He is mentoring the student initiated Live Projects alongside his regular teaching responsibilities. Live Projects are co-curricular activities that have proven to trigger social entrepreneurship, active learning and a new professional culture among students. As coordinator of NTNU Live Studio, he is responsible for research and development of Live activities for students of the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts. NTNU Live Studio has gone from strength to strength and in 2015 received the Norwegian Education Award and the NTNU Education Award. In addition to teaching, Steffen has worked on public projects, participatory design, active design and the use of architecture as a strategic tool. Together with Bjørke Arkitektur, he was awarded the Trondheim Architecture Award 2013. Furthermore, in 2010 he received the Sintef award for outstanding teaching at NTNU.