NIJS, L., & Melissa Bremmer. (2026). Towards an embodied instrumental music pedagogy: creativity through embodied affordance navigation. In Ester Pineda & Beat Föllmi (Ed.), Musique et transmission à la lumière des sciences cognitives. Paris, France: Éditions des Archives Contemporaines.  Peer reviewed |
  | NIJS, L. (18 September 2025). Fostering a Synergy Between the Development of Well-Being and Musicianship: A Kinemusical Perspective. Education Sciences, 15 (9), 1245. doi:10.3390/educsci15091245 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Reynaert, T., De Bisschop, A., & NIJS, L. (2025). Participatory songwriting in a Belgian asylum reception center: addressing challenges through embodied strategies. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1602017. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1602017 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
NIJS, L., & Bremmer Melissa. (05 March 2024). The Role of the Body in Instrumental and Vocal Music Pedagogy: A Dynamical Systems Theory Perspective on the Music Teacher’s Bodily Engagement in Teaching and Learning [Paper presentation]. Embodied Underground, online, United States. |
 | Bremmer, M., & NIJS, L. (2024). Embodiment in music education. Journal de recherche en éducations artistiques (JREA), (2), 15-26. doi:10.26034/vd.jrea.2024.4717 Peer reviewed |
 | NIJS, L., Grinspun, N., & Fortuna, S. (2024). Developing Musical Creativity Through Movement: Navigating the Musical Affordance Landscape. Creativity Research Journal, 1-25. doi:10.1080/10400419.2023.2299159 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Bremmer, M., & NIJS, L. (2024). Belichaamd leren en doceren in kunsteducatie. Cultuur + Educatie, 68. Peer reviewed |
 | Fortuna, S., & NIJS, L. (2024). The Effect of the Quality of Body Movement on Musical Sense-Making. In I. Malmberg & M. Petrović, European Perspectives on Music Education. Music & Meaning (pp. 35-49). Germany: Helbling. Peer reviewed |
Bremmer, M., & NIJS, L. (2024). Materiaal in belichaamde muziekdidactiek. Kunstzone. |
 | Verneert, F., DE BISSCHOP, A., NIJS, L., & DE BAETS, T. (2024). The pedagogical–artistic strategies of community music facilitators as an inspiration for formal music education: A single case study. International Journal of Community Music, 17 (2), 161 - 180. doi:10.1386/ijcm_00102_1 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Verneert, F., NIJS, L., & De Baets, T. (2024). Collective free improvisation in the Flemish general music classroom: Probing student’s lived experience through flow. International Journal of Music Education. doi:10.1177/02557614241269586 Peer reviewed |
 | NIJS, L., & Turchet, L. (2024). Internet of Musical Things for Children. IEEE Xplore. doi:10.1109/IS262782.2024.10704214 Peer reviewed |
NIJS, L. (2024). Bewegend lerend musiceren. Een kinemuzikale benadering van het instrumentaal muziekonderwijs. Antwerp, Belgium: Garant. Editorial reviewed |
 | NIJS, L., & Behzadaval, B. (2024). Laying the Foundation for Augmented Reality in Music Education. IEEE Access, 12, 100628 - 100645. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3427698 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
NIJS, L., & Bremmer Melissa. (2024). Embodied Music Pedagogy [Paper presentation]. Heymans Colloquium, Groningen, Netherlands. |
NIJS, L. (2024). Investigating the role of movement in instrumental music learning: challenges and perspectives [Paper presentation]. Ringvorlesung, Vienna, Austria. |
NIJS, L. (2024). Flourishing in Resonance: Joint Resilience Building Through Music and Motion [Paper presentation]. invited lecture, York (Online), United Kingdom. |
 | REUTER, R. A. P., MEYERS, C., & NIJS, L. (24 November 2023). Fostering Scientific Reading and Writing Competencies in Future Teachers [Paper presentation]. EAPRIL2023 Conference, Belfast, United Kingdom. Peer reviewed |
  | Dansereau, D. R., Andang’o, E. A., & NIJS, L. (01 June 2023). Publishing in the International Journal of Music in Early Childhood: Key processes and considerations. International Journal of Music in Early Childhood, 18 (1), 53-59. doi:10.1386/ijmec_00057_1 Peer reviewed |
