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Jenny Jakobsson serves as a Guest Researcher at Linköping University's Athletics Research Center (ARC) within the Department of Health, Medicine and Care, Faculty of Medicine. She concurrently holds roles as medical coordinator for the Swedish Athletics Association since 1997, participating in Olympic Games and international championships as team physiotherapist, and maintains clinical practice in Stockholm specializing in sports medicine and orthopedic manual therapy.
Her educational credentials include a Physiotherapist degree from Karolinska Institutet (1992), PhD in Medicine from Linköping University (2012), and postdoctoral studies at the same institution (2016-2019).
- Physiotherapist, Karolinska Institutet (1992)
- PhD in Medicine, Linköping University (2012)
- Postdoctoral Research, Linköping University (2016-2019)
Jakobsson conducts practice-oriented research focused on sustainable sports participation and athlete health through interdisciplinary collaboration with sports stakeholders. Her primary investigations examine injury occurrence and mechanisms in individual sports—particularly track and field across developmental stages from children to elite adults—with current emphases on epidemiology, overuse injury prevention, and knowledge translation strategies. Ongoing projects address youth injury prevention, mobile-based health literacy development, and international injury surveillance systems.
Her 2022-2025 publications reveal strong thematic convergence in sports injury epidemiology, mental health in youth athletics, and digital health interventions, with significant contributions to understanding socioeconomic influences on injury management and health literacy. The work consistently employs mixed-methods approaches across global contexts including Sweden, Kenya, Australia, and OECD nations.
Jakobsson co-supervises doctoral candidates Victor Bargoria (physician) and Ben Raysmith (physiotherapist), providing clinical-academic mentorship. Her research is institutionally supported through strategic partnerships with the Swedish Athletics Association, Swedish Sports Confederation, World Athletics, Moi University (Kenya), and Australian Athletics.
As core member of Linköping University's Athletics Research Group alongside Professor Toomas Timpka and Associate Professor Carolina Lundqvist, she contributes to ARC's mission as an international interdisciplinary hub for athletics research—addressing one of the world's most popular individual sports and a cornerstone Olympic discipline through projects like the World Athletics Track & Field Athletes Health study.
