Elina Eriksson
Associate professor
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Researcher
About me
I am a docent in Regenerative Design and I am an associate professor at the department of Media Technology and Interaction Design (MID)at the school of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. I am also affiliated with Green Leap, Digital Futures and KTH Climate Action Center. My areas of interest are sustainability and human-computer interaction (S-HCI), and ICT for sustainability.
I am co-leading the research group Sustainable Futures Lab, together with Daniel Pargman, see what we have been up to on our team blog.
I am programme responsible for a new 2 year international master's programme, Sustainable Digitalisation, starting autumn 2024
If you want to get a short pitch of what research I do and why, watch this video:
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Technology and its interplay with society have always fascinated me, and I am driven in my research to explore how technology in general, and computing in particular can aid in the transition to a more sustainable world. Hence change, and change of practice, has been a focal point in my research, from my doctoral studies up until now.
I defended my thesis Situated Reflexive Change - User-centred Design in(to) Practice in February 2013 at KTH, but have also been working at Uppsala University during my PhD-studies.
Currently I am the project manager in the project Beyond the event horizon: tools to explore local energy transformations, and I also work in the projects Decreased CO2-emissions in flight-intensive organisations: from data to practice, and HabitWise - Creating Sustainable Everyday Habits.
Courses
Degree Project in Media Technology, First Cycle (DM128X), examiner
Evaluation Methods in Human-Computer Interaction (DH2408), teacher
ICT and Sustainability (FDM3506), examiner
Individual Course in Media Technology (DM2906), examiner, course responsible
Leading Complex Change Processes (DM2800), course responsible
Program Integrating Course in Sustainable Digitalisation (DM2802), teacher
Sustainability and Media Technology (DM2573), teacher
Sustainable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Practice (DM2720), examiner, course responsible