Career and Career Guidance in the Nordic Countries

Career and Career Guidance in the Nordic Countries explores what kind of context the Nordic region offers for the pursuit of career, how the development of careers are supported and how career guidance is enacted in this context.

Erik Hagaseth Haug, Ph.D., Inland Norway University of Applied Science, is Associate Professor and head of section for guidance studies and research at the university. He has published reports, articles and a book on quality development in career guidance.

Tristram Hooley is a researcher and writer specialising in career and career guidance. He is Professor II at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Professor of Career Education at the University of Derby and Chief Research Officer at the Institute for Student Employers. Tristram also writes the Adventures in Career Development blog at https: //adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/.

Jaana Kettunen, Ph.D., is a is a researcher and vice-director at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She is also a research associate at the Florida State University’s Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development, USA. Jaana currently acts as a Junior Research Coordinator for the phenomenograpy/variation theory SIG of the European Association into Learning and Instruction (EARLI). Jaana’s website https: //ktl.jyu.fi/en/staff/kettunen-jaana

Rie Thomsen is professor MSO in career guidance and head of the Guidance Research Unit, School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark. She is also Professor II and head of the research group in career guidance at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Rie acts as the scientific coordinatior of The European Doctoral programme of career guidance and counselling (ECADOC). Rie’s webpage: http: //au.dk/en/riet@edu