About
Anne Skevik Grødem is a researcher in NOVA's Department for Ageing Research and Housing Studies. She holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Oslo. She has carried out research on a broad range of topics related to social policy and welfare state, including family policy, social housing, and integration. In recent years, she has worked extensively on the development in the Norwegian pension system and the consequences the reformed pension system has had for older workers' situation in the labour market.
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Sustainable wellbeing through investment in social services (SWINS)
The project aims to bridge knowledge gaps on how investments in social services influence macroeconomic stability and the EU’s sustainability transition.
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Transitions in Late Careers: Obstacles and Opportunities
In this project, we aim to identify the barriers workers may encounter as they age, with a focus on critical turning points and transitions.
Completed research projects
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Competency at Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) offices
The purpose of the project is to investigate how competence is developed at local NAV offices.
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Coping with Flexibility. Behavioral Adaptations to the New Pension System and their Consequences in a Lifetime Perspective
The aim of this project is to study how people adapt to the reformed pension system. In particular, we look at adaptations to the increasing flexibility offered – both in terms of savings, and in terms of job planning and ways of combining work and pension uptake.
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Housing as a Welfare Good for Young NEETs
This project explores how housing conditions affect young people who are neither in education, employment, nor training (NEETs) in Oslo.
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New Pension System: Legitimacy, Behavioural Effects and Sustainability (PensjonsLAB)
A long-term research contract on the issues of old age pension and labour market activity among seniors financed by The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
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Shades of Grey: Negotiating Age Norms, Class and Gender in the time of Pension Reform
How employers and employees maneuver under the new circumstances in The Norwegian pension reform.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Grødem, Anne Skevik
; Hesselberg, Hege Sofie
(2026).
Making sense of age in organizations: Managerial interpretations of generation, age, tenure and experience (GATE).
European Management Journal.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2026.05.008
Grødem, Anne Skevik
; Wagner, Ines Alisa
(2026).
Gender and power in occupational pensions: Trade union strategies and institutional constraints.
Economic and Industrial Democracy: an international journal.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X261441177
Grødem, Anne Skevik
; Hesselberg, Hege Sofie
(2024).
Hører jeg til her – fortsatt? Identitet og sårbarhet som eldre arbeidstaker.
Søkelys på arbeidslivet.
https://doi.org/10.18261/spa.41.3.2
Grødem, Anne Skevik
; Kitterød, Hege
(2023).
For gammel til jobbintervju? Betydningen av lederes holdninger til eldre arbeidstakere for når de mener en søker er for gammel til å innkalles til intervju.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS).
Vol. 64.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tfs.64.4.3
Grødem, Anne Skevik
; Kitterød, Hege
(2023).
Is There a Gender Gap in Support for Distributive Principles in Old Age Pension Schemes?.
Journal of Aging & Social Policy.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2023.2225374
Grødem, Anne Skevik
(2023).
Aldring i en innvandrernisje på arbeidsmarkedet. Lederblikk på eldre innvandrere med fysisk krevende jobber.
Søkelys på arbeidslivet.
https://doi.org/10.18261/spa.40.2.1
Grødem, Anne Skevik
(2022).
Scandinavian Social Democrats Facing The ‘Progressive Dilemma’: Immigration and Welfare States In Left-of-Centre Party Programs.
Nordic Journal of Migration Research.
Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.351
Trætteberg, Håkon Solbu;
Grødem, Anne Skevik
(2021).
From national activation legislation to local practices in Norway—Why the same law gives diverse practices.
International Journal of Social Welfare.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12513
Grødem, Anne Skevik
; Kitterød, Hege
(2021).
Combining Work and Pension in Norway: Gathering Information and Imagining the Future.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies.
Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.127972
Grødem, Anne Skevik
; Kitterød, Hege
(2021).
Retirement anticipation - gendered patterns in a gender-equal society? a study of senior workers in Norway,.
Journal of Women & Aging.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2021.1944753
