About
Spjelkavik is carrying out a wide range of working life research, such as work inclusion, job development and job retention. He has undertaken research on models, organizational forms, labor market measures and methods related to participation in working life.
He has led several projects on work inclusion and has worked closely with the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) and employers, on the development of inclusion skills competence. His core competence is policy-oriented formative evaluation, research and development and action research. He has led and participated in multi-disciplinary research teams in several national and international projects.
Spjelkavik has published several research reports, articles, books and book chapters, and is a respected speaker to a wide range of audiences.
Fields of study
Subject areas
Supported employment Work inclusion Inclusion Skills Comepetence Employer perspective Place-train
Research groups
Research projects
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Sustained employment of 'hard-to-place' citizens in small and medium sized enterprises: A mixed-method study in Norway and the Netherlands (ENGAGE)
This research project aims to develop new knowledge about how small and medium sized enterprises (SME) can contribute successfully to the sustained workplace inclusion of vulnerable ‘hard-to-place’ citizens, and can be supported effectively in doing so.
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Work Inclusion in North and South: Comparative Urban Contexts (WINS)
The WINS project focuses on how work inclusion may improve the social inclusion of migrants within comparative urban settings.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Spjelkavik, Øystein
;
Enehaug, Heidi
; Klethagen, Pål;
TERJESEN, Hans Christoffer Aargaard
; Howe, Emilie Isager; Fure, Silje Christine Reistad; Løvstad, Marianne; Andelic, Nada
(2023).
Workplace accommodation in return to work after mild traumatic brain injury.
14 p.
Work : A journal of Prevention, Assesment and rehabilitation.
Vol. 74.
https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-211440
Enehaug, Heidi ; Spjelkavik, Øystein (2022). Utvikling av inkluderingskompetanse i Nav og på arbeidsplass. Saltkjel, Therese; Rønningstad, Chris Andre; Sønderskov, Mette (Ed.). Samhandling og inkludering i arbeidslivet . Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Enehaug, Heidi
;
Spjelkavik, Øystein
;
Alves, Daniele Evelin
; Fure, Silje Christine Reistad; Howe, Emilie; Andelic, Nada; Løvstad, Marianne
(2022).
Workplace Barriers to Return-to-Work Processes.
23 p.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies.
Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.134895
Lystad, June Ullevoldsæter
; Rognli, Eline B.; Moen, Ellen Ånestad; Brinchmann, Beate;
Spjelkavik, Øystein
; Aamodt, Hanne Lorimer
(2022).
Arbeidsrettet behandling ved alvorlig psykisk lidelse i spesialisthelsetjenesten.
Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening.
Vol. 59.
https://doi.org/10.52734/2h82w7yP
Fure, Silje Christine Reistad; Howe, Emilie; Andelic, Nada; Brunborg, Cathrine; Olsen, Alexander; Rike, Per-Ola;
Spjelkavik, Øystein
;
Enehaug, Heidi
; Røe, Cecilie; Løvstad, Marianne
(2022).
Workplace Factors Associated With Return to Work After Mild-to-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury.
The journal of head trauma rehabilitation.
Vol. 38.
https://doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0000000000000772
Howe, Emilie; Andelic, Nada; Fure, Silje Christine Reistad; Røe, Cecilie;
Søberg, Helene L.
; Hellstrøm, Torgeir;
Spjelkavik, Øystein
;
Enehaug, Heidi
; Lu, Juan; Ugelstad, Helene; Løvstad, Marianne; Aas, Eline
(2022).
Cost-effectiveness analysis of combined cognitive and vocational rehabilitation in patients with mild-to-moderate TBI: results from a randomized controlled trial.
13 p.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07585-3
Linnestad, Anne-Margrethe; Løvstad, Marianne;
Groven, Karen Synne
; Howe, Emilie; Fure, Silje Christine Reistad;
Spjelkavik, Øystein
;
Sveen, Unni
(2022).
"Manoeuvring in uncharted waters - a balancing act": A qualitative exploration of treatment and improvement after mild traumatic brain injury.
20 p.
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2022.2034651
Kane, Aina Aune;
Spjelkavik, Øystein
(2021).
Utfordringer innen arbeidsinkluderingsfeltet.
Kane, Aina Aune; Spjelkavik, Øystein (Ed.).
Arbeidsinkludering, læring og innovasjon i NAV.
Orkana Forlag.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.33673/OOA20211/
Fure, Silje Christine Reistad; Howe, Emilie; Andelic, Nada; Brunborg, Cathrine;
Sveen, Unni
; Røe, Cecilie; Rike, Per-Ola; Olsen, Alexander;
Spjelkavik, Øystein
; Ugelstad, Helene; Lu, Juan; Ponsford, Jennie; Twamley, Elizabeth; Hellstrøm, Torgeir; Løvstad, Marianne
(2021).
Cognitive and vocational rehabilitation after mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury: A randomised controlled trial.
8 p.
Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
Vol. 64.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rehab.2021.101538
Kane, Aina Aune;
Spjelkavik, Øystein
(2021).
Arbeidsinkludering, læring og innovasjon i NAV.
ISBN: 978-82-8104-483-8.
430 p.
Orkana Forlag.
https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31431
