Dr Frauke Behrendt is a Principal Lecturer in Media, let the RCUK-funded ‘Smart e-bikes’ research project and the research on the NetPark project. Her research contributes to the understanding of both the design process and the user experience of emerging/innovative mobile and digital technologies. Her findings have impact in the areas of media, mobility, sustainability, interaction design, sound studies, intelligent transport and smart cities. Behrendt's results and insights translate into policy, design and teaching. Dr Behrendt is course leader for Environment and Media Studies BA (Hons) and teaches on the MA 'Creative Media' and the 'Media, Insustry & Innovation' and 'Media Studies' BAs. She is on the steering committee of the Centre for Research in Spatial, Environmental & Cultural Politics, and leads its theme ‘Environmental futures, communication & sustainability’. Dr Behrendt was on the on the Steering Committee of the EU COST Action on Sonic Interaction Design.
Dr Frauke Behrendt is a Principal Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Brighton and Deputy Head of School for Research and Enterprise in the School of Media. She is also the founding director of the Centre for Digital Media Cultures. Behrendt let the EPSRC-funded research project ‘Smart e-bikes – understanding how commuters and communities engage with electrically-assisted cycling’, the 'Intelligent Transport Solutions for Social Inclusion' project, and the research on the NetPark project.
Behrendt's research contributes to the understanding of both the design process and the user experience of emerging/innovative mobile and digital technologies. Her findings have impact in the areas of media, mobility, sustainability, interaction design, sound studies, intelligent transport and smart cities. Behrendt's results and insights translate into policy, design and teaching.
Dr Behrendt is the course leader for Environment and Media Studies BA (Hons) and teaches on the MA 'Creative Media' and the 'Media, Insustry & Innovation' and 'Media Studies' BAs (Hons). She is on the steering committee of the new Centre for Research in Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics (SECP), and leads its theme ‘Environmental futures, communication and sustainability’.
Dr Behrendt is a Fellow of Theatrum Mundi and was on the on the Steering Committee of the EU COST IC0601 Action on Sonic Interaction Design (SID). For this, she co-curated an exhibition on ‘Sonic Interaction Design’ at the Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine in Oslo (29 May 2011 - 21 August 2011) in connection with NIME 2011. She was on the Steering Committee of the International Workshop of Mobile Music Technology.
Previously, Dr Behrendt held positions as Research Fellow at the Cultures of the Digital Economy Institute (CoDE), Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, at the University of Sussex and as Visiting Assistant Professor at the Digital+Media MFA program at the Rhode Island School of Design (US).
Behrendt, Frauke (2017) Why cycling matters for electric mobility: towards diverse, active and sustainable e-mobilities Mobilities, 13 (1). pp. 64-80. ISSN 1745-0101
Cairns, Sally, Behrendt, Frauke, Raffo, David, Beaumont, Claire and Kiefer, Chris (2017) Electrically-assisted bikes: Potential impacts on travel behaviour Transportation Research Part A - Policy and Practice, 103. pp. 327-342. ISSN 0965-8564
Behrendt, Frauke, Murray, Lesley, Hancox, Andrew, Sourbati, Maria and Huber, Jorg (2017) Intelligent Transport Solutions for Social Inclusion (ITSSI): Project Report [Report (for external body)]
Behrendt, Frauke (2017) Author Commentary: Mobile Music Technology: From Innovation to Ubiquitous Use In: Alexander, Refsum Jensenius and Lyons, Michael J., eds. A NIME Reader: Fifteen Years of New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland, pp. 261-265. ISBN 9783319472133
Behrendt, Frauke (2016) Why cycling matters for Smart Cities. Internet of Bicycles for Intelligent Transport Journal of Transport Geography, 56. pp. 157-164. ISSN 0966-6923
Behrendt, Frauke and Kiefer, Chris (2016) Smart e-bike monitoring system: real-time open source and open hardware GPS assistance and sensor data for electrically-assisted bicycles IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 10 (2). pp. 79-88. ISSN 1751-956X
Behrendt, Frauke, Doughty, Karolina, Poulter, Simon, Bailey, Colette and Reid, Josephine (2015) NetPark: Research & Development Report [Report (for external body)]
Cairns, Sally, Behrendt, Frauke, Raffo, David and Harmer, Clare (2015) A24 Electrically-assisted bikes: understanding the health potential Journal of Transport & Health, 2 (2). p. 17. ISSN 2214-1405
Behrendt, Frauke (2014) Creative Sonification of Mobility and Sonic Interaction with Urban Space: An Ethnographic Case Study of a GPS Sound Walk In: Gopinath, Sumanth and Stanyek, Jason, eds. The Oxford handbook of mobile music studies. Oxford handbooks in music, 2 . Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 189-211. ISBN 9780199913657
Behrendt, Frauke (2013) GPS Sound Walks, Ecotones and Edge Species Soundscape: The Journal of Acoustic Ecology, 12 (1). pp. 25-28. ISSN 1607-3304
Behrendt, Frauke (2012) The sound of locative media Convergence, 18 (3). ISSN 1354-8565
Behrendt, Frauke (2012) Playing the iPhone In: Snickars, Pelle and Vonderau, Patrick, eds. Moving Data: The iPhone and the Future of Media. Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 297-295. ISBN 9780231157391
Behrendt, Frauke and Lossius, Trond (2011) An Exhibition on Sonic Interaction Design In: Rocchesso, Davide, ed. Explorations in Sonic Interaction Design. Logos, Berlin, pp. 8-9. ISBN 9783832528584
Behrendt, Frauke and Lossius, Trond (2011) Sonic Interaction Design. Catalogue of an Exhibition at Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine BEK: Bergen Center for Electronic Arts, Bergen. ISBN 9788299868006
Behrendt, Frauke and Rueb, Teri (2009) RISD Digital+Media Graduate Student Journal 2009 RISD, Providence.
