of Ryan Coogler’s vampire movie. Northeastern expert James Gutierrez explains how the film and Ludwig Göransson’s score push the boundaries of what music can do in a film.
May 7, 2025
Center for Transformative Media
CTM Scholar Spotlight: Ridwanullah Abdulhameed
Ridwanullah Abdulhameed is a Ph.D. candidate in Interdisciplinary Design and Media at Northeastern. His research focuses on how technology intersects with politics, especially the impact of hate speech in Nigeria.
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Center for Transformative Media
This Northeastern professor wants to redefine creativity
What does it mean to be creative? It’s a question with about as many answers as there are people on Earth, but Adriana de Souza e Silva wants to offer an alternative.
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Art + Design
Museum of Science hosts climate change education event
Skye Morét, a recent graduate from the Interdisciplinary Design and Media PhD program, was part of the lineup at Rise Up Boston, an educational event spotlighting climate change at the Museum of Science.
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Center for Design
Design students showcase exhibit at Milan Design Week
Northeastern design students showcase interactive, sustainability-focused exhibit at Milan Design Week.
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Center for Design
Paolo Ciuccarelli works with Lexus for Milan Design Week exhibit
Paolo Ciuccarelli and his student research assistants collaborated with Lexus to create an interactive installation for Milan Design Week.
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