Oskar Jonsson is particularly interested in studying issues concerning human-environment interaction. To reach a more sustainable society, an effort is to enable both people and built environments to age with dignity. His research concerns ageing and health in relation to the design of public environments, housing and household goods.

In addition, Oskar Jonsson is interested in questions about how the different forms of knowledge; research-based knowledge, people's lived experience and practitioners' practice-based knowledge can be integrated and translated into action.

The research areas are the arts and sciences of design and health, without being discipline-specific. Oskar Jonsson’s prior education includes a PhD in Industrial Design, an MFA in the History and Theory of Design, a BSc in Furniture Design and a Journeyman in Cabinet Making.

Thesis

Oskar Jonsson’s doctoral thesis "Furniture for Later Life" focused on how older adults act on, are influenced by, reflect on and appreciate furniture in their homes. The aim was to improve the conditions for the design of furniture with and for older adults and the housing forms in which they live with their own experiences as a point of departure.

Jonsson, O. (2013). Furniture for later life: Design based on older people’s experiences of furniture in three housing forms (Doctoral dissertation). Lund University, Sweden. http://www.lu.se/lup/publication/4146752

Oskar Jonsson has been co-supervisor for PhD student Joakim Frögren who successfully defended his thesis in 2023. Teaching includes course elements on universal design and degree project supervision for the Occupational Therapist Program. Prior experience includes teaching in the fields of furniture culture, furniture design and knowledge production at Carl Malmsten Furniture Studies, Linköping University.