Amos CHIYA is a systematic musicologist specializing in environmental social science, cross-cultural management and music cognition and perception. His research investigates how foundations of intercultural hybridity, artistic interventions, and musical experience such as acoustics, physiology, and psychology contribute to sustainable development and community revitalization. In addition, he also investigates how the performing arts intersect with environmental law and governance to foster innovative, transdisciplinary responses to socio-environmental challenges, and researches on how performance- and gesture-based techniques can shape learning and enhance cognitive development.
Before entering academia, Chiya was trained in composition, piano, and in operatic, ballet, symphonic, and choral conducting. He spent his formative years based in Europe as a professional conductor, working with professional orchestras, opera theatres, and ballet companies in more than 20 different countries, and earned multiple prizes in piano, composition, and conducting. Despite not holding a bachelor’s degree, he received his PhD in environmental social science from the TAOYAKA program at Hiroshima University, was awarded a scholarship to study medicine in Russia, and also studied environmental law under a mentorship with Prof. Emer. Koh Kheng Lian.
Chiya is currently an instructor/lecturer at the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business International College (NIC). Before taking up his current role, he was Research Fellow in Sustainability Science, Next-Generation Research Fellow, Teaching Fellow, and a dual postdoctoral-level fellow and researcher in applied linguistics and public health at Hiroshima University, and served as the Representative for Music and Culture for the Environment on the International Council of Environmental Law.
Research interests:
- Cross-Cultural Management
- Music Cognition and Perception
- Performance Physiology
- Cultural Hybridity
- Human Geography
- Arts and Cultural Management
- Sustainability Studies
- Sociomusicology
- Environmental Governance
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