 | Spieker, B., & NIJS, L. (2023). Technologie in het muziekonderwijs op een kruispunt. In T. De Baets & A. De Vugt, Beweging in Muziekpedagogiek (pp. 37-48). Leuven, Belgium: Euprint. Peer reviewed |
 | Stijnen, J., NIJS, L., & Van Petegem, P. (2023). Instrument teachers’ practices, beliefs, and barriers regarding musical creativity: Exploring the creative process of interpretation. International Journal of Music Education, 025576142311757. doi:10.1177/02557614231175777 Peer reviewed |
 | NIJS, L., Bremmer, M., van der Schyff, D., & Schiavio, A. (2023). Embodying Dynamical Systems in Music Performance. Music Performance Research, 11, 58-84. doi:10.14439/mpr.11.3 Peer reviewed Dataset: 10.14439/mpr.11.3 |
 | Nicolaou, G., NIJS, L., & van Petegem, P. (2023). Moving in musicking: the evolving pedagogical practice of the artist-facilitator within asylum seeker centers. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1177355. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1177355 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Schiavio, A., NIJS, L., van der Schyff, D., & Juntunen, M.-L. (2023). Editorial. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1303796. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1303796 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
NIJS, L. (2023). Flourishing in Resonance: Joint Resilience Building Through Music and Motion [Paper presentation]. invited lecture, York (Online), United Kingdom. |
 | Michałko, A., Campo, A., NIJS, L., Leman, M., & Van Dyck, E. (28 October 2022). Toward a meaningful technology for instrumental music education: Teachers’ voice. Frontiers in Education, 7. doi:10.3389/feduc.2022.1027042 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Fortuna, S., & NIJS, L. (17 July 2022). The influence of discrete versus continuous movements on children's musical sense-making. British Journal of Music Education, 39 (2), 183 - 202. doi:10.1017/S026505172200002X Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Bremmer, M., & NIJS, L. (2022). Embodied Music Pedagogy. A vision on the dynamic role of the body in music education. In T. Buchborn, Silke Schmid, Georg Brunner, ... T. De Baets, European perspectives on music education: Music Is What People Do. Austria: Helbling. Peer reviewed |
 | NIJS, L. (2022). Embodied Music Pedagogy A Theoretical and Practical Account of the Dynamic Role of the Body in Music Education. In T. Buchborn, T. De Baets, G. Brunner, ... S. Schmid (Eds.), European perspectives on music education: Music Is What People Do. Innsbruck, Austria: Helbling. Peer reviewed |
 | Schiavio, A., & NIJS, L. (2022). Implementation of a Remote Instrumental Music Course Focused on Creativity, Interaction, and Bodily Movement. Preliminary Insights and Thematic Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 899381. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.899381 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Sætre, J. H., & NIJS, L. (December 2021). Editorial. Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 13 (1-2), 115 - 116. doi:10.1386/jmte_00029_2 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Bremmer, M., & NIJS, L. (2021). Lichamelijkheid in muziekonderwijs. In A. De Vugt & T. De Baets, Muziekpedagogiek in beweging: Typisch muziek! (pp. 49-62). Heverlee, Belgium: Euprint. Peer reviewed |
 | Verneert, F., NIJS, L., & De Baets, T. (2021). A Space for Collaborative Creativity. How Collective Improvising Shapes 'a Sense of Belonging'. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 648770. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648770 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | NIJS, L., & Nicolaou, G. (2021). Flourishing in Resonance: Joint Resilience Building Through Music and Motion. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 666702. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.666702 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Caruso, G., & NIJS, L. (2021). When arts and science meet: Digital technology in artistic research. Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 13 (2-3), 117 - 140. doi:10.1386/jmte_00019_1 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
