Eva Savolainen

Eva Savolainen is a Lecturer at the Department of Health, Education and Technology within Health, Medicine and Rehabilitation at Luleå University of Technology. Her research focuses on promoting children's health through active transportation, particularly examining psychosocial factors and feasibility aspects of school-based interventions.

• Research subject: Physiotherapy and Health Promotion
• Email: eva.savolainen@ltu.se
• Research keywords: Active school transportation, Children's health behavior, Community engagement

Her recent publications explore children's perspectives on independent active transport (2025), psychosocial determinants of active school travel (2024), and feasibility challenges from school personnel viewpoints (2024). Earlier work (2020) established long-term intervention effectiveness for physical activity promotion.