Carolina Lundqvist

Associate Professor, Docent

My research interest is focused on psychological factors that increase elite athletes’ possibilities to perform at a high level and perceive quality of life during their elite careers.

Performance enhancement and quality of life in elite sports from a sport psychology perspective

I am a Ph.D. in psychology, Associate Professor in sport sciences and licensed psychotherapist. My current research interests are, among all, focused on elite athletes’ well-being and quality of life and psychological performance enhancement in the elite sport context. I am teaching in various areas of psychology (e.g., sport psychology, clinical psychology and social psychology).

Publications

2023

News

New research project for safe sport environments

How widespread are the problems of harassment, abuse and the culture of silence in Swedish sports? The answer is that nobody knows. A new research project at LiU aims to find out and come up with concrete measures to counter these problems.

Organisation

Division of Psychology (PSY)

Research at the division covers many aspects of psychology. We also educate psychologists and psychotherapists to meet the challenges of work life and future clients in the best possible way.

Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL)

Human behaviour and learning is the focus for education and research at the department. We educate students and scientists that are well equipped to meet future challenges in society and working life.