Koji Matsunobu

Koji Matsunobu holds two PhDs in music education and secondary/continuing education. Prior to joining the Education University of Hong Kong,<pan style="color: black;"> he held academic positions at the University of Queensland, Australia, and Kumamoto University, Japan. As a Former Fulbright scholar and member of the Board of Directors for the International Society for Music Education (ISME), he has published extensively on spirituality, creativity, ecology, wellbeing, Japanese music, world music, arts integration, arts-based research, place-based education, and the long-term impact of music education. He invented an award-winning musical instrument called the recohachi (recohachi.com) designed for hybrid music-making and used in educational settings.