About
Tale Hellevik is a senior researcher at the department of Ageing Research and Housing Studies, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). Her research topics have centered on different aspects of the Norwegian welfare state, including seeing Norwegian welfare arrangements in a comparative perspective. She was in the coordinating team for Nordic Center of Excellence: Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model. She has also studied the transition to adulthood and parental support. Recently, several of her projects have focused on older workers and retirement.
Field of study
Life-evolvement Retirement Intergenerational relationships Aging and work Transition to adulthood Welfare benefits and services Values and attitudes Sickness absence attitudes Attitudes towards immigrants
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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ACCESS Life Course Database: Upgrade and Expansion
Through the ACCESS Upgrade infrastructure, researchers and students will gain access to updated and upgraded longitudinal life course data for more than 11,000 men and women born between 1922 and 1966.
Completed research projects
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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.
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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.
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Explaining Social Patterns in Sickness Absence: the Influence of Values, Attitudes and Norms (SAVAN)
The project aims to study the influence of values, attitudes and norms on sickness absence.
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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.
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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.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Bay, Ann-Helén
;
Hellevik, Tale
;
Pedersen, Axel West
(2025).
Holdninger til ressursbruk i velferdsstaten blant yrkesaktive i offentlig og privat sektor.
Bay, Ann-Helén; Røiseland, Asbjørn (Ed.).
Offentlige eller private velferdstjenester? Politiske spenninger og faglige nyanser.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/cdf.243.ch6
Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa Sif;
Hellevik, Tale
;
Herlofson, Katharina
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Pedersen, Axel West
; Lennartsson, Carin; Veenstra, Marijke
(2025).
Poor psychosocial work environment: a ticket to retirement? Variations by gender and education.
European Journal of Ageing.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-025-00855-z
Bay, Ann-Helén
;
Hellevik, Tale
;
Pedersen, Axel West
(2024).
Popular support for a universal basic income – still sensitive to playing the immigration card?.
European Journal of Social Security (EJSS).
Vol. 26.
https://doi.org/10.1177/13882627241278111
Hellevik, Tale
;
Herlofson, Katharina
;
Pedersen, Axel West
(2023).
Hvordan måle tidspunkt for avgang fra yrkeslivet i Norge? Om ulike definisjoner, metoder og resultater.
Søkelys på arbeidslivet.
Vol. 40.
https://doi.org/10.18261/spa.40.1.3
Solem, Per Erik
; Hauge, Linda;
Hellevik, Tale
;
Herlofson, Katharina
(2023).
Older Workers and Work Exit Preferences in a Digitalized Working Life.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.140206
Løset, Gøril Kvamme
;
Hellevik, Tale
;
Soest, Tilmann von
(2022).
Basic human values and sick leave: A study combining two-wave survey data with longitudinal register data.
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology.
Vol. 63.
https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12855
Bay, Ann-Helén
;
Hellevik, Tale
(2022).
Inntektssikring: Har venstre/høyredimensjonen betydning for velgerholdninger og politikkutforming?.
Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.18261/tfv.25.1.2
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
Hellevik, Ottar;
Hellevik, Tale
(2022).
Verdier og verdiutvikling.
Frønes, Ivar; Kjølsrød, Lise (Ed.).
Det norske samfunn - Bind 3. p. 338-366.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3256874
Veenstra, Marijke;
Herlofson, Katharina
;
Aartsen, Marja
; Hansen, Thomas;
Hellevik, Tale
; Henriksen, Gry;
Løset, Gøril Kvamme
;
Vangen, Hanna
(2021).
Cohort Profile: The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (NorLAG).
International Journal of Epidemiology.
Vol. 50.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa280
