Joakim Niklasson

Postdoc position

Department of Health, Room H560B

I became a licensed Occupational Therapist in 2015 at Jönköping University. In 2017, I obtained my master’s degree in Occupational Therapy, with a focus on activity and health from a gerontological perspective. I have worked clinically mainly in the geriatric care field but also in psychiatry and as a research coordinator for RiksSår.

I defended my dissertation in 2024 at Linnaeus University in health sciences with the thesis ‘Understanding Sedentary Behavior in Older Adults: The Role of Lived Experience, Embodied Navigation, and Daily Physical Activity’ and am now working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Applied Health Technology at BTH.

As a postdoctoral researcher, my research focus is sustainable aging in relation to the role of activity in the digital society

Projects & Publications

Selected publications
Niklasson, J., Fagerström, C., Bergman, P. et al. The meaning of sedentary behavior among older adults: a phenomenological hermeneutic study. BMC Public Health 23, 1134 (2023).
Niklasson, J., Fagerström, C., Backåberg, S. et al. Daily activity patterns in older adults receiving initial support: the association between daily steps and sitting in bouts of at least 60 min. BMC Geriatr 24, 88 (2024).
Niklasson, J., Backåberg, S., Lindberg, T., Bergman, P., & Fagerström, C. (2024). Embodied navigation: the influence of lived experience on physical activity and sedentary behavior among older adults. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 19(1).

Recent publications
Joakim Niklasson, Cecilia Fagerström, Sofia Backaberg, Patrick Bergman, Terese Lindberg, "Exploring predictors of the five-time sit-to-stand test based on cross-sectional findings from the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC)", BMC Geriatrics, EISSN 1471-2318, Vol. 25, nr 1, BioMed Central (BMC), 2025