Tale Hellevik

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.

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Social sciences Political science and organisational theory

Subject areas

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

Ageing Research and Housing Studies

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

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

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.
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.
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.
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

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 ; 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. 15 p. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.140206

Løset, Gøril Kvamme ; Hellevik, Tale ; von Soest, Tilmann (2022). Basic human values and sick leave: A study combining two-wave survey data with longitudinal register data. 12 p. 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?. 15 p. 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.

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). 11 p. International Journal of Epidemiology. Vol. 50.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa280

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Research reports

Grødem, Anne Skevik ; Hellevik, Tale ; Herlofson, Katharina ; Hesselberg, Hege Sofie; Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Pedersen, Axel West (2024). Har arbeidslivet rom for eldre arbeidstakere?. 4 p. NOVA, OsloMet .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3166659

Hellevik, Tale ; Herlofson, Katharina ; Pedersen, Axel West (2024). Det psykososiale arbeidsmiljøet til eldre arbeidstakere – stabilitet eller endring?. ISBN: 978-82-7894-879-8. 30 p. NOVA/OsloMet. Vol. 2024.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3166215

Herlofson, Katharina ; Hellevik, Tale ; Pedersen, Axel West ; Solem, Per Erik (2023). Veier ut av arbeidslivet. Senkarrierer og yrkesavgang. ISBN: 978-82-7894-824-8. 132 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3057945

Herlofson, Katharina ; Hellevik, Tale ; Løset, Gøril Kvamme ; Vangen, Hanna ; Veenstra, Marijke (2023). Den norske studien av livsløp, aldring og generasjon. En beskrivelse av studien, forskningsinstrumenter og variabler. ISBN: 978-82-7894-826-2. 50 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3065140

Herlofson, Katharina ; Hellevik, Tale ; Frøyland, Kjetil ; Salomon, Robert H ; TERJESEN, Hans Christoffer Aargaard ; Solem, Per Erik (2020). Hevet aldersgrense i arbeidslivet – problemer eller nye muligheter?. ISBN: 978-82-7894-732-6. 87 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/2988

Hellevik, Tale ; Solem, Per Erik (2017). Mulige konsekvenser av økt yrkesaktivitet blant eldre. Hva kan skje med eldres frivillige innsats, bidrag til familieomsorg og helse dersom flere står i arbeid til de er 70 år?. ISBN: 978-82-7894-627-5. 85 p. Velferdsforskningsinstituttet NOVA ved HiOA. Vol. 17.

Hellevik, Tale (2015). Innvandring og integrering – holdninger og erfaringer blant personer med innvandrerbakgrunn. Integreringsbarometeret 2013/2014. 84 p. Integrerings- og mangfoldsdirektoratet.

Hellevik, Tale (2005). På egne ben. Unges etableringsfase i Norge. ISBN: 82-7894-226-9. 249 p. NOVA. Vol. 2005.

Hellevik, Tale (2005). På egne ben. Unges etableringsfase i Norge. 230 p. Unipub forlag.

Hellevik, Tale ; Nordvik, Viggo (2004). Forskning om vanskeligstilte på boligmarkedet. En kunnskapsoversikt. 151 p. Norsk institutt for forskning om oppvekst, velferd og aldring.

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Dissemination

Hellevik, Tale ; Herlofson, Katharina (2025). Dårlig psykososialt arbeidsmiljø øker risikoen for tidlig yrkesavgang.

Hellevik, Tale ; Herlofson, Katharina ; Pedersen, Axel West (2024). Pensjonsreform i medvind? Om endringer i psykososialt arbeidsmiljø og eldres yrkesaktivitet. FOSA-seminaret. Senter for seniorpolitikk.

Vangen, Hanna ; Hellevik, Tale ; Herlofson, Katharina ; Løset, Gøril Kvamme (2024). The NorLAG study: Life-course, ageing and generations in Norway. The 27th Nordic Congress of Gerontology. Karolinska institutet, Nordisk gerontologisk forening m.m..

Hellevik, Tale ; Herlofson, Katharina (2024). Pensjonsreform i medvind? Om sammenhenger mellom psykososialt arbeidsmiljø og yrkesavgang. Hva betyr arbeidsmiljø og ledelse for et lengre arbeidsliv? Resultater fra forskningsprosjektet "Shades of Grey". NOVA og Kunnskapssenter for lengre arbeidsliv.

Hellevik, Tale ; Herlofson, Katharina (2024). Hva skal til for å få seniorene til å stå (litt) lenger i jobb?. Arendalsuka 2024. NOVA/OsloMet.

Hellevik, Tale ; Herlofson, Katharina (2024). Changing psychosocial work environment and the association with planned and actual retirement timing. The 27th Nordic Congress of Gerontology. Karolinska institutet, Nordisk gerontologisk forening m.m..

Hellevik, Tale (2024). Helserelatert avgang fra arbeidslivet blant kvinner – hva betyr helsestatus, arbeidsforhold og familiesituasjon? Analyser av NorLAG-studien. Møte i Kvinnearbeidshelseutvalget. Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet.

Herlofson, Katharina ; Hellevik, Tale (2023). Økt fleksibilitet kan forlenge yrkeslivet.

Herlofson, Katharina ; Hellevik, Tale (2023). Flere trapper ned i jobben før de går av.

Hellevik, Tale ; Herlofson, Katharina ; Pedersen, Axel West (2023). Veier ut av arbeidslivet. Pensjonsforum. Fafo.

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