Maria Larsson-Lund
Professor and Head of Subject
Research subject: Occupational therapy
Division: Health, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Department of Health, Education and Technology
About me
I am a chaired professor in occupational therapy and have done research in the field for over 25 years. I am also the subject representative for occupational therapy, which means that I work with overall issues relating to research, education and collaboration within the subject. The work includes course responsibility, teaching and examination at basic, advanced and postgraduate level. I have extensive experience in project management for research and development work that relates to technology in the service of "people". I also have experience in leading pedagogical development work in higher education related to digitization, e-learning and digital competence as well as clinical development projects in rehabilitation and collaboration. Furthermore, I am deputy scientific leader for one of LTU's future areas: PRECISE. Read about PRECISE here.
My research
My research focuses on developing proactive internet-based intervention programs in prevention and rehabilitation that support people to an active everyday life. Another area of research is developing methods for early proactive work rehabilitation for people with cognitive difficulties in digital work environments. Involvement in activity and participation in society and how opportunities change in the case of neurological disease and injury is another area of research. It studies how the conditions of the person and the environment (e.g. places, social networks, everyday technology and transport) interact with activities and change the conditions for an active life and health. My research also focuses on digitalization in society and how the increased use of technology affects health and participation in activities at home, at workplaces and in society. The research also focuses on how technology can promote health and engagement in activities by improving the match between the person, the technology and the environment.
You can read more about the research I carry out here.
I am part of the European research group P4Play External link, opens in new window., where I am involved in projects about children's opportunity to play in digital environments.
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