Eva Lindh Waterworth, PhD
Professor in Informatics at Umeå University, Sweden.

I am Professor of Informatics, and Manager of Q-Life, a research group within this department. We carry out research on the relationship between quality of life and information technology, in collaboration with local and other organisations. See my list of publications.

My main research interest is in exploring the use of information technology to improve quality of life and creativity, especially to help people with special needs. As well as working in several of our funded projects, I am currently a work package leader and administrative coordinator of AGNES: User-sensitive home-based systems for successful ageing in a networked society, funded by the AAL Joint Programme.

My educational background is in Business Administration and Informatics, and I have a PhD in Informatics, awarded in 2001. My thesis is entitled: Perceptually-Seductive Technology: designing computer support for everyday creativity. Contact me for more details. I have also taught at the department since 1987, devising and presenting a wide range of different courses for both the Systems Analysis and the Digital Media production programs.

eva@informatik.umu.se, tel: +46 (0)90 786 67 71, fax: 786 65 50
Department of Informatics, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden. Modified 2012-June-12

Recent and Forthcoming Publications

Waterworth, J. A. & Waterworth, E. L (2013). Distributed Embodiment: Real Presence in Virtual Bodies. Book chapter in Grimshaw, M. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Virtuality. In Press.

Waterworth, J. A., Waterworth E. L., Mantovani, F & Riva, G. (2012). Editorial. Interacting with Computers, Special Issue on Presence and Interaction: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2012.05.003

Eva L. Waterworth, John A. Waterworth, Christian Peter, Soledad Ballesteros (2012) Seniors in charge of ICT innovation. 5th Workshop on Affect and Behaviour Related Assistance. PETRA 2012, Crete, June 6-8, 2012.

Soledad Ballesteros, Christian Peters, Eva L. Waterworth, John A. Waterworth (2012). The role of ICT and networking in healthy ageing. 5th Workshop on Affect and Behaviour Related Assistance. PETRA 2012, Crete, June 6-8, 2012.

Sandlund, Marlene; Dock, Katarina; Häger, Charlotte K. & Waterworth, Eva L (2012). Motion interactive video games in home training for children with cerebral palsy: parents' perceptions. Disability and Rehabilitation, 34(11): 925-933.

Anne MacFarlane, Pauline Clerkin, Elizabeth Murray, David J Heaney, Mary Wakeling, Ulla-Maija Pesola, Eva Lindh Waterworth, Frank Larsen, Minna Makiniemi & Ilkka Winblad (2011). The e-Health Implementation Toolkit: Qualitative evaluation across four European countries. Implementation Science, 6:122   (19 Nov 2011). http://www.implementationscience.com/content/6/1/122

Marlene Sandlund, Eva Lindh Waterworth & Charlotte Häger-Ross (2011) Using motion interactive games to promote physical activity
and enhance motor performance in children with cerebral palsy Developmental Neurorehabilitation, Vol. 14, No. 1 , Pages 15-21.

Riva, G, Waterworth, J.A., Waterworth E. L. & Mantovani, F. (2011) From intention to action: the role of presence. New Ideas in Psychology (2011).

Anne Roberts, Jarmo Reponen, Ulla-Maija Pesola, Eva Waterworth et al. (2010). Transnational Comparison: A Retrospective Study on e-Health in Sparsely Populated Areas of the Northern Periphery. Telemedicine and e-Health. December 2010, 16(10): 1053-105.

Monica Winge, Lars-Åke Johansson, Monica Nyström, Eva Lindh-Waterworth, Benkt Wangler (2010). The need for a new care model: Getting to grips with collaborative home care MedInfo2010 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2010.

Waterworth, J.A., Waterworth E. L., Mantovani, F. & Riva, G (2010).  On feeling (the) present: an evolutionary account of the sense of presence in physical and electronically-mediated environments. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 17 (1-2), 167-188.