Beatrice Alenljung
Associate Professor of Informatics
School of Informatics
Room PA520L
Beatrice Alenljung is Associate Professor in Informatics at University of Skövde, Sweden, where she is the research group leader of the Interaction Lab. Beatrice’s teaching is primarily in the study programme User Experience Design. The main thread in her research is the human-centred perspective in the field of informatics, in particular digital artefacts in use. Her research interests are user experience design, human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction, simulation-based training, decision support systems, and requirements engineering.
Education
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Research
Publications
Projects
2025
Empathic Computing
2025. Article.
https://doi.org/10.70401/ec.2025.0001
2024
Proceedings of the 19th SweCog Conference
2024. Conference paper, poster.
2023
Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXVI: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Incorporating the 37th National Conference on Manufacturing Research, 6th – 8th September 2023, Aberystwyth University, UK
2023. Conference paper.
https://doi.org/10.3233/ATDE230905
Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXVI: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Incorporating the 37th National Conference on Manufacturing Research, 6th – 8th September 2023, Aberystwyth University, UK
2023. Conference paper.
https://doi.org/10.3233/ATDE230906
Proceedings 2023 Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing, CSCE 2023: Las Vegas, USA24-27 July 2023
2023. Conference paper. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCE60160.2023.00258
2022
Frontiers in Computer Science
2022. Article.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2022.794400
Proceedings 21st IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications ICMLA 2022: 12–14 December 2022 Nassau, The Bahamas
2022. Conference paper. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLA55696.2022.00105
2021
Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Techniques and Novel Applications: Thematic Area, HCI 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24–29, 2021, Proceedings, Part II
2021. Conference paper. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78465-2_14
2020
Sensors
2020. Article.
https://doi.org/10.3390/s20154284
Human-Robot Interaction: Evaluation Methods and Their Standardization
2020. Chapter in book. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42307-0_9
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Ongoing projects
Robots as Game Partners and Game Leaders for Older Adults (RoSA)
The project explores how socially assistive robots, acting as game partners and leaders, can be utilised to enable joyful and meaningful activities with older adults as active co-creators.
September 2025 - August 2028 DHEAR,InformaticsUpskilling or deskilling in robotized environments (KOMPARO)
The purpose of KOMPARO is to enhance understanding of how robotization, specifically in the form of human-robot collaboration (HRC), affects operators’ professional competence and sense of control at work, as well as how collaborative robots should be designed to support operators’ own competence development.
April 2025 - March 2028 InformaticsRisk reduction for ambulance and rescue service personnel in the event of unforeseen and severe events
The project aims to reduce the risks for ambulance and rescue service personnel in the event of difficult and unpredictable events. By developing a method package for digital simulation, the researchers want to improve the response leaders' ability to make joint risk assessments across organizational boundaries.
May 2024 - April 2027 InformaticsSocial robots in home environments for older persons' quality of life (RO-LIV)
The purpose of RO-LIV is to identify the needs, solutions, and obstacles for assistive social robots that contribute to improved quality of life for older persons. The project is based on interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers in informatics and health science and aims to deliver a roadmap supporting decision-makers in the implementation of social robots in care for older persons, with a specific focus on the home environment.
March 2024 - September 2026 InformaticsFinished projects
Virtual Simulation for Training of the Rescue Services
Rescue services have to maintain their knowledge and skills on an ongoing basis through training and examination. Training is today primarily done in instructor-led exercises on training fields. Rescue services can train a greater variety and complexity of events with virtual simulation, while fire fighters can participate from their own station without having to travel. More skills can be developed more flexibly with virtual simulation: mass-training can be realized by training more often in shorter sessions. The research project focuses on how instructors should act to use virtual simulation successfully.
July 2019 - December 2022 InformaticsInteraction between humans and autonomous systems
AIR investigates action and intention recognition in human interaction with autonomous systems (or AIR, for short). More specifically, the focus is on the interaction of humans and autonomous systems that move in shared physical spaces.
April 2015 - March 2019 Informatics