ESNS Science is a set of conference sessions on the music sector’s transition towards a sustainable future during ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag), an annual four-day showcase festival and music conference across venues in Groningen, the Netherlands. It’s presented by ESNS and the RPMS Research Centre of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, supported by Regieorgaan SIA and in collaboration with a number of educational institutions.
Why ESNS Science?
The music sector is bound for a substantial and fundamental change. The existing models that structure the sector do not seem to function in the post pandemic reality. Cancelled tours, exhausted musicians and the drop-out of skilled professionals, combined with geopolitical tension, rising inflation, changing social needs, ongoing digitization, extractive corporate structures and the looming threat of a re-emerging Covid-19 pandemic; the music sector is facing a polycrisis on its own. To ensure a sustainable future for the music sector and those who work in it, a systemic transition is needed. We need to reimagine the current models and construct new ideas and scenarios to anticipate future needs.
The next edition of ESNS Science will take place in January 2025.
ESNS Science 2024
Researcher Frank Kimenai reveals how we can use science to imagine a brighter, more equitable future and tools to set it in motion.
ESNS Science 2023
Frank Kimenai reveals how we can use science to imagine a brighter, more equitable future and build a roadmap to change course.
ESNS Science 2022
Resilience is the capacity to deal with crises and change, and it is the central theme of this first edition of ESNScience. ESNS has teamed up with the department of Arts and Culture Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam to compile three cutting-edge panels at the intersection of academic research and the music sector: "Panarchy (in the UK): on how to build a resilient music ecosystem", "Digital minds: on how to anticipate on the promises and speculations of Web3", and "Can music make you sick?".
