Jochen Steffens

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jochen Steffens is a faculty member at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, affiliated with the Faculty of Media. His research spans interdisciplinary domains at the intersection of music, soundscapes, and cognitive-affective processes.

• Research Focus: Music listening behavior, soundscapes, noise perception, music recommendation systems, film music, and the psychological effects of sounds.
• Teaching: Supervises final theses and offers modules aligned with examination regulations of 2018, including topics in media informatics and mixed reality applications.
• Technical Contributions: Develops tools for soundscape exploration (e.g., Advanced Soundscape Search) and music information retrieval (MIR) systems for live performance visualization.
• Methodological Expertise: Utilizes computational music analysis, experience sampling, statistical learning, and multilevel modeling to investigate situational and demographic influences on auditory perception.
• Applied Research: Explores the impact of room acoustics on customer satisfaction in restaurants, motivational music in sports, and semantic expression in audio branding.