Ragnhild Bø is a psychologist and researcher with a PhD in clinical neuropsychology from the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo. Her doctoral research examined executive functioning in young adults with binge-drinking patterns.
Her research spans affective neuroscience and experimental psychopathology, with a particular focus on how stress influences cognitive and emotional functioning and on mechanisms that cut across diagnostic categories. A central aim of her work is to contribute to more targeted and mechanism-informed approaches to psychological treatment by identifying patient characteristics and underlying processes associated with treatment response.
She is affiliated with the DRIVE research network, where she has a particular interest in biomarkers of mental disorders. Her research also examines the potential of digital interventions across different clinical contexts and stages of symptom trajectories. This work includes literature reviews and randomized clinical trials conducted in both primary and specialist healthcare settings.
She has also contributed to research on self-reported cognitive functioning following COVID-19 and to a rehabilitation study conducted within the Norwegian Corona Study.
Ragnhild serves on the internal ethical committee at PSI, on the research review committee of the Dam Foundation, and on the Norwegian Board of Technology’s expert committee on Artificial Intimacy. She also regularly reviews manuscripts for international scientific journals.
She has several years of university teaching experience in cognition, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive assessment, and experimental methods, and has completed formal university pedagogical training. She currently serves as the main supervisor for two PhD candidates and supervises several graduate and master’s students.