Trotman Studies in Careers, Employability and Transitions

Description

The world of careers is changing rapidly, creating new opportunities and challenges for researchers, practitioners, educators and policymakers. This webinar introduces the new Trotman Studies in Careers, Employability and Transitions series, a collection of thought-provoking monographs that advance contemporary thinking in career development and employability.

Featuring insights from leading authors in the series, the session will explore the key themes emerging from three landmark publications: Careers and Freedom by Peter J. Robertson, which examines careers through the lens of freedom, wellbeing and social justice; Improvisational Career Guidance by Ida Holth Mathiesen, which explores professional judgement and adaptability in career guidance practice; and The Emancipation of Career by Tristram Hooley and Rie Thomsen, which challenges traditional assumptions about careers and reimagines their purpose in contemporary society.

Attendees will gain an overview of the series’ intellectual foundations, discover the latest developments in career scholarship, and explore how new ideas can inform research, policy and practice across a range of settings.

Key learning outcomes:

• Gain an understanding of the aims, themes and scope of the Trotman Studies in Careers, Employability and Transitions series.
• Explore emerging ideas and research that are shaping contemporary thinking in career development, employability and career guidance.
• Identify how insights from the series can inform professional practice, research, teaching and policy development.

Audience:

Careers advisers, careers leaders, career development professionals, careers consultants, employability practitioners, academics, researchers, PhD researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, university librarians, higher education and further education staff, school and college leaders, coaches and mentors, HR professionals, organisational development specialists, policymakers, and anyone interested in career theory, employability, career guidance and the future of work.

Author Bio:

Tristram Hooley is a researcher and writer specialising in career and career guidance. He is Professor of Career Education at the University of Derby and the Inland Norway University. He is also the author of the Adventures in Career Development blog.

Professor Rie Thomsen is is the scientific coordinator of the European Doctoral School in career guidance and counselling (ECADOC). She also holds Professorial positions at the University of Southeastern Norway, the University of Lower Silecia in Poland and the International Centre for Guidance Studies at the University of Derby.

Pete Robertson is Professor of Career Guidance at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland. He teaches career theory, policy and professionalism to trainee guidance practitioners. He has worked in the career guidance field since 1987 as a practitioner, educator and researcher.

Dr Ida Holth Mathiesen is Associate Professor at the University of Stavanger, Norway. She is a sociologist whose research focuses on career guidance in schools, professional practice, collaboration, policy implementation, and the relationship between policy, organisations, and everyday professional work.