About uMOVE

The goal of the uMOVE core facility is to offer a state-of-the-art platform for the exploration of movement and behavior for researchers, teachers, students and clinicians via a multidisciplinary approach.

uMOVE is a joint collaboration between the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS) and the Women’s Health and Allied Health Professionals Theme at Karolinska University Hospital.

We offer services such as project design support, data collection, analysis and interpretation to simply renting out equipment and/or lab space. Our mission is to bring new knowledge about different perspectives of human movement control, for example by studying the impact of cognitive functions and emotions on movement control and activity in daily life.

uMOVE receives support from:

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Scientific Director

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Erika Franzén

Professor/Physical Therapist

Facility Manager

Senior lab manager

Lab manager

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Alexander Kvist

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Assistant

Ulrika Holdar

Adjunct Lecturer

Steering committee

Maria Hagströmer, professor, NVS, chair of the steering committee

Linda Holmström (HP)

Malin Nygren-Bonnier, docent, NVS

Erika Franzén, professor, NVS, scientific director

David Moulee Conradsson, docent, NVS, facility manager

Alexandra Halvarsson (HP)

Mike Kemani (HP)

Advisory board

Andreas Olsson, professor, CNS

Carl Johan Sundberg, professor, FyFa/LIME

Joanna Kvist, professor, LiU

Maria Ekblom, professor, GIH

Wim Grooten, docent, NVS

Eric Westman, professor, NVS

Ing-Mari Dohrn, docent, NVS, SFO-V

Contact uMOVE

Questions or if you wish to discuss an upcoming or ongoing research project? Please send an e-mail to: umove@ki.se

Content reviewer:
29-04-2026