Victoria Blom
Head of department of physical activity and health, Professor, Head of Psychology
Email: victoria.blom@gih.se
Phone: +46 8-120 53 842
Visiting address: Lidingövägen 1
Room: 1248
Belongs to: Department of Physical Activity and Health
Interests
Read more about my interests in teaching, research and collaboration.
I am engaged as a lecturer, course coordinator, examiner and supervisor at undergraduate and graduate level. Subjects include Work and Organizational Psychology, Leadership, Gender, Health Psychology, Human Resource Management, Organizational Theory, Group Psychology, Motivation, Physical Activity and Health, Personality Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Sports Psychology, and Stress-Related Illness.
I am a Professor of psychology with a focus on work psychology, a senior lecturer in leadership at GIH, and a licensed psychologist in CBT. My research includes, among other things, mental illness related to work, psychosocial work environment, physical activity and mental health, as well as behavioral changes of physical activity with the help of CBT and MI.
I am deputy research leader in E-PABS, Center of Excellence in Physical activity, Healthy brain functions and Sustainability, which is an eight-year project funded by the Knowledge and Competence Foundation in collaboration with Swedish industry.
Ongoing research projects include laboratory and psychotherapy research on physical activity in patients with fatigue syndrome and intervention research on the treatment of suicidal people.
I am deputy research leader in E-PABS, Center of Excellence in Physical activity, Healthy brain functions and Sustainability, which is an eight-year project funded by the Knowledge and Competence Foundation in collaboration with Swedish industry.
Latest publications
- Article
From checkups to change: Longitudinal changes in lifestyle-related factors following repeated occupational health assessments among 106 005 Swedish workers
2026- Daniel Väisänen,
- Elin Ekblom Bak,
- Linnea Eriksson,
- Conference Paper
Autonomic Responses to Acute Exercise in Stress-Induced Exhaustion Disorder
2025- Jenny Kling,
- Örjan Ekblom,
- Robert Persson Asplund,
- Article
Psychological responses to acute exercise in patients with stress-induced exhaustion disorder
2025- Jenny Kling,
- Robert Persson Asplund,
- Örjan Ekblom,
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Licensed psychologist in CBT and organizational psychologist.
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Academic title
Professor in Sport Science, Licensed Psychologist