Mats Blakstad

Research Scientist

Mats Blakstad

Unit:: SINTEF Digital
Department:: Sustainable Communication Technologies
Office:: Oslo

Projects

Contact person, projects

AT4Equity - Information systems for provision of assistive technologies in Africa (2025 - 2026)
The UNITY project: Reasons for non-attendance at hospital appointments (2022 - 2026)

Other projects

Drones in the fire and rescue service (2026 - 2029)
DigiVita – Centre for personalized digital health promotion (2026 - 2034)
Invest4Health - Digital collaboration platforms and financing models for health promotion (2023 - 2026)
BETTEReHEALTH: Human, technical and political factors for better coordination and support of e-health in Africa (2021 - 2022)
Rapid Assistive Technology Assessment (rATA) (2020 - 2021)

Publications

2023 Academic article
Barriers for Accessing Assistive Products in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) Read the publication
2022 Research report
Global report on assistive technology Read the publication

Other

2025 Conference lecture
Hva er årsakene til at noen pasienter ikke møter til time på sykehuset?
2025 Letter
Learning as a missing component of digital health, environment and climate change Read the publication
2022 Conference abstract
Assistive technology for older persons – analyses of data from WHO's rapid assistive technology assessment

Contact info

Visiting address:
Forskningsveien 1
0373 Oslo