Members

CAREER LEAD aims to promote cooperation between European scientists, but is also open to scientists worldwide.
Participation in the network is free of charge at least until the end of EU funding.

Career Lead is an open network and not profit orientated. If you are interested to join CAREER LEAD, please fill out the application form.

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Spokesperson of the network:
  • Prof. Rudolf Schröder, Institute for Economic Education Oldenburg (Germany)
Members of the Board:
  • Dr. Christof Nägele, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Education (Switzerland)
  • Professor Małgorzata Rosalska, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Educational Studies (Poland)
  • Professor Soledad Romero-Rodríguez, Universidad of Seville, School of Education, Department of Research and Assessment Methods in Education (Spain)

Founding members of the CAREER LEAD Network

Network Founders

Professor Rudolf Schröder

  • Spokesperson of the network and coordinator of the underlying Erasmus+ project Career Lead (grant number 2023-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000161202)
  • Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Department of Economics and Law, Economic Education
  • Institute for Economic Education, affiliated institute of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Head of the Department Career Learning and Education (together with Dr. Tina Fletemeyer)

Research foci:

  • Career Learning and Education in economics lessons
  • Self-employment
  • Sustainability
  • Inclusion

Selected Literature:

  • Schröder, R. (2020): Rahmenkonzepte zur Berufsorientierung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In: Brüggemann, T.; Rahn, S. (Hrsg.): Berufsorientierung: ein Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch. 2. überarb. u. erw. Aufl.. Münster: Waxmann, S. 109-117
  • Schröder, R. (Hrsg.) (2019): Berufliche Orientierung in der Schule: Gegenstand der ökonomischen Bildung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS
  • Schröder, R. (2018): Inklusion in der schulischen Berufsorientierung: Synergien und Herausforderungen. In: Zeitschrift für Heilpädagogik, Heft 03/2018, S. 108-120

Contact address:

Institute for Economic Education non-profit limited company
Affiliated Institute of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Bismarckstr. 31
26122 Oldenburg
Email: schroeder@ioeb.de
Telefon: 0441/361303-34
Telefax: 0441/361303-99
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Dr. Tina Fletemeyer

  • Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Department of Economics and Law, Economic Education
  • Institute for Economic Education, affiliated institute of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Head of the Department Career Learning and Education (together with Professor Rudolf Schröder)
  • currently: Replacement of the professorship for economic-technical education and its didactics at the University of Potsdam

Research foci:

  • Career Guidance in general education schools
  • Teachers‘ and students’ perceptions on Career Guidance
  • Use of competence assessment procedures in school-based Career Guidance
  • Methodology of economic education

Selected Literature:

  • Fletemeyer, T./Müller, A.-L./Schröder, R./Reußner, M. (2024, i.a.): Aus der Sicht von Lehrpersonen: Ausgestaltung und Verwendung von Unterrichtsmaterialien zur Beruflichen Orientierung. In: Loerwald, D./Goldschmidt, N. (Hg.): Tagungsband der DeGÖB Jahrestagung 2023.
  • Fletemeyer, T./Friebel-Piechotta, S./Steier-Fahldieck, J. (2022): Beruflich (un)orientiert!? – Zum Berufswahlstatus von Jugendlichen in der gymnasialen Oberstufe. Eine One-Shot Study an gymnasialen Schulformen in Bremen. In: Zeitschrift für Ökonomische Bildung, Sonderausgabe „BOGyO“, S. 23-42.
  • Fletemeyer, T. (2021): Berufsbezogene Überzeugungen von Lehrpersonen zur Beruflichen Orientierung: Eine qualitative Studie an allgemeinbildenden Schulen. Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag.

Contact address:

Institute for Economic Education non-profit limited company
Affiliated Institute of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Bismarckstr. 31
26122 Oldenburg
Email: fletemeyer@ioeb.de
Telefon: 0441/79840-79
Telefax: 0441/79829-70
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Anna-Lena Müller, M.A./M.Ed

  • Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Department of Economics and Law, Economic Education

Research foci:

  • Career Guidance in general education schools
  • Language sensitive teaching and learning in economic education

Selected Literature:

  • Betker, K./Fletemeyer, T./Münch-Manková, Z./Müller, A.-L./Slopinski, A. (2024): Sprachliche Anforderungen an Übergängen von Schule und Beruf am Beispiel des Einzelhandels. In: Zeitschrift für interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht ZiF 2024-1.
  • Betker, K./Friebel-Piechotta, S./Müller, A.-L. (2024): Sprache im Wirtschaftsunterricht – Eine Analyse der Curricula der Ankerfächer der ökonomischen Bildung. In: Loerwald, D./Goldschmidt, N. (Hg.): Tagungsband der DeGÖB Jahrestagung 2023.

