Mag. Irene STEPNICZKA, MSc.
Phone: +43/1/71155-3916
Email: stepniczka-i@mdw.ac.at
Main research fields:
- Qualitative and quantitative methods as well as mixed-methods research – also in combination with physiological measurements and in participatory settings
- combining interdisciplinary perspectives with music therapy topics – especially linking music therapy and cognitive science
- effects of music therapy
- music and medicine as well as music-based interventions
Irene Stepniczka studied musicology and cognitive science (focuses: Psychology, Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence) at the University of Vienna and completed both studies with distinction. After carrying out research in the field of aviation with the German Aerospace Center, Boeing and Airbus, she now applies her experience in interdisciplinary and mixed-methods research to music therapy topics. Since 2018, she has worked in various projects at WZMF – Music Therapy Research Centre Vienna at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where she is a research associate.
Internal cooperations:
- Management of the project "My Tune. Music therapy from our perspectives" with Julia Fent
- Further development of the dialogue-questionnaire with Monika Smetana
Selected publications:
Smetana, M., Stepniczka, I., & Bishop, L. (2022). COME_IN: A qualitative framework for content, meanings and intersubjectivity in free dyadic improvisations. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2022.2084638
Fent, J. & Stepniczka, I. (2022). My Tune – Musiktherapie aus unseren Perspektiven. Musiktherapeutische Umschau, 43(3), 258–260, DOI: 10.13109/muum.2022.43.3.258
Smetana, & Stepniczka, I. (2022). Dialogue Short Questionnaire (Dia-SQN) – Anwendung eines Fragebogens zur Erfassung des subjektiven Erlebens in Improvisationen. Musiktherapeutische Umschau, 43(2), 160–162, DOI: 10.13109/muum.2022.43.2.160
Huber, M., Riedl, H., Goditsch, M., Stepniczka, I., & Stegemann, T. (2022). Musik als Krisenprävention im Corona-Lockdown: Erkenntnisse aus einem musiktherapeutischen Projekt in Österreich. Schweizer Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft 38, 29–40, DOI: 10.36950/sjm.38.3
Stepniczka, I., Bishop, L., & Smetana, M. (2020). Meaningful situations during “partner-play” improvisations: A feasibility study applying a mixed methods approach. Poster presented at the Online World Congress of Music Therapy, July 07–08, 2020, University of Pretoria, South Africa.