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Yngvar Kjus

Professor of Music and Contemporary Media
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Yngvar Kjus is Professor of Music and Contemporary Media and Head of Research at the Department of Musicology. 

Kjus leads the research project The platformization of music production: Developer and user perspectives on transformations in music production technology (PLATFORM), which is funded by the FRIPRO program of the Research Council of Norway, from 2021 to 2025. He led the research project Music on demand: Economy and copyright in a digitized cultural sector (MUSEC), which was funded through the KULMEDIA program of the Research Council of Norway from 2018 to 2021.

Kjus is author of Live and Recorded: Music Experience in the Digital Millennium. 

Academic interests

  • popular music
  • music production
  • music media
  • music industry
  • mediated experience
  • technology
  • cultural politics
  • copyright

Background

I have for a long time been interested in the relationship between music and media, in terms of the creation as well as the mediation and communication of music. My postdoc period was in the research project Clouds & Concerts which investigated key developments in live and recorded music in contemporary music culture. The PhD dealt with cross-media production. Other work experience: Senior Adviser at Arts Council Norway, Adviser at the Norwegian Media Authority, Media Analyst in NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation).  

Teaching and tutoring

  • MUS2531/4531 Musikk og medier
  • MUS2325 Musikklivet og musikkbransjen
  • MUS2500/4500 Music and copyright
  • MEVIT1110 Audiovisual aesthetics
  • MA, BA and PhD supervision
  • PhD-courses (on academic formats and genre aesthetics)

Awards

Article of the Year Award in European Journal of Communication. 

Tags: Popular music, Music media, Music industry, Mediated experience, Technology, Cultural politics

