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• Born in 1997
• 2016-2021 Bachelor's degree in Biology and Music at the Ruhr University Bochum and the Technical University of Dortmund
• 2016-2022 Employee of the service staff of the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, since 2017 as team and evening service manager
• 2021-2024 Master's degree in Biology, Music and Education at the Ruhr University Bochum and the Technical University of Dortmund
• 2022-2024 Research Assistant at the Institute for Music and Musicology at the Technical University of Dortmund, among others with Prof. Dr. Hauke Egermann, Associate Prof. Dr. Felix Christian Thiesen and Prof. Dr. Ulrike Kranefeld
• 2024 Research Assistant at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Cologne with Prof. Dr. Hauke Egermann, Cologne Systematic Musicology Lab
• 2024-2025 Research Assistant at the Institute for Music and Musicology at the Technical University of Dortmund in the BMBF project Degree 5.0 "Digital reflexive teacher education 5.0: video-based - barrier-free - connected"
• Since February 2025 Research Assistant at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research

• Music, gender und queer studies
• Music in the media
• The role of media and music for intergroup conflicts

• Member of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM)
• Member of the Society for Music Research (GfM)
• Member of the Society for Music Business and Music Culture Research (GMM)
• Member of the Research Hub of the Hanover University of Musik, Drama, and Media

in press

Machulla, M. (in press). Digitalisierung in der Musikpsychologie – 40. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Musikpsychologie (DGM), 6.–8. September 2024, Hochschule für Musik und Theater München [Digitalization in music psychology - 40th Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM), September 6-8, 2024, University of Music and Theatre Munich]. Jahrbuch Musikpsychologie.

2025

Kranefeld, U., Hußmann, S., Nührenbörger, M., Brodowski, G., Brüggemeyer, L., Machulla, M. & Unteregge, S. (2025). Diskursive Praktiken im Spannungsfeld zwischen Allgemeinpädagogogik und Fachdidaktik. Diskurse von Lehramtsanwärter*innen bei der kollaborativen Videoarbeit auf der Lernplattform degree [Discursive practices in the conflict between general pedagogy and professional didactics. Discourses of teacher trainees in collaborative video work on the learning platform degree]. DiMawe – Die Materialwerkstatt, 7(2), 178–213. doi.org/10.11576/dimawe-7746

Machulla, M., Hahn, M., Langner, J., Dorok, S. & Kranefeld, U. (2025). „Auf welche Aussagen der Schüler*innen würden Sie gerne zurückkommen?“ – Ein Aufgabenformat zum Weiterdenken von Unterrichtssituationen im Fachseminar Musik [“Which of the students' statements would you like to refer to?” - A task format for further reflection on teaching situations in the music seminar]. DiMawe – Die Materialwerkstatt, 7(2), 45–59. doi.org/10.11576/dimawe-7745

2024

Machulla, M., Mertens, F., Frank, A. & Herget, A.-K. (2024). Empfohlene Strukturgleichung? Einfluss von strukturell passender Filmmusik auf Emotionen, immersives Filmerleben und Filmbewertung [Recommended structural balance? Influence of structurally suitable film music on emotions, immersive film experience and film rating]. Jahrbuch Musikpsychologie, 32, Artikel e185. doi.org/10.5964/jbdgm.185

2023

Machulla, M. (2023). „Die [F*tzen] sind wieder da". SXTN - zwischen Gefangensein und Durchbrechen der homosozial-männlichen Deutsch-Rap-Szene [“The [c*nts] are back”. SXTN - between being caught and breaking through the homosocial male German rap scene]. StiMMe - Das studentische Musikwissenschaftsmagazin, 1, 37–57. doi.org/10.59714/stimme.v202323

2025

Machulla, M., Thiesen, F. C. & Herget, A.-K. (2025, July 21-25). From kitsch to diva: A quantitative approach to unravel queer music. Paper presented at the 18th ICMPC Conference, São Paulo, Brasil. Online.

Machulla, M., Thiesen, F. C. & Herget, A.-K. (2025, February 15-16). Wie klingt ‚queere Musik‘? Eine erste empirisch-quantitative Annäherung [What does 'queer music' sound like? A first empirical-quantitative approach]. Paper presented at the Open-Topic Workshop of the Women's and Gender Studies Section of the Society for Music Research (GfM), Detmold.

