TOMMI HIMBERG CURRICULUM VITAE 25.4.

2022

Full name: Himberg, Tommi Ilkka Juhani

Date of birth: 22. May, 1975 Citizenship: Finnish
ORCID: 0000-0002-3261-0669
Languages: Finnish (native), English (IELTS 8.5/9), Swedish, French
Contacts: tommi.himberg@formin.fi | +33 6 76 22 81 65 | Twitter: @tijh
Blog, portfolios & publications: mindsync.wordpress.com/about

CURRENT POSITION
2.9.2019 -> Counsellor, Education and Science. Permanent Delegation of Finland to the OECD and
UNESCO
 Following education, skills, science, health, well-being, equality and migration at OECD and edu-
cation and science at UNESCO.
 Main focus of my work is related to aspects of equity in and through education, as well as meas-
urement and indicators, science–policy interface, and evidence-based policy.
 I am a Member of the Governing Board (2022-2026) of UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS)
 I served as the head of Finnish delegation in intergovernmental negotiations on the text of the
Unesco recommendation on Ethics of Artificial intelligence, and Recommendation on open sci-
ence).

EDUCATION
PhD, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, March 2014.
 PhD Thesis: Interaction in Musical Time, advisor prof. Ian Cross
 Developing methods to measure and experiment on dyadic interactions, such as playing music
together.
Master of Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, December 2002
• Master’s thesis “Perception of Melodic Complexity – A Cross-Cultural Investigation” (excellent)
• major: musicology; minors: psychology, English philology, Culture & Technology, language stud-
ies in Swedish (official language examination: satisfactory), English & French.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

1.8.2012 –> 31.7.2019 Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical En-
gineering (formerly Brain Research Unit, O.V. Lounasmaa Laboratory), Aalto University
1.11. – 30.11. 2017 Chaire Internationale, Laboratoire d’excellence des arts et médiations hu-
maines (Labex ARTS-H2H, Université Paris 8) Visiting Professor, LabEx in Arts & Human Mediations.
1.8.2007 – 31.7.2012 University teacher, Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä.
5.1.2003 – 31.7.2007 PhD Candidate, Centre for Music & Science, Faculty of Music & St Edmund’s
College, University of Cambridge
1.2.2001 – 31.12.2002 Planner, Rector’s Office, University of Jyväskylä
1.1.2000-31.12.2000 President, The National Union of Finnish Students, SYL.

RESEARCH PORTFOLIO, FUNDING AND GRANTS

My research career focused on developing measurement and analytics methods for studying social inter-
actions. We studied dyadic and group interactions in music, dance, conversations and games. We devel-
oped methods for measuring various physiological and neural signals (movement, eye-tracking,
EEG/MEG…) and collecting qualitative data from people playing music, dancing etc., to understand how
we coordinate with each other and how we can achieve mutual understanding, synchronisation of move-
ments and empathy. I also had a strong focus on science communication and open science.
Kone Foundation, Social eMotions - exploring the dynamics of emotional interactions using contempo-
rary dance and movement science. 2-year research project for a team of 3 researchers and 2 choreogra-
pher-dancers, 4 support staff/composer/musicians, awarded December 2014, value 120 560€.
Helsingin Sanomat Centennial Foundation, Research scholarship for Ph.D. Studies. Awarded March
2003 and November 2005, duration 2+1 years, value 45 000 €.
Arts and Humanities Research Council, Fees-only award for Ph.D. Studies in the University of Cam-
bridge. Awarded August 2002, duration 3 years, value app. 20 000 €.
 LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE
Chairperson of the Young Academy Finland (2017-2019)
Co-founder: Brain Twitter Conference (2017-2019)
Principal investigator: Social eMotions project, funded by Kone Foundation. 2-years, 9 staff, 120 560€.
Supervised master’s and bachelor’s theses at University of Jyväskylä, University of Helsinki and Aalto
University, co-supervised and examined PhD theses. I have also taken part in leadership training in Aalto
university (Aalto Academic Leaders Onboarding 2018).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006–12 University teacher in musicology, planning and teaching courses (from 1st year to master’s
level) in musicology, music education, music therapy, and Music, Mind & Technology. Responsible for
curriculum development as a member of the Teaching Development Group. I co-authored an online re-
search methods resource for humanities, being responsible for the quantitative methods sec-
tions: Mapping Research Methods http://bit.ly/11g4N1. University Pedagogical Training programme
at Aalto University.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

Aalto Scientific Communication Award. Awarded for organising the Brain Twitter Conference, 2017.
Liikutu tiedosta –prize. Awarded by Kaskas Media for outstanding science communication. For Brain
Twitter Conference organising team, 3 000€, 2017.
Charter Studentship, St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge. Award for outstanding aca-
demic performance. Awarded September 2003, duration 3 years, value £750 per annum.

