About me

Erik Stolterman Bergqvist is a retired Professor in Informatics at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is also an Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Design at Umeå University, Sweden, and an Honorary Doctor at Gothenburg University, Sweden. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at FLAME University, India.

Stolterman was for several years co-Editor for the Design Thinking/Design Theory book series by MIT Press, and on several editorial boards for international journals (The HCI journal, International Journal of Design, Design Studies, Design, Economics and Innovation, International Journal of Designs for Learning, Studies in Material Thinking, Human Computation, Artifact). Stolterman’s main work is within the areas of HCI, interfaces, interactivity, interaction design, design practice, philosophy and theory of design. Stolterman has published a large number of articles and five books, including “Thoughtful Interaction Design” (MIT Press) and “The Design Way” (MIT Press) and “Things That Keep Us Busy--The Elements of Interaction” (MIT Press, 2017).

Erik can be reached at estolter@gmail.com



Being retired

 So, now I have been retired since May 2025. It is great! I have not done anything related to my work life (yet). Well, I am connected with ...