Publications

  • Kjus, Yngvar; Kraugerud, Emil & Skjerdal, Øyvind (2026). Tutoring, Selling, Gearfluencing, or What? An Exploration of the Motives and Methods of Online Introductions to Music Production Technology. In Andersen, Claus Sohn; Gullö, Jan-Olof; Hepworth-Sawyer, Russ; Marrington, Mark; Paterson, Justin & Toulson, Rob (Ed.), Innovation in Music: Current Research Perspectives. Routledge. ISSN 9781032757858. p. 44–54. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar; Brøvig, Ragnhild & Wang, Solveig Margrethe (2024). Kvinners første møte med DAW: en fornemmelse av å være i gutteklubbens skygger. In Hagen, Anja Nylund; Solberg, Ragnhild Torvanger; Nærland, Torgeir Uberg & Duch, Michael Francis (Ed.), Når musikken tek form: Om skapande praksisar i musikk. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245047240. p. 437–463. doi: 10.55669/oa491112. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2024). The platformization of music production: How digital audio workstations are turned into platforms of labor market relations. New Media & Society. ISSN 1461-4448. p. 1–18. doi: 10.1177/14614448241304660. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar; Spilker, Hendrik Storstein & Kiberg, Håvard (2022). Liveness online in deadly times: How artists explored the expressive potential of live-streamed concerts at the face of COVID-19 in Norway. First Monday. 27(6). doi: 10.5210/fm.v27i6.12398. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Jacobsen, Roy Aulie (2022). Will the EU’s directive on copyright in the digital market change the power balance of the music industry? Views from Norway. Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidsskrift (NKT). ISSN 1403-3216. 25(1), p. 28–42. doi: 10.18261/nkt.25.1.3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Spilker, Hendrik Storstein; Kjus, Yngvar & Kiberg, Håvard (2022). Strømmekonserter - mer enn nødløsninger? In Eliassen, Knut Ove; Ogundipe, Anne & Prytz, Øyvind (Ed.), Estetiske praksiser i den digitale produksjonens tidsalder. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245043501. p. 423–460. doi: 10.55669/oa140512. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2021). License to stream? A study of how rights-holders have responded to music streaming services in Norway. International Journal of Cultural Policy. ISSN 1028-6632. 28(1), p. 61–73. doi: 10.1080/10286632.2021.1908276. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2021). Twists and turns in the 360 deal: Spinning the risks and rewards of artist–label relations in the streaming era. European Journal of Cultural Studies. ISSN 1367-5494. 25(2), p. 463–478. doi: 10.1177/13675494211044731. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2019). The Use of Copyright in Digital Times: A Study of How Artists Exercise Their Rights in Norway. Popular music and society. ISSN 0300-7766. doi: 10.1080/03007766.2019.1698206. Full text in Research Archive
  • Danielsen, Anne; Kjus, Yngvar & Kraugerud, Emil (2018). Gendered patterns in music mediation: a study of male and female performers at the Øya festival using multiple data sources. Poetics. ISSN 0304-422X. doi: 10.1016/j.poetic.2018.09.002. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2017). Harmonious or out of Tune: Cooperation between the Television Industry and the Music Business in Talent Contests of the 2000s. Media, Culture and Society. ISSN 0163-4437. 39(7), p. 1011–1026. doi: 10.1177/0163443716686671. Full text in Research Archive
  • Danielsen, Anne & Kjus, Yngvar (2017). The Mediated Festival: Live Music as Trigger of Music Streaming and Social Media Engagement. Convergence. The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. ISSN 1354-8565. 25(4), p. 714–734. doi: 10.1177/1354856517721808. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Danielsen, Anne (2016). Live Mediation. Performing Concerts Using Studio Technology. Popular Music. ISSN 0261-1430. 35(3), p. 320–337. doi: 10.1017/S0261143016000568. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2016). Reclaiming the Music: The Power of Local and Physical Music Distribution in the Age of Global Online Services. New Media & Society. ISSN 1461-4448. 18(9), p. 2116–2132. doi: 10.1177/1461444815580414. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2016). Musical Exploration via Streaming Services: The Norwegian Experience. Popular Communication - The International Journal of Media and Culture. ISSN 1540-5702. 14(3), p. 127–136. doi: 10.1080/15405702.2016.1193183. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Danielsen, Anne (2014). Live Islands in the Seas of Recordings: The Music Experience of Visitors at the Øya Festival. Popular music and society. ISSN 0300-7766. 38(5), p. 660–679. doi: 10.1080/03007766.2014.929322. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Kjus, Yngvar (2018). Live and Recorded: Music Experience in the Digital Millennium. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783319703671. 184 p. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Lartillot, Olivier; Beauguitte, Pierre; Haugen, Ingrid Romarheim; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Kjus, Yngvar (2026). Symposium on Digital and AI Musicology. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2026). How AI-tools feed on cross-industry collaboration: The case of music and computer games. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar; Kraugerud, Emil & Skjerdal, Øyvind (2026). Teknologi gjør musikkbransjen mer individualistisk og mindre likestilt - Forskningsnytt. [Internet]. Forskningsnytt - Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2026). Book launch & panel: How can traditional academic research inform and support creative and performative practices? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Stordalen, Fabian (2025). Composing the music of video games: Negotiating a complex technological and sociocultural environment of popular music. