John is a writer and research consultant, focusing on psychological aspects of IT application design and use. He has a PhD in Experimental Psychology and is a Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society. He is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Informatics, Umeå University.

See also Q-Life Facebook page.

“I am interested in new ways in which information technologies can be designed and applied to enhance health and life quality for a wide range of individuals: in everyday life, in clinical settings and in other specific circumstances.”

Contact John here.

New book published October 2025, available in hardback and for digital download:

https://link.springer.com/book/9783031998317

And our recent book on Digital Travel is also available here for free download.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-91272-7

Some of the books I have authored/coauthored/contributed to are shown below, details of these and other publications are here.