Kristina Hook

Kristina Hook, born in 1964, is a Swedish computer scientist known for her work in human-computer interaction and for developing the concept of somaesthetics, an approach to interaction design grounded in bodily awareness. She has been a professor of interaction design at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology since 2012, after an earlier professorship at Stockholm University, and her contributions have been recognized with the ERCIM Cor Baayen Award, membership in the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, election to the CHI Academy, an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg and the SIGCHI Lifetime Service Award.