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1. People and Patient involvement in research and innovation is a relatively new trend in health. It means that people and patients are not the subject of research or innovation but they are on an equal footing i.e. using people and patients as co-designers or co-researchers (regarding user research). How people with health conditions or disabilities are involved in the design and development of digital services, products, and innovations? The perspectives can varie e.g. one can ask associations like ADHD associations, associations for the blind, cavernoma associations etc, and see how they feel they are involved and included in the design of digital services - are they asked to participate as test subjects or as consultants in the user research and design phase. Another perspective is the one from the designers and developers of digital products and services, when they involve people, and for what reason. One can even take both perspectives and understand what are the challenges and how to bridge those two groups.
    

2. User research, design, and/or development of a digital HUB that connects people with health conditions and disabilities to researchers who look for People and Patient involvement in their project. The project could focus on one or more of the following: user requirements, specifications of the platform, service design including this platform, transformation of a livande bibliotek into a digital service, and more. If you are interested in this subject please contact me for more information and opportunities. The context of this study could be any or many countries in the European Union.
    

3. Evaluate how inclusive wearables are (e.g., rings, smart watches, prosthetics, etc) for people with chronic conditions or people over 65 years old. You can pick your user group (people with low vision, cognitive disabilities deaf or low hearing, neurodevelopmental conditions, wheelchair users, or any other). How wearables are used by people with diverse needs? Do they use wearables why, why not, what kind of wearables, what do these wearables miss?
    

4. A digital solution for first-year university students with neurodevelopmental or behavioral conditions (e.g., dyslexia, ADHD, autism, etc) that helps them tackle issues like moving to another town/country to study, handling bureaucracy related to gaining access to university resources, handling new style of teaching and learning, handling uneven day structure and time management. An example of such a mini-project is https://www.gu.se/en/applied-information-technology/personalized-learning-with-amica
    

5. Evaluation (and redesign) of healthcare online services like 1177.se, Doctor.se, etc, in relation to accessibility in different user groups e.g., senior, low-visioned, low-hearing, or cognitive-related conditions. How did these services take into consideration people with disabilities when they were designed and while they were up and running? What are the different user groups' needs and how can these services be more inclusive? You will need figma or similar competencies for redesign, otherwise, you can evaluate and propose guidelines. You do not need to do the evaluation in all user groups, one is enough.
    

6. Anything with behavior change especially in health e.g. motivate people to live healthier through apps, wearables, or even an ecosystem of digital tools. What do people use to sustain a healthy lifestyle in their busy and stressful day-to-day lives? What do digital devices and services lack to support people in such a behavior
    

7. In user-centered and participatory design different methods are used to involve users. How are these methods or can they be adjusted so they can be inclusive? For example, how can one organize a co-design session with people with low vision or with people with multiple sclerosis where their symptoms come and go?
    

8. (Swedish) How DOS law (Lag om tillgänglighet till digital offentlig service) influence public digital services regarding accessibility and inclusion? Lessons learned and how can we move forward to an inclusive digital society? What is the impact of the European Accessibility Act on DOS and the Swedish public sector? 
    

9. Explore the impact of the E.U accessibility act on the development and design of commercial products. How do designers of technology apply accessibility to their products? Do they follow any guidelines? What are those and what can we learn from their practices?