Contact address:

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Institute for Economic Education
Ammerländer Heerstraße 114-118
26129 Oldenburg
Email: mueller@ioeb.de
Telefon: 0441/79843-02
Telefax: 0441/79829-70
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Prof. Katja Driesel-Lange

  • University of Münster, Institute for Educational Science, Career Guidance Research Group 

Research foci:

  • Adolescents´ career development 
  • professionalization of teachers in the field of career guidance
  • career guidance as a task of school development
  • development, delivery and evaluation of vocational training and career guidance activities 

Selected Literature:

  • Driesel-Lange, Gehrau, V., Brüggemann, T., Epker, M. (2023). Der Berufsorientierungsindex (BOX). Theoretische und empirische Fundierung von Befragungsitems zur beruflichen Entwicklung. Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik, 119, 80–110.
  • Klein, J., Driesel-Lange, K. & Ohlemann, S. (2022). Are Adolescents in One-Parent Families a Previously Unnoticed Group in Inclusive Career Guidance? Social Inclusion,10, 2, 278-289. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/5085
  • Driesel-Lange, K., Klein, J., Weyland, U. & Ohlemann, S. (in press). Can teachers support adolescents’ development of career management skills? In A. Chant, J. Katsarov, J. Pouyaud & L. Sovet (Eds), Building career management skills. Paris: Network for Innovation in Career Guidance & Counselling in Europe.

Contact address:

University of Münster
Institute for Educational Science
Career Guidance Research Group
Georgskommende 33
48143 Münster
Email (GER): katja.driesel-lange@uni-muenster.de
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Dr. Jochen Kinast

  • University of Münster, Department of Education and Social Sciences, Research Group: Career Guidance (Professor Dr. Driesel-Lange)
  • University of Copenhagen, Department of Communication, Research Group: Film Studies and Creative Media Industries (Assoc. Professor Johannes Riis, PhD)

Research foci:

  • Media Effects Research
  • Cultivation Theory
  • Occupational Images
  • Career Development

Selected Literature:

Contact address:

University of Münster
Faculty of Education and Social Sciences
Georgskommende 33
48143 Münster
Email (GER): jochenkinast@uni-muenster.de
Email (DK): kinast@hum.ku.dk

Jerusha Klein

  • University of Münster, Institute for Educational Science, Career Guidance Research Group 

Research foci:

  • Risk factors for career development
  • Career guidance as a school development task
  • Development, use and evaluation of career education and guidance activities

Selected Literature:

  • Driesel-Lange, K., Klein, J. & Gehrau, V. (2023). Let’s Talk! Gespräche als Motor in der Beruflichen Orientierung. Berufsbildung in Wissenschaft und Praxis, 52(2), 23-27.
  • Klein, J., Driesel-Lange, K. & Ohlemann, S. (2022). Are Adolescents in One- Parent Families a Previously Unnoticed Group in Inclusive Career Guidance? Social Inclusion,10, 2, 278-289. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/5085

Contact address:

University of Münster
Institute for Educational Science
Career Guidance Research Group
Bispinghof 5/6
48143 Münster
Germany
Email (GER): jerusha.klein@uni-muenster.de
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Professor Michael Scharpf

  • University of Applied Labour Studies of the Federal Employment Agency

Research foci:

  • Career counselling
  • Business Simulation
  • Management

Selected Literature:

  • Scharpf, M. & Frey, A (Hrsg.) (2021). Vom Individuum her denken. Berufs- und Bildungsberatung in Wissenschaft und Praxis, wbv: Bielefeld.
  • Berjon, A., Ertelt, B.-J., Maquet, E. & Scharpf, M. (Hrsg.) (2023).  Les seniors et l’emploi – Regards croisés franco-allemands, Éditions Chronique sociale: Lyon.
  • Scharpf, M. & Ertelt, B.-J. (Hrsg.) (2024). Übergang vom Studium ins Berufsleben – Beratung und Recruiting: Netzwerkgestützte Ansätze und Modelle im Hochschulbereich, SpingerGabler: Wiesbaden.

Contact address:

University of Applied Labour Studies – HdBA
Seckenheimer Landstraße 16
68163 Mannheim – Germany
Email: michael.scharpf@arbeitsagentur.de
Phone: +49 621 4209 103

Professor Bernd-Joachim Ertelt

  • University of Applied Labour Studies of the Federal Employment Agency

Research foci:

  • Counselling sciences
  • Education and training of career counsellors
  • Information management and marketing
  • International comparison of career guidance theories and methods
  • Quality management

Selected Literature:

  • Ertelt, B. – J., Schulz, W. E. & Frey, A. (2022): Counsellor Competencies – Developing Counselling Skills for Education, Career and Occupation. Springer Nature.
  • Knickrehm, B., Fletemeyer, T., Ertelt, B. – J. (Hrsg.) (2023): Berufliche Orientierung und Beratung – Aktuelle Herausforderungen und digitale Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten. Springer VS.
  • Ertelt, B.-J.& Frey. A. (2021): Diagnose der Interdependenz von berufswahlbezogenen Persönlichkeitsvariablen für eine nachfragebezogene Berufsorientierung. In: U. Weyland, B. Ziegler, K. Driesel-Lange & A. Kruse: Entwicklungen und Perspektiven in der Berufsorientierung – Stand und Herausforderungen. Seite 43-59. Bonn: Budrich

Contact address:

University of Applied Labour Studies – HdBA
Seckenheimer Landstraße 16
68163 Mannheim – Germany
Email: bernd-joachim.ertelt@arbeitsagentur.de
Phone: +49 621 4209 140

Anke Reuter

  • University of Applied Labour Studies of the Federal Employment Agency

Research foci:

  • Career counselling of adults
  • Gender sensitive career guidance
  • Leadership and team interactions

Contact address:

University of Applied Labour Studies – HdBA
Seckenheimer Landstraße 16
68163 Mannheim – Germany
Email: anke.reuter@hdba.de
Phone: +49 621 4209 127

