Ingmar Leijen

Ingmar Leijen (1969) started his career studying classical piano and subsequently Arts Management. He is working as Lecturer at the marketing department of the School of Business and Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam since 2008. From 2000 to 2008, in addition to his career as a professional musician, he was a lecturer for Arts Marketing at the University of Utrecht as well as the Conservatory of Utrecht. In 2025 he defended his PhD in the domain of human values, cross cultural differences, healthcare and marketing. In addition to his research and lecturing he is the coordinator of the Business Administration Bachelor, department secretary of the Marketing department and admissions officer for the masters in marketing. As a researcher with a background in music he is involved in the Music 360 project Living lab background music experiments.