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, CC BY 2.0)
Research Output and Activities
For an overview of Oliver’s work please see his researcher's profile at SDU.
Contact
University of Southern Denmark
Department of Design and Communication
Alsion 2
6400 Sønderborg (Denmark)
Mail olni@sdu.dk
Phone +45-6550-7649