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Hi, I'm PeO đŸ‘‹đŸŒ

I am Per-Olof Hedvall, PhD and Professor of Design specialising in Accessibility, Usability, and Universal Design. This site is a space for sharing resources, thinking aloud, and connecting dots with other people. Here, you can explore my research, teaching, and public engagement.

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A grid made up of dots with photos in them. Some of the dots have started to connect and bleed into each other.

About Me

I’m a researcher, teacher, and speaker based in Skane, Sweden. I work as Professor of Design at Mid Sweden University. I specialise in Accessibility, Usability, and Universal Design. To find some of what I've published, please see my research profile at Mid Sweden University. I also work at Lund University.

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Per-Olof Hedvall is a Professor of Design at Mid Sweden University. Hedvall's research focuses on Accessibility, Usability, and Universal Design. His current work aims to contribute to the development of Universal Design in Sweden. It examines categorisations of dis/ability and gender as patterns of inequality and discrimination, and how to create design that promotes equity and participation.

Who Is This Site For?

This site is my personal website. It is a place to write and think aloud, discuss my work, share resources, and connect dots together with people who share my passion for Dignity and Diversity by Design.

If you are someone who shares my interest in how we can design for a better world, this site is for you. I hope you find value here. Let’s learn together!

Three Reasons I Write Online

  • To experiment with new ways to write and make a few friends along the way.
  • To learn together with others in public as I continue to explore how to work as an academic.
  • To share resources and talk about our research from a more personal perspective, grounded in my own experiences.

This Site Is An Open Educational Resource (OER)

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UNSECO Global Open Educational Resources logo

The 2019 UNESCO definition describes OER as "teaching, learning and research materials that make use of appropriate tools, such as open licensing, to permit their free reuse, continuous improvement and repurposing by others for educational purposes." [1]

License

This material is an Open Educational Resource (OER) and is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

You may:

  • Share – copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
  • Adapt – remix, transform, and build upon the material

Under the following condition:

  • Attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

This only applies to content I have created. Any third-party content, such as images or quotes, may be under a different license and will be marked accordingly.

I'm in Valencia, taking photos in the Science & Arts Park.
I'm in Valencia, taking photos in the Science & Arts Park.

I'd Love To Hear From You!

Want to contact me? Here are some different ways to reach me or to see some of what I create:

References:

  1. Miao, F, Mishra, S, Orr, D and Janssen, B. 2019. Guidelines on the development of open educational resources policies. UNESCO Publishing.