Karin Moesch
Senior lecturer

Presentation

I wrote my first thesis (2012, University of Bern) on the topic of sporting engagement and violence amongst young people. My second thesis, which I wrote at Lund University in 2015, deals with the topic of psychological momentum in handball.

My current research interests are mental health amongst elite athletes and the psychological aspects of sports injuries. My main focus at the moment is on a project in which we are investigating the effect of emotional intelligence training on both the participating elite coaches and their athletes. The project is funded by CIF and is described in more detail here: https://mau.se/forskning/projekt/fokus-inat-for-att-komma-framat/. For several years, I have been working on a research project concerning injury-prevention training in youth handball, known as I-PROTECT, in which we developed an app containing educational modules as well as handball-specific physical and psychological exercises, with the aim of reducing the risk of injury. We are now taking this project further by adding a focus on promoting the mental health of young handball players in an even more specific way. This project is funded by the Folksams Forskningsstiftelsen.

In addition to my academic role, I also work as a sports psychology consultant with elite athletes, teams and coaches/managers. I do this through my position in the Elite Sport Department at the Swedish Sports Confederation.