Kjetil Falkenberg

My main research interest is in the use of music technology for enriching peoples' lives.I have a crossdisciplinary background in pedagogy, music science, and music technology.

The research focus is on music and expressivity, and particularly how music technology and interaction with sound can be a natural part of everyday life, play, training, and rehabilitation. Currently, I have six doctoral students; one as main supervisor and five as co-supervisor.

I am a member of the Sound and Music Computing Group and leading the NAVET Thematic Work Group "Music For All".

Research interests

All the links below go the portfolio pages with freely downloadable papers.

• The turntable and scratching
• Rehabilitation and training through active listening
• Sound installations and new interfaces for musical expression
• Computer-assisted tutoring for musical instrument learning
• Sonification of measured data such as body motion and gestures
• Expressiveness and emotion in music

• Pedagogical development

Ongoing projects

Fictitious Soundscapes: Preferences for urban sound environments of the future among hearing impaired.Funded by NAVET.

Courses in design for all at KTH and Södertörn University. Funded by PTS.

Virtuella lärmiljöer för grupparbete mellan seende och svårt synskadade elever. Funded by Vinnova.

Sonification of goods in a store: a pilot study on theft prevention in retail through sound and music. Funded by Hakon Swenson Foundation.

Sweet-sounding shop goods: A general and applicable method for an improved working environment and fewer thefts in retail. Funded by The Swedish Retail and Wholesale Council.

Qualifications

Docent in Media Technology. Södertörn University (2015), Pedagogy for eduaction at university level, KTH (2014), Doctor of Technology in Speech and music communication. KTH, Dep. of Speech, music and hearing (2010), Master in musicology. NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (2000), Bachelor with additional courses, Teacher education. Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag (1999).

Memberships, present and past

Nordic Sound and Music Computing Network, Swedish Network on Disability Research, Nordic Network on Disability Research, Jury Utställningen Unga Forskare, Co-chair of the 2019 International Sonification workshop, Co-chair of the Sample Music Society, Co-chair of the TEI 2018 Student Design Challenge, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Sound and Music Computing network