Behrendt, Frauke (2008) Texting and calling public spheres: mobile phones, sound art and Habermas In: Hartmann, Maren, Rössler, Patrick and Höflich, Joachim, eds. After the mobile phone? Social changes and the development of mobile communication. Kommunikationswissenschaft . Frank & Timme, Berlin, Germany, pp. 35-54. ISBN 9783865961679
Kirisits, Nicolaj, Behrendt, Frauke, Gaye, Lalya and Tanaka, Atau (2008) Creative Interactions – The Mobile Music Workshops 2004-2008 [Edited Collections]
Rocchesso, Davide, Serafin, Srefania, Behrendt, Frauke, Bernardini, Nicola, Bresin, Roberto, Eckel, Gerhard, Franinovic, Karmen, Hermann, Thomas, Pauletto, Sandra, Susini, Patrick and Visell, Yon (2008) Sonic interaction design: sound, information and experience In: CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 05 – 10, 2008, Florence.
K Franinovic, L Gaye, F Behrendt (2008) Exploring sonic interaction with artifacts in everyday contexts. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Auditory Display 40: 1-4.
Franinovic K, Gaye L, Behrendt F (2008) Exploring Sonic Interaction with Artefacts in Everyday Contexts. 14th International Conference on Auditory Display, Paris
Gaye L, Holmquist L, Behrendt F, Tanaka A (2006) Mobile Music Technology: Report on Emerging Community. In Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Paris: 22-25.
Behrendt F (2005) Handymusik. Klangkunst und 'mobile devices'. Osnabrück: Epos. (Monograph)
PhD Lead supervisor: 'Assessing the Influence and Potential of Cycling Big-Data for Transport Policy and Mobilities Research'. Shaun Williams. Industrial Strategy/South Coast DTP Studentship. 2017-2020.
PhD Lead supervisor: 'Noise after Finitude'. Caleb Madden. University of Brighton Studentship. 2017-2020.
PhD ‘De-Politization of Mega-Projects for Climate Resilience: A longitudinal analysis of media coverage of seawater desalination in Israel (1991-2013) and the environmental movement’s reaction’, Shai Kassirer, 2016-2019, University of Brighton Studentship.
Leading session ‘Research Methods’ with Isabella Van Elferen (Kingston), TECHNE Student Congress: The Sound of Research, June 2016
Leading session ‘Sound/Noise’ with Eleni Ikoniadou (Kingston), TECHNE Student Congress: The Sound of Research, June 2016
External PhD reviewer on Sara Adhitya’s doctoral dissertation ‘Sonifying Urban Rhythms: Towards the spatio-temporal composition of the urban environment’, co-supervised at the University of Venice and Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), Paris, 2013
Lead supervisor on 8 successful postgraduate dissertations (MA and MFA)
Overseeing 55 Short Term Scientific Missions (application, peer review, evaluation of reports) for the European COST Action on Sonic Interaction Design, taken up by PhD students, post-doctoral research fellows and early career researchers, 2009-2011
Keynote at the Doctoral Summer Course ‘Reconfiguring Radio’ organized by the LARM Audio Research Archive and the Copenhagen Doctoral School, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2011
Leading a doctoral workshop at the ‘Product Sound Design Summer School’ at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, 2012
The exploitation of sound as one of the principal channels conveying information, meaning, and aesthetic/emotional qualities in interactive contexts.
Artists, researchers and developers create an extensible and mobile experience that connects to public spaces as a dynamic locative experience.
How the combination of ICT and community transport solutions could improve the lives of socially isolated groups and individuals.
