Curriculum Vitae

Dr Krisztián Hofstädter

Researcher with technical, a r t i s t i c and teaching skills

Abbreviations:
ARU:     Anglia Ruskin University
CMT:     Creative Music Technology
EAD:     Enhancing Audio Description
MPA:     Music and Performing Arts
PHAIS:  School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies
UoY:     University of York

EDUCATION

2022     PhD in Music, Cambridge School of Creative Industries, ARU
2013     MA in CMT for Media, MPA Department, ARU
2012     CELTA (Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), Cambridge Assessment
2012     PTLLS (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector), Cambridge Assessment
2009     BA in CMT, MPA Department, ARU
2004     College Diploma in Cultural Organising from Eötvös József Pedagogical Faculty, Baja, Hungary

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

11/2021—ongoing     EAD, School of Arts, UoY (postdoc)
01/2018—04/2019     EAD, Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media, UoY
10/2017—10/2019     StoryLab Research Institute, ARU
04/2016—10/2017     EAD, Cultures of the Digital Economy (CoDE), ARU

More info

My key responsibilities for the AHRC-funded EAD project include conducting literature reviews, leading workshops, organising events, engaging with organisations and participants, conducting qualitative and quantitative data analysis, web design and maintenance, photography, audio-visual production, and co-authoring journal articles. The project documentation is available at http://enhancingaudiodescription.com. At the StoryLab Research Institute, in addition to my primary responsibilities as a webmaster of http://storylabresearch.com which included design and maintainance. I was also responsible for event planning, social media engagement, data analysis, content editing, photography, and audio-video post-production. See academic outputs below.


Associate Lecturer

11/2021—06/2024     Navigating the Digital World, School of PHAIS, University of Essex
01/2019—06/2019     Sonic Art, ARU
09/2016—01/2019     Music for the Moving Image, ARU
09/2014—06/2015     Laptop Performance, ARU
09/2011—01/2019     Sensor Technology, ARU
09/2014—06/2015     Audio Programming, University of Bedfordshire

More info

Between 2011 and 2019, I taught music technology-related subjects as an associate lecturer at ARU and the University of Bedfordshire. In the Sonic Art module, my class discussed the theoretical and practical aspects of sonic art and created works based on these concepts. The Music for the Moving Image module enabled students to compose original music and sound design for poetry, short films, and video games using acoustic and computer-based methods of composition. In the Laptop Performance module, students honed their understanding of digital audio and traditional music theory by composing and performing their own musical works with laptop computers as their primary musical instruments. The Sensor Technology unit focused on technological aspects that facilitate live performance and audio manipulation. This module guided students in the creation of musical installations and instruments and provided performance opportunities with these creations. The Audio Programming module introduced SuperCollider, a platform for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition used by musicians, artists and researchers working with sound. In 2021, I began teaching a module on digital identities, critical thinking, and multimedia content production at the University of Essex's Interdisciplinary Studies Centre, part of the university's School of Philosophy and Arts History department. During my time as a lecturer at the ARU, I served as a dissertation advisor on multiple occasions, organised research lectures, and helped shape the new Electronic Music pathway in the Cambridge School of Creative Industries.


Mentor and PhD advisor

07/2024–ongoing     Mentor of a 3rd year PhD researcher, UoY
11/2023—ongoing     Xizi (Sylvia) Zeng, School of Arts, UoY

Reviewer

08/2024     5th IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (submission subreviewer)
04/2023     National Science Centre, Kraków. Grant application reviewer.
02/2023     External examiner for the University of Salford. Christopher James Corradine’s MSc thesis. Internal Ben Shirley. Supervisor: Duncan Williams
01/2023     Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, section Sensory Neuroscience. Peer-review of “Case Report: Binaural Beats Music Assessment Experiment”. Editor: Thiago P. Fernandes
01/2021     Peer review for British Journal of Visual Impairment.

Academic Consultant

04/2021     For the Regions of Learning project, my responsibilities included investigating the latest hardware and software technologies capable of accurately tracking attendance for young adults participating in educational activities across diverse locations within the Cambridge City Council’s project. More info here.

Self-employed

2012—ongoing     Tedör Tea: Art and Tea (sole trader)
2012—2015          Tedör’s Vegan Food (sole trader)
2011—ongoing     Tedör TEA: Technology, Education & Art (creative technologist)

More info

Since 2011, I've worked as a freelance creative technologist, producing composition and sound design for short films, games, theatre plays, and various audio-video projects, as well as designing and maintaining websites. I also facilitated audio-video and music workshops, for instance, for Funky Flamingo, a Cambridge-based organization supporting people with disabilities, and more recently, web design workshops for the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. In 2012 I set up Tedör Tea (Art & Tea) as an independent tea company in Cambridge. I import health-giving Chinese teas and combine it with a variety of artworks produced by local artists. Between 2012–2015 I worked as a vegan chef using locally produced ingredients from Mayfield Organics. I delievered my food on my ecofriendly push-bike.


Event Organizer

03/2015—04/2016     Music Technical Officer, MPA Department, ARU
05/2011—01/2014     Assistant Manager at CB1 Internet Cafe

More info

Besides my research and teaching activities at ARU, I also worked as a Music Technical Officer between March 2015 to April 2016, where my primary responsibilities included maintaining music, computer, and audio resources, providing efficient and flexible technical support to students and staff, and organising academic conferences and events. Besides my managerial duties at CB1 Internet Cafe, I organized regular art programs, including exhibitions and music events as well as hosted events linked to veganism and sustainability.


ACADEMIC OUTPUTS

Publications

  • Hofstädter, K. 2022. Journeys around the secret place. In Musical Psychedelia (pp. 171-191). Routledge.
  • Hofstädter, K. 2022. Developing brain-computer music interfaces for meditation (Doctoral dissertation, Anglia Ruskin University).
  • López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstädter, K. 2021. Enhancing Audio Description: Inclusive Cinematic Experiences Through Sound Design in Journal of Audiovisual Translation. DOI: 10.1177/0264619620935935
  • López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstädter, K. 2020. Seeing films through sound: Sound design, spatial audio, and accessibility for visually impaired audiences, British Journal of Visual Impairment, DOI: 10.1177/0264619620935935
  • López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstädter, K. & Balla, G. 2020. Enhancing audio description: accessible filmmaking, sound design and the importance of educating filmmakers. Media Practice and Education, 21:4, 289-304, DOI: 10.1080/25741136.2020.1832830
  • López, M., Kearney, G. and Hofstädter, K. 2018. Audio Description in the UK: What works, what doesn’t, and understanding the need for personalising access. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 36(3), pp. 274–291. DOI: 10.1177/0264619618794750

Presentations, Demonstrations, Performances and Exhibitions

Funding

  • Departmental Research Group Funding for PhD, 2016–18: £1,500
  • PhD scholarship (tuition fee waiver), 2015-2018: £11,400
  • The Finzi Trust (Genelec speakers), 2010: £440