I am an Associate Professor in Technology in Health Care and a Docent in Technology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. With a PhD in sociology and experience in interdisciplinary research, I investigate the user-centered design of AI technologies for health and well-being.
My research explores use and design of interactive AI technologies for healthy living with application areas in social robotics, wearable technologies and mobile health. In my research, I develop participatory methodologies to design, investigate and evaluate emerging technologies for health and well-being by involving users, such as older adults or children, throughout the design process. I am interested to explore the individual and socially shared practices embedded in the use of new technologies, and the mutual shaping of technologies in everyday life to contribute to more inclusive and transformative technologies. My research is inspired by social practice theory, media and communication studies and participatory design methodologies.
Sanna Kuoppamäki, PhD 