Haftor Medbøe
Head of Humanities & Culture
Edinburgh Napier University
Haftor is Head of Humanities & Culture, Associate Professor of Music and Jazz Musician in Residence at Edinburgh Napier University, where he gained his doctoral degree in 2013. He is an internationally published researcher in the field of new jazz studies and has presented conference papers throughout Europe for, amongst others, the International Society of Musicologists, Rhythm Changes, KISMIF, HEA and the Nordic Research Network. Haftor is director of Edinburgh Napier University Jazz Summer School which, now in its 24rd year, is run in association with Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.