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 2010-12-27

Selected Recent Publications

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.

Waterworth, E. L. & Waterworth J. A. (2010). Mediated presence in the future. In Cheryl Campanella Bracken, C. C.& Skalski, P. (eds) Immersed in Media 1: Telepresence in Everyday Life. New York: Routledge.

Sandlund, M., Hoshi, K., Waterworth, E.L. & Häger-Ross, C. (2009). A conceptual framework for design of interactive computer play in rehabilitation of children with sensorimotor disorders. Physical Therapy Reviews, 14 (5), 348-354.

Waterworth, E L and Waterworth J A (2009). Designing ICT for the over 80s. In Topo, P. & Östlund, B. (2009), Dementia, Design and Technology: Time to Get Involved. Amsterdam: IOS Press.