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2025). Sonic citizenship: To what extent is the use of technological opportunities gendered? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2025). Orality and Literacy: What is a song? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Stordalen, Fabian (2025). Jumping from platform to platform: How game music composers negotiate the industries of music, games and technology. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2025). Welcome to the Symposium on the Platformization of Music Production. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2025). Plattformisering av musikkproduksjon: Nye verktøy, nye arbeidsforhold? Musikkmagasinet Ballade. ISSN 0805-5041. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2024). Musicians in the flow of technology: A study of how music makers relate to new technology and the implications for creative practices, roles, and rights. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar; Kraugerud, Emil & Skjerdal, Øyvind (2024). Tutoring, selling, gearfluencing, or what? An explorative study of the players, motives, and methods of online introductions to music production technology. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2024). Musikksnakk: Musikk på Spotify - hvordan funker algoritmene? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2024). The technologizing of music making: How digitization is entwined with the competencies and careers of performers, songwriters and producers. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Skjerdal, Øyvind (2024). Skaperundersøkelsen etterlyser flere deltakere – særlig kvinner. [Journal]. https://www.ballade.no/forskning/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Fabian, Stordalen (2024). Spillkomponisters bruk av kunstig intelligens. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2024). Perspektiver på musikk og kunstig intelligens. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2024). Endelig rettferdig? Norsk musikkbransjes forventninger til EUs direktiv om opphavsrett i digitale markeder. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2024). Panelsamtale under lanseringen av boken "Parody in the age of remix". Full text in Research Archive
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Vo, Synne; Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Kjus, Yngvar (2024). Musikksnakk: Musikk på Spotify - hvordan funker algoritmene? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2023). Working on the (value) chain: A study of how technology companies intervene in music production in the online era. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2023). The rise of music production platforms. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2023). Robotmusikk og følelser. [Radio]. https://www.uio.no/om/aktuelt/universitetsplassen/nyheter/20. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Kraugerud, Emil (2023). Transformations of production technology in the online environment. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar; Kraugerud, Emil & Skjerdal, Øyvind (2023). Frokostseminar på Popsenteret om musikk, kreativitet og teknologi. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2022). Strømmekonserter - mer enn en nødløsning? Presentasjon på boklansering. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2022). Is music production undergoing platformization? If so, how, and with what effects? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar; Brøvig-Hanssen, Ragnhild & Wang, Solveig Margrethe (2022). Getting onto the platforms of music production: How women negotiate the creative opportunities of digital audio workstations. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar; Brøvig, Ragnhild & Wang, Solveig Margrethe (2022). Encountering new technology: A study of how female creators explore DAWs. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2021). Bransjen bak scenen: Strømmetjenester og plateselskap får avgjøre hvem som kan leve av musikken. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2021). Comparing the platforms of cultural production: Music, film, game. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Spilker, Hendrik Storstein (2021). Liveness in deadly times: How artists in Norway explored the expressive potential of live-streamed concerts at the face of Covid-19. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2021). Transformations in the creative roles and modes of music production. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar; Hagen, Anja Nylund; Torvund, Olav & Maasø, Arnt (2021). Musikk, opphavsrett og internett. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2021). Har internett gjort det vanskeligere å lykkes i musikkbransjen? [Radio]. NRK P2 - Studio 2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2021). Collective musicking on DAW platforms? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2021). Strømming gjør det vanskeligere å lykkes i musikkbransjen enn noensinne. [Internet]. www.hf.uio.no/imv/forskning/aktuelt. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Brøvig-Hanssen, Ragnhild (2021). Møter med teknologi: Kvinnelige skaperes utforsking av DAWs. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2020). Book Review: "Women in the Studio: Creativity, Control, and Gender in Popular Music Sound Production", by Paula Wolfe. Popular Music. ISSN 0261-1430. 39(2), p. 373–375. doi: 10.1017/S0261143020000306. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2020). Vil ha opphavsretten ut av lukkede rom. [Journal]. Ballade.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Spilker, Hendrik Storstein (2020). Lyden av digitalisering: Preludium om musikk og medier. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT). ISSN 0804-8452. 27(3), p. 1–10. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2020). The record contract in flux: Developments in the agreements of artist and label in the time of music streaming. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Hagen, Anja Nylund (2020). Music on (and in) demand: Negotiating and competing in streaming. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Spilker, Hendrik Storstein (2020). Redaktører for spesialnummer om musikk og medier. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT). ISSN 0804-8452. 27(3). doi: 10.18261/ISSN.0805-9535-2020-03-01. Full text in Research Archive