Professor Sabine Zenz

  • University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria
  • Head of Centre Career Change and Professions
  • Head of Centre for Gender and Diversity competence
  • Course director of the Integrative Vocational Education

Research foci:

  • Career education and guidance in schools
  • Career change into the teaching profession

Selected Literature:

  • Heinrichs, K., Niederfriniger, J., Bauer, J., Prammer, W., Telsnig, F. & Zenz, S. (2023). Diagnostik von Berufswahlkompetenz in Polytechnischen Schulen: Ein Schlüssel zur Vorbereitung einer heterogenen Schülerschaft auf selbstbestimmte Berufsentscheidungen in Zeiten von Transformation? R&ESource, 10 (4), https://doi.org/10.53349/resource.2023.i4.a1218
  • Zenz, S. (2022). Interkulturell sensibel? Selbsteinschätzung von Lehrkräften des Unterrichtsfaches Berufsorientierung. In W. Lenz & S. Zenz (Hrsg.), Bildungsreformen praxisnah. Wien: mymorawa.
  • Zenz, S (2021): Green Skills in der schulischen Berufsorientierung. berufsbildung – Zeitschrift für Theorie-Praxis-Dialog, 191.

Contact address:

University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria
Campus Baden
Mühlgasse 67, 2500 Baden
E-Mail: sabine.zenz@ph-noe.ac.at
T: +43 2252 88570 152
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Fabian Staudinger, BEd MEd

  • University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria
  • Centre Career Change and Professions: Course director of the Vocational Orientation Coordination programme in Lowe; AustriaExpert for career education in schools

Research foci:

  • Career education and guidance in schools
  • Sustainability in career guidance

Contact address:

University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria
Campus Baden
Mühlgasse 67, 2500 Baden
E-Mail: fabian.staudinger@ph-noe.ac.at
T: +43 2252 88570 160
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Prof. Mag. phil. Jennifer Beck-Saiz

  • University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria
  • Center Career Change and Professions
  • Head of the university college programme “Career Change in Secondary General Education”
  • International Office: Staff and Student Mobility Coordinator
  • Internal auditor

Research foci:

  • Career change into the teaching profession
  • Sustainability in career guidance

Contact address:

University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria
Campus Baden
Mühlgasse 67
2500 Baden
E-Mail: jennifer.beck-saiz@ph-noe.ac.at
T: +43 2252 88570 160
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Professor Czesław Noworol

  • Jagiellonian University, Institute of Economics, Finance and Management, Chair of Strategic Management
  • Disciplinary Commission at the Minister of Education and Science.
  • Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration.
  • Network for Innovation in Career Guidance and Counselling in Europe, NICE, Founding member.
  • European Society for Vocational Designing and Career Counseling, ESVDC, Founding member.
  • Applied Vocational Psychology & Policy Research Unit, AVOPP, Founding member..
  • European Scientific Network for Career Learning and Education, Career Lead, Founding member.
  • National Forum for Lifelong Guidance Policy, NFDK, President.

Research foci:

  • Building methods in psychometry: tests, scales, questionnaires and other measures of talents, professional interests, personality traits, motivation, stress, burnout, competences, etc. The methods are used both in psychological research, in guidance and counselling as well as entrepreneurship and management.
  • Psychometrics and methodology of research, and statistics for psychologists, lifelong guidance professionals and managers.
  • Econometrics and multidimensional research methodology in social economy.
  • Consulting and advising issues of managerial psychology, social economy and multidimensional research methodology for officials in the state and regional administration.

Selected Literature:

  • Noworol Cz., (2022). Burnout: otwarty krąg badań fenomenu wypalenia zawodowego i jego pomiaru [Burnout: an open circle of research into the phenomenon of job burnout and its measurement]. [w:] H. Ogińska, J. Maciuszek, B. Gulla, K. Golonka (red.), Od psychologii pracy do neuronauki [From work psychology to neuroscience] (s. 73-94). Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.
  • Skarzyński, M., & Noworol, Cz. (2022). Career Path Choices of Vocational School Students. in the Context of Their Entrepreneurial Abilities, General Aptitude, and Hope for Success. Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration. Journal for Mental Changes. The Learned Society of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin & Jagiellonian University, Vol. XXVIII, No 1, 57-88. DOI: 10.18290/pepsi-2022-0003.
  • Noworol Cz., (2021). Die Wahl eines Karrierepfads auf der Grundlage beruflicher Interessen und Entscheidungsheuristiken als Faktoren der beruflichen Selbstwirksamkeit. W: M. Scharpf, A. Frey (Hg.) Vom Individuum her denken. Berufs- und Bildungsberatung in Wissenschaft und Praxis. (s. 293-305). Bielefeld: wbv.de. ISBN (Print): 978-3-7639-7006-3, ISBN (E-Book): 978-3-7639-7007-0, DOI: 10.3278/6004851w.
  • Noworol Cz., (2021). Controllingrelevante Aspekte in der beruflichen Beratung. In: B.-J. Ertelt, M. Scharpf (Hrsg.) Controlling und Beratung. Optimierungschancen durch Komplementarität (S. 97 – 106). Wiesbaden: Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-658-33502-1; ISBN 978-3-658-33503-8 (eBook); https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-33503-8.
  • Noworol Cz., (2020). Apprenticeships and Career Pathways. In: J. W. Hedge & G. W. Carter (Eds.) Career Pathways: From School to Retirement (p. 62 – 83). New York: Oxford University Press USA. ISBN 978-0-19-090778-5. (2020-02-03). DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190907785.003.0004.

