Per-Olof Hedvall
Per-Olof Hedvall works as Director of Research at Certec, Department of Design Sciences, Lund University, Sweden. Per-Olof’s research deals with accessibility, participation, and universal design, with a particular interest in the interplay between people and technology. He has worked on several Swedish, Nordic, and European projects regarding computer games, interaction design, and new forms of Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Basing his work on Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, he focuses on lived perspectives and how human and artefactual assistance can be designed to support people in fulfilling their needs, wishes, and dreams.
Selected academic publications /media publications:
1. Hedvall, P.-O., Rydeman, B., Andersson, M. & Granholm, S. (2018). Co-constructing Universal Design in Citizen Science Workshops. In The Universal Design and Higher Education in Transformation Congress (UDHEIT2018). IOS Press.
2. Lorentzen, L. & Hedvall, P.-O. (2018) Bringing human diversity into design processes through empathic modeling. In The Universal Design and Higher Education in Transformation Congress (UDHEIT2018). IOS Press.
3. Magnusson, C., Hedvall, P. O., & Caltenco, H. (2017). Co-designing together with persons with visual impairments. In Mobility of Visually Impaired People: Fundamentals and ICT Assistive Technologies (s. 411-434). Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54446-5_14
4. Hedvall, P-O., Larsen, H. S., & Caltenco, H. (2013). Inclusion Through Design – Engaging Children with Disabilities in Development of Multi-Sensory Environments. In Assistive Technology Research Series (Vol. 33, s. 628-633). IOS Press. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-304-9-628
5. Hedvall, P-O. (2009). The Activity Diamond – Modeling an Enhanced Accessibility. Doctoral thesis. Lund: Lund University.
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