Mira Alhonsuo

Mira Alhonsuo is a PartTime Lecturer at the Faculty of Art and Design of the University of Lapland, focusing on interdisciplinary service design and digital storytelling applications in healthcare.

• Primary Affiliation: University of Lapland (Faculty of Art and Design)
• Collaborations: TEKES, Rovaniemi City, Chilean institutions, Umeå University, Emily Carr University Health Design Lab

Research Interests:

• Service design methodologies for healthcare innovation
• Digital storytelling tools in pediatric care
• Empathic design approaches for cross-cultural contexts
• Simulation pedagogy in public service development
• Stakeholder engagement in trauma care

Recent Research Trends: 2022-2023 works emphasize digital health, patient experience in healthcare services, and service prototyping frameworks. Earlier research (2014-2017) focused on trauma simulation and preventive health systems.

Projects & Activities:

• SmartCulTour (2020-2023): Collaborative EU-funded project on cultural tourism
• Digital Health Revolution (2014): Early work on connected health services
• Organized Innovación 2050 workshop in Chile (2018)
• Active in international conferences (2016-2021)
• Visiting researcher at Umeå University (2017) and Emily Carr University (2017)