Contact address:

Chair of Strategic Management
Institute of Economics, Finance and Management
Jagiellonian University
ul. Prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 4, 30-348 Kraków.
Email: czeslaw.noworol@uj.edu.pl
Telefon: +48 12 664 56 57
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Professor Jerzy Rosiński

  • Member of Steering Committee,  Co-leader of one of Work Package’s (WP3), project format: Horizon 2020; project name: Una.Resin; project implemented within the consortium Una Europa (grant agreement ID: 101017416; DOI 10.3030/101017416; duration 2021-02-01 do 2024-01-31; Grant amount z UE 2 mln euro.)
  • Institute for Economics, Finances and Management,  Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Head of the Institute

Research foci:

  • Employee competence management
    (especially diagnosis and development of competences)
  • Team management
  • Managing organizational experts
  • Organizational leadership

Selected Literature:

  • Kossowska M., Rosiński J. (2023) Global mindset and international business : driving process outsourcing organizations, New York, Abingdon: Routledge
    ISBN: 978-1-032-52414-6; 978-1-032-52574-7; eISBN: 978-1-003-40726-3
    Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003407263
  • Rosiński J. (2022) Transformation in the management of municipal space in the age of Industrial Revolution 4.0 : from building infrastructure to creating a friendly business space, In: Makieła Z., Stuss M., Borowiecki R. [eds.] Sustainability, technology and innovation 4.0; London : Routledge
    ISBN: 978-1-032-02590-2; 978-1-032-02591-9; eISBN: 978-1-003-18406-5
    Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology,
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003184065-10
  • Rosiński J. (2021) Beyond excellence in the automotive industry in industry 4.0? : lessons learned from the creative business sector. In: Voigt K-I, Müller J.M. [eds.] Digital business models in industrial ecosystems : lessons learned from industry 4.0 across Europe; Cham : Springer
    ISBN: 978-3-030-82002-2; 978-3-030-82005-3; eISBN: 978-3-030-82003-9
    Future of Business and Finance,
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-82003-9_14

Contact address:

Institute for Economics, Finances and Management,
Faculty of Management and Social Communication,
ul. prof. S. Łojasiewicza 4,
30-348 Kraków
Email: jerzy.rosinski@uj.edu.pl
Telefon: +48 12 664-56-32

Professor Małgorzata Rosalska

  • Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Educational Studies
  • Head of Department of Continuing Education and Career Counseling
  • Head of the career guidance specialisation in the field of pedagogy

Research foci:

  • Career education and guidance in schools
  • Academic advising
  • Adult education
  • Educational policy

Selected References:

  • Rosalska, M. (2023). Distinktive skills as a part of career project. In M. Marciniak (et.al) (Eds.): Learning in a world of cultural and social change. Interdisciplinary perspective. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM. DOI:10.14746/amup.9788323242284
  • Rosalska, M., Szymczak, S., Wierzbicki, J. (2022). Samoocena szkolnych doradców zawodowych w zakresie doradczych kompetencji metodycznych. In: Colloquium 14/2022, pp. 121-136. DOI:10.34813/37coll2022
  • Rosalska, M., Wierzbicki J. (2021). Proactivity of students – between diagnostic assumptions and methodical solutions. In: Adult Education Discourses 22/2012, pp. 217-227. DOI:10.34768/dma.vi22.613
  • Rosalska, M. (2021). Wybrane przesłanki projektowania ofert w zakresie szkolnego doradztwa zawodowego. In: Horyzonty Wychowania 56/2021, pp. 159-166. DOI:10.35765/hw.2106

Contact address:

Adam Mickiewicz University
Faculty of Educational Studies
Szamarzewskiego 89
60-568 Poznan
E-mail: rosalska@amu.edu.pl
T: +48 618292162

Dr. Anna Wawrzonek

  • Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Educational Studies
  • Department of Continuing Education and Career Counseling

Research foci:

  • Career education and guidance in schools
  • Labour market policy
  • Guidance support in multi-generational teams
  • Adult education
  • Wellbeing

Selected References:

  • Wawrzonek, A. (2022). Wielopokoleniowy zespół pracowniczy jako przestrzeń uczenia się dorosłych. In: Rosalska Małgorzata Anna, Wawrzonek Anna Maria, Szłapińska Joanna (red.): Człowiek dorosły w zróżnicowanych kontekstach życia. Księga jubileuszowa profesor Ewy Solarczyk-Ambrozik, 2022, Poznań, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, 406 s., ISBN 978-83-232-4062-4. DOI:10.14746/amup.9788323240631
  • Wawrzonek, A. (2021). Potrzeba wsparcia poradniczego dla Młodzieży z grup szczególnego ryzyka. In: Horyzonty Wychowania, vol.20, nr 55, s. 85-94. DOI:10.35765/hw.2069
  • Wawrzonek, A. (2020). Edukacja, rynek pracy – przestrzenie wspólnych potrzeb i celów. In: Wychowanie w Rodzinie, vol.23, nr 2, s.259-274. DOI:10.34616/wwr.2020.2.259.274
  • Wawrzonek, A. (2019). The need for Counselling Support in Multigenerational Working Teams. In: Studia Poradoznawcze/Jurnal of Counsellogy 219, vol. 8 ISSN 2299-4971. DOI:10.34862/sp.2019.7

