Malin Andtfolk

Malin Andtfolk is a University Lecturer at Åbo Akademi University, affiliated with the Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies and the Department of Health Sciences Solutions for Health. Her research focuses on healthcare robotics, digital health services, and nursing innovations with a particular emphasis on elderly care and ethical implications of emerging technologies.

She leads or collaborates on projects like HemVårdsBoosten (funded by Svensk-Österbottniska samfundet) and PharmAInteraction (foundation-funded), exploring occupational health for healthcare staff and ethical aspects of social robots in pharmacy counselling. Recent publications address humanoid robots in elderly training programs, barriers to digital wellbeing services, and regulatory perspectives on healthcare AI.

Andtfolk actively participates in international conferences, presenting on topics such as healthcare robotics ethics, occupational self-efficacy among professionals, and future trends in nursing. She has conducted interdisciplinary research on themes like thematic analysis of client needs and hierarchical task analysis in healthcare delivery.