NIJS, L. (2021). Movement in instrumental music teaching and learning [Paper presentation]. invited lecture, Graz, Austria. |
 | Fortuna, S., & NIJS, L. (November 2020). Children’s verbal explanations of their visual representation of the music. International Journal of Music Education, 38 (4), 563 - 581. doi:10.1177/0255761420932689 Peer reviewed |
 | Bremmer, M., & NIJS, L. (18 June 2020). The Role of the Body in Instrumental and Vocal Music Pedagogy: A Dynamical Systems Theory Perspective on the Music Teacher's Bodily Engagement in Teaching and Learning. Frontiers in Education, 5. doi:10.3389/feduc.2020.00079 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Duerinck, T., Verberkmoes, G., Fritz, C., Leman, M., NIJS, L., Kersemans, M., & Van Paepegem, W. (April 2020). Listener evaluations of violins made from composites. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147 (4), 2647. doi:10.1121/10.0001159 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Caruso, G., NIJS, L., & Leman, M. (2020). "My avatar and me”: technology-enhanced mirror in monitoring music performance practice. In R. Hepworth-Sawyer, J. Paterson, ... R. Toulson, Innovation in Music. Future Opportunities (pp. 355 - 370). Focal Press - Routledge. Peer reviewed |
 | NIJS, L. (2020). Digitale muziektoepassingen Het bos door de bomen zien. Kunstzone, (6). Peer reviewed |
 | Fortuna, S., & NIJS, L. (2020). Children’s representational strategies based on verbal versus bodily interactions with music: an intervention-based study. Music Education Research, 22 (1), 107 - 127. doi:10.1080/14613808.2019.1699521 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Grinspun, N., NIJS, L., Kausel, L., Onderdijk, K., Sepúlveda, N., & Rivera-Hutinel, A. (2020). Selective Attention and Inhibitory Control of Attention Are Correlated With Music Audiation. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1109. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01109 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Schiavio, A., NIJS, L., van der Schyff, D., & Juntunen, M.-L. (2020). Editorial. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 625994. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.625994 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
NIJS, L. (2020). The musician-instrument relationship [Paper presentation]. invited lecture, Paris, France. |
 | NIJS, L. (2019). Moving together while playing music: promoting involvement through student-centred collaborative practices. In S. Gies & J.-H. Saetre (Eds.), Becoming musicians. Student involvement and teacher collaboration in higher music education (pp. 239-260). Oslo, Norway: The Norwegian Academy of Music. Peer reviewed |
 | NIJS, L. (2019). Embodiment and Early Childhood Music Education. In B. Ilari & S. Young (Eds.), Music in Early Childhood: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives and Inter-disciplinary Exchanges (pp. 87-102). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-17791-1_6 Peer reviewed |
 | NIJS, L. (15 March 2018). Dalcroze meets technology: integrating music, movement and visuals with the Music Paint Machine. Music Education Research, 20 (2), 163 - 183. doi:10.1080/14613808.2017.1312323 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
NIJS, L. (2018). Embodied Music Cognition & Instrumental Music Teaching [Paper presentation]. invited lectures & workshop, Potchefstroom, South Africa. |
 | Vets, T., Degrave, J., NIJS, L., Bressan, F., & Leman, M. (03 April 2017). PLXTRM: Prediction-Led eXtended-guitar Tool for Real-time Music applications and live performance. Journal of New Music Research, 46 (2), 187 - 200. doi:10.1080/09298215.2017.1288747 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Vets, T., NIJS, L., Lesaffre, M., Moens, B., Bressan, F., Colpaert, P., Lambert, P., Van de Walle, R., & Leman, M. (March 2017). Gamified music improvisation with BilliArT: a multimodal installation with balls. Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, 11 (1), 25 - 38. doi:10.1007/s12193-016-0224-9 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | NIJS, L., & De Baets, T. (2017). Every little thing. In T. De Baets, A. De Vugt, ... T. Castelein (Eds.), Ticket to Ride. praktijkonderzoek in muziekeducatie (pp. 23-42). Antwerp, Belgium: Garant. Peer reviewed |