Contact address:

Adam Mickiewicz University
Faculty of Educational Studies
Szamarzewskiego 89
60-568 Poznan
E-mail: annaow@amu.edu.pl
T: +48 618292162

Dr. Soledad Romero-Rodríguez

  • Universidad of Seville, School of Education, Department of Research and Assessment Methods in Education.
  • Coordinator of the Network Research on Lifelong Guidance (Asociación Interuniversitaria de Investigación Pedagógica-AIDIPE; Inter-university Educational Research Association).
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Career Guidance and Psycho-pedagogy Association- Asociación Española de Orientación y Psicopedagogía-AEOP).

Research foci:

  • Development of Career competences (students and career practitioners) in formal (schools, VET, Higher Education) and non-formal Education (Second Chance Schools).
  • Sustainable Careers, Decent work.
  • Systems Theory, Critical Pedagogy (Social justice) and Career guidance.
  • Qualitative career assessment and intervention tools.

Selected Literature:

  • Romero-Rodríguez, S.; Mateos-Blanco, T.; Moreno-Morilla, C; Zammitti, A. (2024). Decent work in career development: A comparative analysis of Italian and Spanish university students’ perceptions. Educación XX1, 27(1), 131-157. https://doi.org/10.5944/educxx1.36969
  • Romero-Rodríguez, S., Moreno-Morilla, C. y Mateos-Blanco, T. (2022). “Laying bricks to build integrated career guidance plans”: Best practices in vocational education and training in Andalusia, Spain. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1001836
  • Romero-Rodríguez, S.; Moreno-Morilla, C. y Mateos-Blanco, T (Eds.) (2023). Orientación para la construcción de la carrera y justicia social. Una experiencia de investigación-acción en las Escuelas de Segunda Oportunidad (E2O). Octaedro. ISBN: 978-84-19312-87-7
  • Romero-Rodríguez, S., Moreno-Morilla, C., Mateos-Blanco, T. (2022). Aportaciones de la investigación colaborativa para el co-diseño de planes estratégicos de orientación: El caso de la Formación Profesional Andaluza (FPA). Revista Complutense de Educación, 33(3), 485 – 499. https://doi.org/10.5209/rced.74518
  • Romero-Rodríguez, S., Moreno-Morilla, C. & García-Jiménez, E. (2022) Career development learning in childhood: a collaborative guidance approach in Spanish low-income contexts, British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2021.1943738

Contact address:

School of Education (University of Seville)
Pirotecnia street s/n
41013 Sevilla
Email: sromero@us.es
Telefon: +34 955420633
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Dr. Celia Moreno-Morilla

  • Universidad of Seville, School of Education, Department of Didactics and Educational Organization.
  • Co-Coordinator of the Interuniversity Network of Novel Career Guidance Teachers (JovInRipo).
  • External evaluator in the processes of verifying and re-accrediting degrees leading to guidance practice (Madri+d and AQU Catalunya).

Research foci:

  • Career and digital education in schools, VET, and Second Chance Schools (low-income contexts).
  • Sustainability and decent work in career guidance.
  • Role of career professionals (competences for career guidance in the digital society).
  • Qualitative research: visual methods, collaborative ethnography, and research-creation to work with young people as co-researchers. 

Selected Literature:

  • Romero-Rodríguez, S.; Mateos-Blanco, T.; Moreno-Morilla, C; Zammitti, A. (2024). Decent work in career development: A comparative analysis of Italian and Spanish university students’ perceptions. Educación XX1, 27(1), 131-157. https://doi.org/10.5944/educxx1.36969
  • Romero-Rodríguez, S., Moreno-Morilla, C. y Mateos-Blanco, T. (2022). “Laying bricks to build integrated career guidance plans”: Best practices in vocational education and training in Andalusia, Spain. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1001836
  • Romero-Rodríguez, S.; Moreno-Morilla, C. y Mateos-Blanco, T (Eds.) (2023). Orientación para la construcción de la carrera y justicia social. Una experiencia de investigación-acción en las Escuelas de Segunda Oportunidad (E2O). Octaedro. ISBN: 978-84-19312-87-7
  • Romero-Rodríguez, S., Moreno-Morilla, C., Mateos-Blanco, T. (2022). Aportaciones de la investigación colaborativa para el co-diseño de planes estratégicos de orientación: El caso de la Formación Profesional Andaluza (FPA). Revista Complutense de Educación, 33(3), 485 – 499. https://doi.org/10.5209/rced.74518
  • Romero-Rodríguez, S., Moreno-Morilla, C. & García-Jiménez, E. (2022) Career development learning in childhood: a collaborative guidance approach in Spanish low-income contexts, British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2021.1943738

Contact address:

School of Education (University of Seville)
Pirotecnia street s/n
41013 Sevilla
Email: cmoreno8@us.es
Telefon: +34 955420778
Profile URL

CAREER LEAD: Focus on the role of teachers in career choice and career planning for young people. Link to the project page on our home page

Professor Elena Makarova

Research foci:

  • serious gaming in career orientation
  • gender and youths` career orientation
  • gender sensitive career education

