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“Transitions,careerlearningandcareermanagementskills.Multi-disciplinaryandcriticalperspectives”,October19-20,2017,StockholmUniversity

Theresearchconference“Transitions,careerlearningandcareermanagementskills.Multi-disciplinaryandcriticalperspectives”takesplaceat19-20October2017atStockholmUniversity,andisorganisedbyagroupofresearcherswithinthenationalresearchnetworkCareerDevelopmentandCareerGuidance,KAV(Karriärutvecklingochkarriärvägledning).TheconferenceholdscontributionsfromSweden,Austria,Ireland,Germany,Norway,Denmark,Finland,Hungary,Portugal,Bulgaria,MaltaandCanada.Theconferencebringsupcurrentlymuch-discussedissuesinsocietyandpolitics,inSwedenandinternationally:howcareerchoiceandcareerdevelopmentaffecttheestablishmentandmobilityofindividualsintheirworkinglifeandmaypreventsocialmarginalizationandexclusion.However,Swedishresearchconcerningyoungpeople’sandadults’transitions,careers,andcareercompetencesisrelativelysparseininternationalcomparison,alsoascomparedtoseveralofourNordicneighbourcountries,andmulti-disciplinaryapproachesareuncommon.Theconferenceaimsatinitiatinganddevelopingmultidisciplinaryresearchcollaborationwhichcanleadtoincreasedknowledgeaboutandcriticalunderstandingoftransitions,careerlearningandcareercompetence,bybringingtogetherSwedishandinternational,particularlyNordic,researchersfromvariousdisciplineswhosharesucharesearchfocus.Registrationopenatwww.kav-net.se

ProgrammeDay1October19th12.30-13.30Registration/coffeeandsandwich,posterexhibition12.30-13.0013.30-13.45IntroductionLisbethLundahl,UmeåUniversity13.45-14.30KeynoteRonaldSultana,UniversityofMalta.Keynotetitle:”Learningaboutor

learningforwork?Beyondcareermanagementskills”,(opentothepublic),14.30-15.00Coffee15.00-17.00Session1Parallelpaperpresentations17.15-17.30Summinguptheday18.30Conferencedinner/socialactivityDay2October20th08.30-08.55PosterexhibitionandpresentationofOlofsson&Lovén’sreportongovernanceand

organizationofcareerlearninginSwedishschools.Title:TBA09.00-09.45Keynote2KristiinaBrunila,UniversityofHelsinki,Keynotetitle:”Thewheelof

(mis)fortune.Transitionsandyouthtraininginaneraofmultiplecrises”,(opentothepublic)09.45-10.00Coffee10.00-12.00Session2Parallelpaperpresentations12.00-13.00Lunch13.00-13.45Keynote3WilliamBorgen,UniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver.Keynotetitle:

”CulturalInfusionsandShiftingSands:HowIndigenousandImmigrantYouthMakeCareerDecisions”,(opentothepublic)

13.45-15.00Coffeeandroundtables–Commonresearchtopicsandresearchcooperation15.00-15.15SummingupMoreinformationonwww.kav-net.se

Keynotesattheconference“Transitions,careerlearningandcareermanagementskills.Multi-disciplinaryandcriticalperspectives”,October19-20,2017,StockholmUniversity(TheKeynotesareopentothepublic).

October19th13.30-13.45.IntroductionbyProfessorLisbethLundahl,UmeåUniversityandleaderoftheSwedishresearchnetwork”CareerDevelopmentandCareerGuidance”(KAV–Karriärutvecklingochkarriärvägledning).

LisbethLundahlisprofessoratthedepartmentofAppliedEducationalScienceatUmeåUniversity,Sweden,andoneoftheteamleadersoftheNordicCentre‘SocialJusticethroughEducation’(JustEd).Herresearchinterestsconcerneducationpolitics,youthpoliticsandyoungpeople´sschool-to-worktransitions.LisbethLundahlhasengagedininternationalresearchanddebateoneducationpoliciesduringthelastdecades,e.g.astheSecretaryGeneraloftheEuropeanEducationalResearchAssociation(EERA)in2006-2008.SheisoneofthefoundersoftheSwedishEducationalResearchAssociation(SWERA).

October19th13.45-14.30.ProfessorRonaldG.SultanaKeynotetitle:”Learningaboutorlearningforwork?Beyondcareermanagementskills”

RonaldG.SultanastudiedcareerguidanceattheUniversityofReading(UK),andresearchedcareereducationandtransition-to-workissuesattheUniversitiesofWaikato(NewZealand),andStanford(USA),wherehewasaFulbrightFellow.HeisprofessorofsociologyandcomparativeeducationattheUniversityofMalta,wherehedirectstheEuro-MediterraneanCentreforEducationalResearch.ProfessorSultanaisaFellowoftheNationalInstituteforCareerEducation&Counselling(NICEC-UK).

October20th09.00-09-45.ProfessorKristiinaBrunilaKeynotetitle:Thewheelof(mis)fortune.Transitionsandyouthtraininginaneraofmultiplecrises

KristiinaBrunilaisaprofessor(tenuretrack)ofsocialjusticeandequalityineducationattheUniversityofHelsinki,Finland.SheleadstheAGORAforthestudyofsocialjusticeandequality–researchcentreandisafoundingmemberoftheNordicCentreofExcellence:JusticethroughEducationintheNordicCountries.Withherresearchgroupsheprovidesnewopenings,theorisationsandcriticalanalysisofsociologyandpoliticsofeducationaswellasculturalandfeministstudies.

October20th13.00-13.45.ProfessorWilliamA.Borgen.Keynotetitle:CulturalInfusionsandShiftingSands:HowIndigenousandImmigrantYouthMakeCareerDecisions

Dr.Borgenhasconductedresearchandhasdevelopedprogramsregardinglifetransitionsandcareerdevelopmentforseveralyears.HisworkhasbeentranslatedandadaptedforuseinBhutan,Denmark,Finland,Hungary,andSweden.In2005hewasawardedanhonorarydoctoratefromtheUniversityofUmeåinSwedenforhisleadershipinthedevelopmentofcounselloreducationinSweden.Dr.BorgenwasthePresidentoftheInternationalAssociationforCounsellingfrom1998–2006.HeiscurrentlyamemberoftheExecutiveCouncilofIACandamemberoftheBoardofDirectorsoftheInternationalAssociationforEducationalandVocationalGuidance.In2011hereceivedtheStuCongerAwardforleadershipincareerdevelopmentinCanada.

PostersDay1.Thursday19thOctober.12.30-13.00.PosterexhibitionTanyaTerziyska,Bulgaria AmodelofCareermanagementskillsofyoungpeopleandNEETsgroupChristerLångströmStockholm,Sweden Todevelopknowledgeofhowprofessionalcounselingaffectsadults’ learningintheircareerdevelopment.Day2.Friday20October.08.30-08.55PosterexhibitionNinaAhlroos,Stockholm,Sweden TBA