  • Spilker, Hendrik Storstein; Kjus, Yngvar & Kiberg, Håvard (2020). Nødløsninger med langtidsvirkninger? Artisters og konsertarrangørers erfaringer med strømmekonserter. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Spilker, Hendrik Storstein (2020). Introduksjon til seminar om musikk og medier i den digitale tiden. Full text in Research Archive
  • Spilker, Hendrik Storstein; Kjus, Yngvar & Kiberg, Håvard (2020). Nødløsninger med langtidsvirkninger? Artisters og konsertarrangørers erfaringer med direktestrømmete "koronakonserter". Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Brøvig-Hanssen, Ragnhild (2019). Med opphavsrett på studieplanen. [Journal]. Ballade.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Hagen, Anja Nylund (2019). Musikkbransjen i strømmetiden. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2019). Keynote foredrag: Hvordan oppleves levende musikk i den digitale tiden? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2019). Is streaming streamlining copyright in music? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar; Brøvig-Hanssen, Ragnhild; Askerøi, Eirik; Hartung, Mike; Juell, Magnus Wergeland & Karoliussen, Sara (2019). Musikkprodusentens rolle. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2018). How to make money in music in the digital age? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2018). Negotiating streaming rights: A study of the contracts and negotiations underlying the music streaming economy. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2018). Musical negotiations: How singer-songwriters relate to economy and copyright in digital times. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2018). Kontemporære medier og fremveksten av nye musikalske sjangere. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2018). Boklansering: Live and Recorded: Music Experience in the Digital Millennium. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2018). Music on demand: Economy and copyright in a digitised cultural sector. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2018). The use of copyright in digital times: A study of how singer-songwriters exercise their rights in evolving music markets. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2017). Instituttleiar Arne H. Krumsvik i samtalar om media og samfunn: Yngvar Kjus om Idol, X Factor, The Voice og The Stream. [Internet]. https://krumsvik.podbean.com/e/yngvar-kjus-om-idol-x-factor-. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2017). Producing consumption: Facilitating musical immersion across online and offline media. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2017). Music experience in the digital millennium. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2017). Music Experience in the Intersection of Concerts and Archives. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2017). Dur eller moll for norsk musikk? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2017). Paneldebatt: Brave New World – med SoMe som våpen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Danielsen, Anne; Maasø, Arnt; Hagen, Anja Nylund & Kjus, Yngvar (2016). Clouds & Concerts summarised. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2016). Intervju om strømmetjenester for musikk i i Søndagsåpent på NRK P1. [Radio]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2016). Festivalopplevelser i den digitale tiden - nye muligheter for musikkformidlere? Full text in Research Archive
  • Øgrim, Tellef & Kjus, Yngvar (2016). Musikkmaskinene kvesser sine algoritmer. [Journal]. Ballade.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2016). Live and Recorded. Creations of Stage and Studio. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2016). Strømming = markedsføring eller inntekter? Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2016). Hvordan spille konsert i laptopens tidsalder? Musikkmagasinet Ballade. ISSN 0805-5041. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2016). Live and Recorded: Music Experience in the Digital Environment. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2015). Konsertopplevelser i digitale omgivelser. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2014). Who needs a middleman? Transformations in local music distribution in the age of global online services. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2014). Festivaler i en strømmeverden. Ballade. ISSN 0332-5148. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2014). Sky og scene: Endringer i musikkformidlingen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2013). The Use of Editorial Playlists: The WiMP Case. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar & Hagen, Anja Nylund (2013). Playlists as phenomenon and analysis of editorial playlists, Playlists use as strategic personalization. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2013). The New Faces of Music: Festivals and Streaming services as Interfaces of Live and recorded music. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2013). Live islands in the seas of recordings: The live music experience of festivalgoers in the digital age. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjus, Yngvar (2013). Strukturendringer i musikkindustrien: Å navigere i digitale omgivelser. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skjerdal, Øyvind; Kjus, Yngvar & Stordalen, Fabian (2026). Skaperundersøkelsen: Rapport fra en spørreundersøkelse om musikk, teknologi og mangfold. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive

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