Giorgos Tsiris is Professor of Music Therapy at Queen Margaret University and Director of Education, Research and Creative Arts at St Columba’s Hospice Care, Edinburgh. As a practitioner-researcher, he has worked in diverse palliative care contexts and led research, consultancy and evaluation projects in collaboration with numerous partners across disciplines and settings. Giorgos is the founding editor of Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy, and joined the Research Committee of the Music Therapy Charity in September 2025.