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Paul Craenen is a composer and researcher at the intersection of artistic practice, education, and artistic research. He studied piano and chamber music at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven and obtained his PhD from Leiden University (2011) with artistic research on the status of the performing body in contemporary composed music.  His book ‘Composing under the Skin. The Music-making Body at the Composer’s Desk’ (2014) was published by Leuven University Press. From 2012 to 2018, he served as director of Musica Impulse Centre, a Flemish arts organisation dedicated to music education and participation. Since 2018, he has been head of the Lectorate Music, Education & Society at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague. He is also an Assistant Professor and lecturer at Leiden University.  His current research examines changing roles of musical expertise in society and their influence on curriculum development in higher music education.