Selected References:

  • Keller, C., Döring, A. K., & Makarova, E. (2023). Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Serious Gaming in the Field of Vocational Orientation. Education Sciences, 13(1), 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci13010016
  • Keller, Ch., Makarova, E. & Döring, A. K. (2021). Förderung der Exploration im Berufswahlprozess mit Serious Games am Beispiel von like2be. In Weyland, U., Ziegler, B., Driesel-Lange, K., &| Kruse, A. (Hrsg.), Entwicklungen und Perspektiven in der Berufsorientierung: Stand und Herausforderungen (135-155). Bonn: Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung.
  • Makarova, E. & Herzog, W. (2020). Geschlechtersegregation bei der Berufs- und Studienwahl von Jugendlichen. In T. Brüggemann & S. Rahn (Hrsg.), Berufsorientierung – Ein Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch (2., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, p. 271-278). Münster: Waxmann.
  • Makarova, E. (Hrsg.) (2019). Gendersensible Berufsorientierung und Berufswahl: Beiträge aus Forschung und Praxis. Bern: hep.
  • Makarova, E. Lüthi, J. & Hofmann, M. (2017). Innovative Wege einer gendersensiblen Berufsorientierung: Das elektronische Lernspiel like2be. In T. Brüggemann, K. Driesel-Lange & C. Weyer (Hrsg.), Instrumente zur Berufsorientierung – Pädagogische Praxis im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs (p. 239-252). Münster: Waxmann.

Contact address:

Universität Basel
Institut für Bildungswissenschaften
Campus Muttenz, Hofackerstrasse 30
4132 Muttenz
Schweiz
Tel +41 61 207 53 01
E-Mail: elena.makarova@unibas.ch
http://bildungswissenschaften.unibas.ch

Jana Lindner, M.A.

  • University of Basel, Institute for Educational Sciences

Research foci:

  • gender equality in education
  • gender bias in STEM subjects
  • gender sensitive career education

Selected References:

  • Lindner, J., Makarova, E., Bernhard, D., & Brovelli, D. (2022). Toward Gender Equality in Education—Teachers’ Beliefs about Gender and Math. Education Sciences, 12(6), 373. MDPI AG.
  • Makarova, E., Lindner, J., & Wenger, N. (2021). Gendersensible Lehrmittel und Unterrichtsgestaltung: Eine Studie zur Perspektive von Physiklehrpersonen der Sekundarstufe II. In S. Burren & S. Larcher (Eds.), Geschlecht, Bildung, Profession – Genderfragen und Professionsentwicklung in pädagogischen Feldern (pp. 106-127). Barbara Budrich

Contact address:

Universität Basel
Institut für Bildungswissenschaften
Campus Muttenz, Hofackerstrasse 30
4132 Muttenz
Schweiz
Tel +41 61 207 53 09
E-Mail: jana.lindner@unibas.ch
http://bildungswissenschaften.unibas.ch

Dr. Christof Nägele

  • University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Education
  • Head of VETNET, the European Network on Research in Vocational Education and Training, www.vetnet.org
  • Co-Editor of the Trends in Vocational Education and Training, Proceedings of VETNET at the ECER and the Crossing Boundaries conference.

Research foci:

  • VET
  • vocational choice and career planning of adolescents
  • adjustment processes
  • social and group processes in VET, and transferable skills

Selected Literature:

  • Nägele, C., Stalder, B. E., & Hänni, N. (2023). Finding the Way Into VET – Career Education. Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/record/8209167
  • Stalder, B. E., Gaupp, P.-M., & Nägele, C. (2023). Teachers and their role in the career choice process. In C. Nägele, N. Kersh, & B. E. Stalder (Eds.), Trends in vocational education and training research, Vol. VI. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET). VETNET. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8209176
  • Nägele, C., Stalder, B. E., Hoffelner, C., & Düggeli, A. (2022). Irritations in the career choice process and transformative learning. In C. Nägele, N. Kersh, & B. E. Stalder (Eds.), Trends in vocational education and training research, Vol. V. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET) (S. 142–149). https://zenodo.org/record/6977532
  • Nägele, C., & Stalder, B. E. (2017). Competence and the need for transferable skills. In M. Mulder (Eds.), Competence-based vocational and professional education, technical and vocational education and training: Issues, concerns and prospects (S. 739–753). Springer International Publishing. 
  • Nägele, C., & Neuenschwander, M. P. (2016). Apprentice–trainer relationship and work group integration in the first months of an apprenticeship. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 8(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40461-016-0030-3

Contact address:

Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
Pädagogische Hochschule­­­
Institut Sekundarstufe I und II
Hofackerstrasse 30
4132 Muttenz
Tel: +41 61 228 61 64
Zoom: https://fhnw.zoom.us/j/7598818785

Network Members

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Philipp Struck

  • Professorship for Vocational Education and Training in the Healthcare Sector at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz
  • Holds a special professorship for “Career Development”

Research foci:

  • Teacher training
  • Career choice and VET research
  • Special education and social education within the field of VET

Selected Literatur:

