Contact Dr Iveta Eimontaite
Areas of expertise
- Industrial Automation
- Industrial Ergonomics and Human Factors
Background
Iveta Eimontaite holds an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of York and a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Hull. Before joining the Industrial Psychology and Human Factors group at Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é in June 2019, she worked at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (University of the West of England) and Sheffield Robotics (University of Sheffield). Her research explores the behavioural and cognitive dimensions of Human–Technology Interaction (HTI), with a particular focus on understanding user needs and requirements to support the effective and human-centred integration of advanced technologies in workplace and social environments.
Research opportunities
Iveta's research focuses on acceptance, trust, and wellbeing in human–technology interaction, particularly in manufacturing environments where people work alongside high- and low-payload robotic arms, exoskeletons, mobile manipulators, and AI-driven systems. She combines qualitative and quantitative approaches with physiological and behavioural measures to investigate psychological safety, workload, and user engagement.
Iveta’s expertise spans:
- Co-creation workshops and user engagement
- Cognitive and physical ergonomics
- Decision-making in human–robot collaboration
- Application of physiological and neural methods
Her aim is to deliver evidence-based insights and recommendations that enable the safe, effective, and human-centred integration of emerging technologies into industrial and healthcare contexts.
Current activities
Within the Industrial Psychology and Human Factors (IPHF) group, Iveta contributes to several European research projects, including CONVERGING (https://www.converging-project.eu/), AI-PRISM (https://aiprism.eu/), JARVIS (https://jarvis-project.eu/) and MASTERLY (https://masterly-project.eu/), as well as the completed H2020 SHERLOCK project. She also collaborated with the start-up Milbotix on the Innovate UK project AGITIX, which explored the use of sensor-instrumented smart socks to monitor physiology and stress in dementia care.