 | NIJS, L. (2017). The merging of musician and musical instrument: incorporation, presence and the levels of embodiment. In M. Lesaffre, P.-J. Maes, ... M. Leman (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Embodied Music Interaction (pp. 49-57). New York, United States: Routledge. Peer reviewed |
NIJS, L. (2017). The Music Paint Machine and embodiment [Paper presentation]. invited lecture, Rotterdam, Netherlands. |
 | Caruso, G., Coorevits, E., NIJS, L., & Leman, M. (02 September 2016). Gestures in Contemporary Music Performance: A Method to Assist the Performer’s Artistic Process. Contemporary Music Review, 35 (4-5), 402 - 422. doi:10.1080/07494467.2016.1257292 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | NIJS, L., & Leman, M. (2016). Performing with the Music Paint Machine: provoking an embodied approach to educational technology. In A. King & E. Himonides (Eds.), Music, Technology & Education: Critical Perspectives (pp. 225–242). United Kingdom: Ashgate. doi:10.4324/9781315596945-25 Peer reviewed |
NIJS, L. (2016). Movement in instrumental music teaching and learning [Paper presentation]. invited lecture, New York, United States. |
NIJS, L. (2016). Music and embodied cognition [Paper presentation]. invited lecture, New York, United States. |
NIJS, L. (2016). Embodiment in musical interaction [Paper presentation]. invited lecture, Leuven, Belgium. |
NIJS, L. (2015). To move or not to move, is it really a question [Paper presentation]. invited lecture, Stockholm, Sweden. |
 | NIJS, L., & Leman, M. (April 2014). Interactive technologies in the instrumental music classroom: A longitudinal study with the Music Paint Machine. Computers and Education, 73, 40 - 59. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2013.11.008 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | NIJS, L., Lesaffre, M., & Leman, M. (2013). The Musical Instrument as a Natural Extension of the Musician. In M. Castellango & H. Genevois, Music and its instruments (pp. 467–484). France: Editions Delatour France. Peer reviewed |
NIJS, L. (2013). The Music Paint Machine [Paper presentation]. invited lecture, Genova, Italy. |
 | NIJS, L. (2012). The Music Paint Machine. An embodied constructivist approach to technology-enhanced instrumental music instruction [Doctoral thesis, UGent - Ghent University]. ORBilu-University of Luxembourg. https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/63960 |
 | NIJS, L., Moens, B., Lesaffre, M., & Leman, M. (March 2012). The Music Paint Machine: Stimulating Self-monitoring Through the Generation of Creative Visual Output Using a Technology-enhanced Learning Tool. Journal of New Music Research, 41 (1), 79 - 101. doi:10.1080/09298215.2011.650180 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Desmet, F., NIJS, L., Demey, M., Lesaffre, M., Martens, J.-P., & Leman, M. (March 2012). Assessing a Clarinet Player's Performer Gestures in Relation to Locally Intended Musical Targets. Journal of New Music Research, 41 (1), 31 - 48. doi:10.1080/09298215.2011.649769 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | NIJS, L., Coussement, P., Moens, B., Amelinck, D., Lesaffre, M., & Leman, M. (2012). Interacting with the music paint machine: Relating the constructs of flow experience and presence. Interacting with Computers, 24 (4), 237 - 250. doi:10.1016/j.intcom.2012.05.002 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | Leman, M., Lesaffre, M., NIJS, L., & Deweppe, A. (September 2010). User-oriented studies in embodied music cognition research. Musicae Scientiae, 14 (2_suppl), 203 - 223. doi:10.1177/10298649100140S212 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | NIJS, L. (2008). Evaluatie in het deeltijds kunstonderwijs: het schietlood in actie. Begeleid Zelfstandig Leren, 21, 57-96. Peer reviewed |
