Position
- Associate Professor at MCI Sønderborg
Research Areas
- Speech prosody
- Acoustic forms and communicative functions of speech reduction
- Analysis and training of speaker charisma and vocal attractiveness
O. Niebuhr demonstrates in a German tutorial how charismatic speech works.
Current Projects
- Persuasiveness & Creativity (PERCY) (PI)
- Towards Balance and Boundaries in Public Discourse: Expressing and Perceiving Online Hate Speech (PostDoc, Co-Applicant)
- Improving Second Language Pedagogy at the Prosody-Pragmatics Interface Using Human-Robot Interaction (PI)
- Exploring the interplay between speech and breathing across speaking styles and languages: tools, data and experiments (PI)
- Cross Culture Forum (PI)
Interview: We know surprisingly little about spoken Language
Oliver Niebuhr gives an insight in his studies on spoken language: One highlight of the reseach had been the precise profiling of Steve Jobs' voice. (Image by Matt Buchanan, Wikimedia Commons, )
Research Output and Activities
For an overview of Oliver’s work please see .
Contact
University of Southern Denmark
Department of Design and Communication
Alsion 2
6400 Sønderborg (Denmark)
Mail olni@sdu.dk
Phone +45-6550-7649