  • Struck, P., Götzl, M, Naumann, H. & Bux, M. (2020). Berufliche Übergänge von Menschen mit Fluchthintergrund in gewerblich-technischen Berufen – eine Fallstudie. lernen & lehren, 138, 59-63.
  • Struck, P. (2020). Quo vadis Berufliche Orientierung? Eine (kritische) Betrachtung aktueller Themen sowie der gegenwärtigen Forschungslandschaft. berufsbildung, 74(182), 47-48.
  • Struck, P. (2020). How to support young adults individually in career choice? – The model of knowledge in the career choice process (KCCP). In C. Nägele, B. E. Stalder & N. Kersh (Eds.), Trends in vocational education and training research, Vol. III. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET) (pp. 285-291). doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4007690

Contact address:
Faculty of Healthcare and Nursing Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz
Saarstr. 3
D-55122 Mainz
Email: philipp.struck@kh-mz.de
Profile-URL

Date of the network contribution: 14.04.2024

Marie Tuchscherer

  • Karlsruhe University of Education, Department of Vocational Orientation
  • Institute for Economics and Didactics, Karlsruhe University of Education, academic assistant at the chair and in the InDiKo project (duration until 31.12.2023)

Research foci:

  • Professional orientation in a digital world
  • Promotion of digitalization-related skills of student teachers in vocational orientation
  • Development and evaluation of innovative digital teaching and learning concepts at the university
  • Quality analysis of digital vocational orientation programs

Selected Literatur:

  • Frentz, J., Tuchscherer, M., & Wiepcke, C. (2022). Gamified Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education – A digital Educational Escape Room for economy classes in German High Schools, In J. Krath, H. F. O. von Korflesch, B. Morschheuser, B. Kordyaka, E. Jakob, & W. Weiger (Hrsg.),Startplay 2022. Proceedings of the 1st Interdisciplinary Conference on Gamification & Entrepreneurship (S. 30-42). Universität Koblenz, Koblenz. Internet: https://lnkd.in/erV5VZJ8.
  • Wiepcke, C. & Tuchscherer, M. (2023). Kompetenzmodell einer digitalen Beruflichen Orientierung. In B. Knickrehm, T. Fletemeyer & B. J. Ertelt (Hrsg.), Berufliche Orientierung und Beratung. Aktuelle Herausforderungen und digitale Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten (S. 217-237). Springer.
  • Tuchscherer, M. & Daniel, M. (2023). Nachhaltige Kompetenzentwicklung mit einem interdisziplinären Methodenmix im Rahmen einer Ermöglichungsdidaktik. In J. Buchner, C. F. Freisleben-Teutscher, J. Hüther, I. Neiske, K. Morisse, R. Reimer & K. Tengler (Hrsg.), Inverted Classroom and beyond 2023: Agile Didaktik für nachhaltige Bildung (S. 216-233). BoD.
    Online verfügbar unter: https://lnkd.in/ek7aZG6S

Contact address:
Karlsruhe University of Education
Bismarckstr. 10
76133 Karlsruhe
Email: marie.tuchscherer@ph-karlsruhe.de
Telefon: 0049 721/9254634
Profile-URL

Date of the network contribution: 08.05.2024

Dr. Tillmann Grüneberg

  • Academic lecturer in the field of counseling sciences at the University of Applied Labour Studies in Schwerin. Currently representing the tasks of the professorship for counseling sciences with a focus on counseling in digital contexts
  • Chairman of the Research Forum of the German Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (dvb).”

Research foci:

  • Career Orientation
  • Giftedness
  • Career guidance and counseling

Selected Literatur:

  • Grüneberg, Tillmann (2024): Begabung und Studienwahl- Begabungsvielfalt als Herausforderung der Berufs- und Studienwahl und Grundsatzfrage der Begabtenförderung. Beltz-Juventa
  • Grüneberg, Tillmann (2023): Mit den richtigen Fragen den passenden Berufsweg finden -Selbsteinschätzung rund um die Ausbildungs- und Studienwahl. 2. Erweiterte Auflage. Springer Nature
  • Grüneberg, Tillmann; Blaich, Ingo; Egerer, Juliane; Knickrehm, Barbara; Liebchen, Maria; Lutz, Lukas; Nachtigäller, Ulrike; Thiel, Rainer (2021): Handbuch Studienberatung. Band 1 und Band 2. utb

Contact address:
Hochschule der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (HdBA) Campus Schwerin
Wismarsche Str. 405
19055 Schwerin
Email: tillmann.grueneberg@arbeitsagentur.de
Telefon: 017662351897
Profile-URL

Date of the network contribution: 12.08.2024

Dr. Rabea Pfeifer

  • Institut für soziale Arbeit e. V. , Münster
  • Head of „Netzwerkbüro Bildung Rheinisches Revier“

Research foci:

  • Role of VET an Career Guidance in securing skilled work
  • Edudation in and for socio-economic transformation

Selected Literatur:

Contact address:
Institut für soziale Arbeit e. V., Friesenring 40,
48165 Münster
Email: rabea.pfeifer@isa-muenster.de

Date of the network contribution: 21.08.2024

Dr Mary Quirke

  • Member of the underlying Erasmus+ project Career Lead (grant number 2023-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000161202)
  • Research Fellow, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
  • Professional Guidance Counsellor, member of the Irish Institute of Guidance Counsellors, British Psychological Society and Irish Psychological Society.