2024

Machulla, M., Hahn, M., Langner, J. & Kranefeld, U. (2024, November). Im Spannungsfeld fachdidaktischer Logiken: Eine Rekonstruktion von Praktiken der Aufgabenbearbeitung auf der Video-Lernplattform degree im Fachseminar Musik. Poster presented at the Conference “Video-based, barrier-free, collaborative: Perspectives for innovative teacher training”, November 23, 2024, Dortmund.

Machulla, M., Hahn, M., Langner, J., Dorok, S. & Kranefeld, U. (2024, November). "Was erwarten Sie, was die Schüler*innen sagen?" – Ein musikdidaktisches Aufgabenformat zur Weiterentwicklung von Unterrichtssituationen im Fachseminar [“What do you expect the pupils to say?” - A music didactic task format for the further development of teaching situations in specialized seminars]. Poster presented at the Conference “Video-based, barrier-free, collaborative: Perspectives for innovative teacher training”, November 23, 2024, Dortmund.

Machulla, M., Thiesen, F. C. & Herget, A.-K. (2024, October). "[O]ur soundtrack is vast and diverse" – eine erste empirisch-quantitative Annäherung an den Korpus queerer Musik [A first empirical-quantitative approach to the corpus of queer music]. Paper presented at the Best Paper Award of the Society for Music Business and Music Culture Research (GMM), October 30, 2024, Online.

Machulla, M. & Heberle, K. (2024, September). Die Abbildung qualitativer Methoden auf einer Videoplattform [The representation of qualitative methods on a video platform]. In U. Kranefeld & K. Heberle (Organizers), Gelingensbedingungen und Hürden qualitativer Zugänge in musikpädagogischer Lehre [Success conditions and hurdles of qualitative approaches in teaching music education]. Paper/Workshop at the Forum Qualitative Research Methods, QFM, Annual Conference of the German Association for Research in Music Education (AMPF), September 20-22, 2024, Berlin.

Machulla, M., Hahn, M., Langner, J. & Kranefeld, U. (2024, September). DEGREE 5.0 – eine videobasierte Lernplattform und ihr didaktisches Potenzial für eine reflexive Musik-Lehrer*innenbildung in der zweiten Ausbildungsphase. Poster im Rahmen der Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreis Musikpädagogische Forschung (AMPF), 20.-22. September 2024, Berlin.

Machulla, M., Thiesen, F. C. & Herget, A.-K. (2024, September). How to sound like "Born This Way" – Eine empirisch-quantitative Untersuchung von Charakteristika queerer Musik [An empirical-quantitative study of characteristics of queer music]. Paper presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM), September 6-8, 2024, Munich.

Herget, A.-K., Machulla, M., Birk, F. & Ziebart, D. (2024, September). "Come as you are". Funktionen von Musik während des Coming-Out-Prozesses von homosexuellen Männern [Functions of music during the coming-out process of gay men]. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM), September 6-8, 2024, Munich.

Machulla, M., Ziebart, D., Birk, F. & Herget, A.-K. (2024, July). Songs out of the closet. Functions of music during the coming-out process of gay men. Poster presented at the 12th ESCOM Conference, July 3-6, 2024, York (UK)/La Plata (ARG)/Melbourne (AUS)/Online.

2023

Herget, A.-K. & Machulla, M. (2023, September). Musik, Bilder und Voreinstellungen - was die Wirkung "grüner" Kurzdokus beeinflusst [Music, images and presets - what influences the impact of “green” short documentaries]. Paper presented at the Conference “Music and Climate Change. Artistic Action in Times of Crisis”, September 15-17, 2023, Essen.

Machulla, M. & Herget, A.-K. (2023, September). Changing Tunes, Changing Attitudes? Hintergrundmusik, Bildgebung und Voreinstellungen als Einflussfaktoren der Umweltkommunikation mittels Kurzdokumentationen [Changing tunes, changing attitudes? Background music, imaging and attitudes as influencing factors of environmental communication via short documentaries]. Poster presented at the 39th Annual Conference of the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM), September 8-10, 2023, Hanover.