Individual Award
(Research Excellence
Award)
Dr MATSUNOBU Koji
松信浩二博士
Associate Professor, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts
Dr MATSUNOBU Koji is a well-established scholar in music and education research. He has two
doctoral degrees and haswritten widely on critical topics in music and arts education, such as
spirituality, creativity, the nature-culture relationship, place-based education, arts
integration, well-being, Japanese music, world music pedagogy, and arts-based research. His
recent research output has focused on (a) the long-term impact of music education, (b) affective
music-learning approaches, and (c) the digital fabrication of folk music instruments as
educational instruments. His work fills gaps in the literature on music psychology, sociology,
ethnomusicology and music education, and is widely considered ground-breaking by top scholars in
the field.
Over the past three years, Dr Matsunobu secured a General Research Fund (GRF) grant and a HK$2.4
million grant from the Norwegian government to facilitate internationalization at the doctoral
level and student exchanges. A well-round scholar in creative arts and music education, he has
an impressive research profile with seven published journal articles and three book chapters.
Most of the articles were published in top-tier journals, ranked in the top 5% of journals, such
as Music Education Research and Research Studies in Music Education. Dr Matsunobu’s research
work has received high recognition in academia, and his findings have had a worldwide impact.
His publications have been used as teaching materials at prestigious universities.
Dr Matsunobu also invented a new type of mouthpiece that can be attached to vertical flutes.
Building on this idea, he invented a new instrument, called a reco-hachi, which allows
professionals to play hybrid music combining Western and Eastern elements. This invention led to
applications for an international patent PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) and a Japanese (JP)
National Phase Utility Model Patent (granted in 2022). He has been awarded two international
prizes for his invention of the reco-hachi.
Dr Matsunobu has demonstrated leadership in collegial and professional service. In the EdUHK
community, he has served as Associate Head of CCA, DRDC Vice Chair, and Senior Research Fellow
in the Analytics\Assessment Research Centre. He is also an editorial member of prestigious
journals, including the International Journal of Music Education and the Bulletin of the Council
for Research in Music Education.
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