Research foci / Work descripiton:

  • Career Guidance for People with a Disability and Transitionary Planning
  • Deaf People and Career Guidance
  • Universal Design/ Universal Design for Learning as applied to Career Guidance
  • Inclusion

Selected Literatur:

  • Quirke, M., & Mc Guckin, C. (2024). The sound of silence: deconstructing notions of inclusion in career guidance on exploring the experience of deaf people. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 52(1), 133-152.
  • Quirke, M., Mc Guckin, C., & McCarthy, P. (2023). Adopting a UDL Attitude Within Academia: Understanding and Practicing Inclusion Across Higher Education. Routledge.
  • Quirke, M. (2022). Guidance For The Deaf Community–Let’s Start a New Conversation About Careers And Guidance. Irish Deaf Society. Ireland.

Contact address:
School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Email: quirkem1@tcd.ie
Phone: +353860662078
Profile:
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mary-Quirke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8118-7270

Date of the network contribution: 17.08.2024

Professor Liridona Jemini Gashi

  • Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”.
  • Founder of Career Vision Center
  • Active participation in ETF initiative “Support to the Youth Guarantee in Western Balkans: development of a tool to monitor progress and measure quality of outreach to NEETs”.
  • Local Expert for the development of career counseling modules and manuals, GIZ.
  • Local Expert for the development of career guidance concepts for lower secondary level, GIZ.
  • Local Expert engaged by the Institute of Psychology for module development and training.

Research foci / Work descripiton:

  • Career development, career education and career guidance
  • Career planning, career navigation and career decision-making
  • Personal factors (career maturity, career self-efficacy, outcome expectations, career goals, personality traits, interests, values, career certainty, career indecision, etc.)
  • Contextual factors (family support, school support, peer support, job market, etc.),
  • Career management skills
  • Effectiveness of career guidance workshops
  • Qualitative career assessment and intervention tools
  • Congruence between personality and work environment
  • Mental health and psychological well-being in the world of work

Selected Literatur:

Contact address:
Str. “George Bush”, No.31, 10 000 Prishtinë,
Republic of Kosovo
Career Vision Center: https://cvcenter-ks.com/
Email: liridona.jemini@uni-pr.edu
Phone: +383 43 710 711
Profile:
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Liridona-Jemini-Gashi
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9699-1069?lang=en

Date of the network contribution: 24.07.2024

Olawale Olatunde (RCDP), MA, BSc, QCD, NCE

  • Inspirational Career Development Consultancy Ltd: Director of Career Development
  • Covenant University, Nigeria: Doctoral Student
  • Career Development Institute (CDI): Professional Member

Research foci / Work descripiton:

  • Career Guidance, Counselling and Education Programme in Schools
  • Employability Skills Development in Schools
  • Technology and Innovation in Career Services

Contact address:
Career Development Consultancy Ltd, Nigeria
Psychology Department Covenant University, Nigeria
Email: olawaleolatunde@icdcnigeria.org
Phone: +2349063861395 

Date of the network contribution: 12.08.2024

University Lecture Sonja Susnic

  • Member of the network
  • OsloMet, Norway
  • Faculty of Education and International Studies

Research foci / Work descripiton:

  • Career Learning and Career guidance
  • Lifelong learning
  • Transitionsphases
  • Problemsolveing

Selected Literatur:

Contact address:
OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University Kunnskapsveien 55
2007 Kjeller
Email: sonjasus@oslomet.no
Mobil: +47 922 69 713
Profile-URL

Date of the network contribution: 14.04.2024

Assoc. Prof. Nurten Karacan Ozdemir

  • Associate Professor, Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Education Faculty, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye.
  • Researcher at SEL-IRN (Social emotional learning International Research Network), including researchers from 19 countries. Recognized by World Education Research Association, USA.
  • COST Action:
  • COST Action, MC, Türkiye.

Research foci / Work descripiton:

  • Career development, career counseling and career education
  • STEM career development, decolonization of STEM education
  • Generative AI in career counseling & responsible AI in career counseling
  • Aging and career counseling
  • Multicultural career counseling, program development and evaluation in career counseling

Selected Literatur:

  • Karacan-Ozdemir, N., & Büyükçolpan, H. (2024). Testing a Social Cognitive Model of Career Self-Management with Turkish Undergraduate Students. The Career Development Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12352
  • Karacan-Ozdemir, N., & Koç, M. (2023). Career adaptability of parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Current Psychology. 42, 14320–14333 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02649-9
  • Karacan-Ozdemir, N., Akçabozan-Kayabol, N. B., Aydın, G., & Erten Tatlı, C. (2022). Fostering teachers’ career education competencies: test of a training programme. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 50(3), 462-473 https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2022.2031883 
  • Bacanlı, F., Karacan-Ozdemir, N., Ferrari, L., Park, C. M., & Solberg, S. (2022). Social emotional learning and career development from educators’ perspectives grounded on the Turkish context. Journal of Career Development, 49(6), 1402-1418 https://doi.org/10.1177/08948453211050085
  • Nassar, S., Al-Qimlass, A., & Karacan-Ozdemir, N. (2020). A tripartite model of program evaluation: Implications for effective career services and workforce development. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 20, 411-427. doi:10.1007/s10775-019-09410-6

Contact address:
Hacettepe Üniversitesi, 06800 Beytepe ANKARA, Türkiye
Email: karacan.nurten@gmail.com
Profile-URL
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nurten-Karacan-Ozdemir
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2909-6857

Date of the network contribution: 13.08.2024