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Per Erik Solem

Per Erik Solem

About

Per Erik Solem has worked with ageing research (gerontology) since he graduated as a licensed psychologist in 1970. He has a wide orientation in gerontology and has worked with ageing in general and psychological and social ageing in particular. He has a long teaching and research experience on subjects such as active ageing, cognitive age changes, dementia, death and dying, ageism, theories of ageing, and occupational gerontology (ageing, work and retirement). In recent years occupational gerontology has been his main research field. Per Erik Solem is professor (20%) in gerontology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Gjøvik.

Research projects

  • Active Ageing – Pathways and Outcomes (AgePaths)

    This project investigates pathways and outcomes of active ageing in three domains and their interactions: the labor market, civil society, and the family.

  • ExitAge

    The objective of the project is to increase the knowledge about the oldest workers and their experiences, as well as how companies handle work exit and the change in mandatory retirement age.

  • Social Inequalities in Ageing (SiA)

    In this project researchers investigate what influences social inequalities in health, and how different organization of welfare institutions can affect social inequalities in ageing.

  • The Work-retirement Transition

    The project aims to investigate characteristics of the work-retirement transition and the factors contributing to when and how the transition takes place.

Scientific publications

Solem, Per Erik ; Hauge, Linda; Hellevik, Tale ; Herlofson, Katharina (2023). Older Workers and Work Exit Preferences in a Digitalized Working Life. 16 p. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.140206

Komp-Leukkunen, Kathrin; Poli, Arianna; Hellevik, Tale ; Herlofson, Katharina ; Heuer, Annika; Norum, Roger; Solem, Per Erik ; Khan, Jawaria; Rantanen, Visa; Motel-Klingebiel, Andreas (2022). Older Workers in Digitalizing Workplaces: A Systematic Literature Review. The journal of aging and social change. Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.18848/2576-5310/CGP/v12i02/37-5

Solem, Per Erik (2020). The affective component of ageism needs attention. International journal of manpower. Vol. 41.
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-11-2018-0380

Solem, Per Erik ; Salomon, Robert H ; TERJESEN, Hans Christoffer Aargaard (2020). Does a raised mandatory retirement age influence managers' attitudes to older workers?. 14 p. Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research. Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2020-02-05

Salomon, Robert H ; Solem, Per Erik (2020). Nordic responses to extending working life. 7 p. Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research. Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2020-02-01

Solem, Per Erik (2016). Ageism and age discrimination in working life. 16 p. Nordic Psychology. Vol. 68.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2015.1095650

Solem, Per Erik ; Syse, Astri ; Furunes, Trude; Mykletun, Reidar J.; De Lange, Annet Harmke; Schaufeli, Wilmar B.; Ilmarinen, Juhani (2016). To leave or not to leave: retirement intentions and retirement behaviour. Ageing & Society. Vol. 36.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X14001135

Furunes, Trude; Mykletun, Reidar J.; Solem, Per Erik ; De Lange, Antoinette Harmke; Syse, Astri ; Schaufeli, Wilmar B.; Ilmarinen, Juhani (2015). Late Career Decision-Making: A Qualitative Panel Study. Work, Aging and Retirement.
https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/wav011

Syse, Astri ; Veenstra, Marijke ; Furunes, Trude; Mykletun, Reidar J.; Solem, Per Erik (2015). Changes in health and health behavior associated with retirement. 29 p. Journal of Aging and Health. Vol. 29.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264315624906

Syse, Astri ; Solem, Per Erik ; Ugreninov, Elisabeth ; Mykletun, Reidar J.; Furunes, Trude (2014). Do spouses coordinate their work exits? A combined survey and register analysis from Norway. Research on Aging. Vol. 36.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027513516151





These publications are obtained from Cristin. The list may be incomplete