OTHER KEY ACADEMIC MERITS

Young Academy Finland, member, 2017-2020. Chairperson 2017-2019
Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, member, Academy Club for Young Scientists, 2016-17.
The Greens in Finland, education policy working group 2014-2017
University of Jyväskylä, member of the Senate of the University, 1998-2002, Member of the Board of
the University Library, 1999-2002; Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Humanities, 1997-1999.
Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council, Evaluation team member, Evaluation of the Finnish
Universities’ Master’s Programmes, 2001-02.
Peer reviewer, funding: European Research Council (ERC), Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
Peer reviewer in journals and conferences (selection): AI & Society, Music & Science, Proceedings of
the Royal Society B, Music Perception, Interaction Studies, Psychology of Music, Musicae Scientiae,
Frontiers in Psychology, Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Transac-
tions on Affective Computing, Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, PLoS One, Society for Music
Perception & Cognition (SMPC), Annual Symposium for Music Scholars in Finland, European Society for
the Cognitive Sciences of Music, (ESCOM).
Artistic performance: Lehmus, J., Nuutinen, J., Lampela, J., Lampela, U. Laine, I-V, Pugliese, R. &
Himberg, T. (2016). Social eMotions – an interactive performance for 2 dancers, 2 cellists & 1 scientist.
Première in OuDance Festival 18.9.2016; two performances in Stoa, Helsinki 23. & 24.2. 2017.

MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES AND EDITORIAL BOARDS

Editorial board member: AI & Society: Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Communication (Springer)
Memberships in learned societies: Society for Neuroscience, SfN, European Society for the Cognitive
Sciences of Music (ESCOM), Suomen Musiikkitieteellinen Seura (Finnish Musicological Society) (MTS).
Member: Open Science Expert Panel on Open Access (Open Science Coordination, Finland)
Member: Working Group on Recommendation on Responsible Researcher Evaluation, (Open Science
Coordination, Finland, 2019)
 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS – SELECTION
Citations: 633 h-index: 12 i10-index: 14 (Google Scholar 25.10. 2021)

A: Peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters

Himberg, T., Laroche, J., Bigé, R., Buchkowski, M., & Bachrach, A. (2018). Coordinated interpersonal behav-
iour in collective dance improvisation: the aesthetics of kinaesthetic togetherness. Behavioral Sciences, 8(2),
23.
Himberg, T. (2017). Entrainment and Mutual Adaptation in Musical Movement and Dance. In Lesaffre, Maes,
Leman (eds.): The Routledge Companion to Embodied Music Interaction
Thompson, M. R., Diapoulis, Y., Himberg, T. & Toiviainen, P. (2017). Interpersonal coordination in dyadic per-
formance. In Lesaffre, Maes, Leman (eds.): The Routledge Companion to Embodied Music Interaction.
Stevanovic, M., Himberg, T., Niinisalo, M., Peräkylä, A., Sams, M. & Hari, R. (2017). Sequentiality, mutual visi-
bility, and behavioral matching: Body sway and pitch register during joint decision-making. Research on Lan-
guage and Social Interaction, Special Issue “Experimental and quantitative perspectives on Conversation
Analysis”, 50(1), 33–53.
Spiro, N. & Himberg, T. (2016). Analysing Change in Music Therapy Interactions of Children with Communica-
tion Difficulties. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371(1693), 20150374.
Himberg, T., Hirvenkari, L., Mandel, A. & Hari, R. (2015). Word-by-word entrainment of speech rhythm during
joint story building. Frontiers in Psychology 6, 797.
Hari, R., Himberg, T., Nummenmaa, L., Hämäläinen, M. & Parkkonen, L. (2013). Synchrony of brains and bod-
ies during implicit interpersonal interaction. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(3), 105–6. (Spotlight comment)
Himberg, T. & Thompson, M.R. (2011). Learning and synchronising dance movements in South African songs
- Cross-cultural motion-capture study. Dance Research, 29(2), 305–328.
London, J., Himberg, T. & Cross, I. (2009). The Effect of Structural and Performance Factors in the Perception
of Anacruses. Music Perception, 27(2), 103–120.
Eerola, T., Himberg, T., Toiviainen, P. & Louhivuori, J. (2006). Perceived Complexity of Western and African
Folk Melodies by Western and African Listeners. Psychology of Music, 34(3), 337–371.

D: Publications intended for professional communities

Teaching materials
Lähdesmäki, T., Hurme, P., Koskimaa, R., Mikkola, L. & Himberg, T. (2011). Menetelmäpolkuja humanisteille.
University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Humanities. http://www.jyu.fi/mehu (Mapping Research Methods; English
version http://bit.ly/11g4N1)

F: Public Artistic Activities

Art works and performances
Lehmus, J., Nuutinen, J., Lampela, J., Lampela, U. Laine, I-V, Pugliese, R. & Himberg, T. (2016). Social eMo-
tions – an interactive performance for 2 dancers, 2 cellists & 1 scientist.
- première in OuDance Festival 18.9.2016, two performances in Stoa, Helsinki 23. & 24.2. 2017
Trailer: bit.ly/SocialEmotions

I: Audiovisual material and software

ELAN-MATLAB Toolbox – Tools to analyse ELAN-files in MATLAB. (2016) See https://github.com/tijh for
code, Spiro & Himberg, 2016 for study using the toolbox.

(see full publication list at mindsync.wordpress.com)