Rie Thomsen – författare

I vårt alltmer individualistiska samhälle ökar pressen på människor att göra val. Inte minst unga människor måste tidigt i livet fatta beslut om frågor som rör utbildning, yrke och karriär. Studie- och yrkesvägledning, ofta benämnt karriärvägledning, blir därmed alltmer centralt, liksom vårt behov av forskningsbaserad kunskap om dessa praktiker. Den här boken erbjuder en forskningsbaserad översikt av karriärvägledningsfältet. Vägledningens utveckling, dess teorier och framtidsperspektiv ramas in i ett antal kapitel som berör såväl unga som vuxnas navigerande i en alltmer svåröverskådlig utbildnings- och arbetsmarknad. Hur beskriver vägledare yrken? Vilken betydelse har marknadsutsättning av skolor för vägledningen? Vad skiljer vägledning från coaching? Vad sker i mötet mellan vägledare och elev? Det är några exempel på frågor som belyses i antologin. Namnkunniga forskare från Sverige, Danmark och England bidrar här med översikter och fördjupningar som ger insikter inom ett alltför obeforskat område. Karriärvägledning vänder sig till studerande på högskola och universitetet men även till verksamma vägledare, lärare och skolledare; yrkesgrupper vars uppgift det är att skapa samverkan mellan utbildning och arbetsliv.

This edited collection examines the intersections between career guidance, social justice and neo-liberalism. Contributors offer an original and global discussion of the role of career guidance in the struggle for social justice and evaluate the field from a diverse range of theoretical positions. Through a series of chapters that positions career guidance within a neoliberal context and presents theories to inform an emancipatory direction for the field, this book raises questions, offers resources and provides some glimpses of an alternative future for work. Drawing on education, sociology, and political science, this book addresses the theoretical basis of career guidance’s involvement in social justice as well as the methodological consequences in relation to career guidance research.

This edited collection explores ways in which social justice can be integrated into career guidance practice. Chapter authors propose models and practices which can contribute to struggles for social justice and consider how career guidance can play a role in these struggles. They explore policy and practice in the light of critical social theory both critiquing career guidance and opening up new possibilities for the field. The volume moves the discipline away from its overwhelming reliance on psychology in favor of theoretically pluralistic approaches informed by critical thinking in a range of disciplines. It seeks to expand the possibilities that are available to career guidance practitioners and researchers to support the growth of human flourishing and solidarity.

This edited collection examines the intersections between career guidance, social justice and neo-liberalism. Contributors offer an original and global discussion of the role of career guidance in the struggle for social justice and evaluate the field from a diverse range of theoretical positions. Through a series of chapters that positions career guidance within a neoliberal context and presents theories to inform an emancipatory direction for the field, this book raises questions, offers resources and provides some glimpses of an alternative future for work. Drawing on education, sociology, and political science, this book addresses the theoretical basis of career guidance’s involvement in social justice as well as the methodological consequences in relation to career guidance research.

This edited collection explores ways in which social justice can be integrated into career guidance practice. Chapter authors propose models and practices which can contribute to struggles for social justice and consider how career guidance can play a role in these struggles. They explore policy and practice in the light of critical social theory both critiquing career guidance and opening up new possibilities for the field. The volume moves the discipline away from its overwhelming reliance on psychology in favor of theoretically pluralistic approaches informed by critical thinking in a range of disciplines. It seeks to expand the possibilities that are available to career guidance practitioners and researchers to support the growth of human flourishing and solidarity.

This fascinating research monograph offers a new and comprehensive analysis of how career: emerged as a social category can be more rigorously theorised to support future analysis, and  can be reconceptualised to support new forms of living and working.  Esteemed authors, Tristram Hooley and Rie Thomsen, explore the concept of career in contemporary society and sociology to establish career as an explanatory category for critical social analyses. They build on this analysis to argue that the concept of career can be used as part of a project of personal and societal emancipation.  Drawing on historical, sociological and psychological evidence, the authors describe the contemporary environment for careers. In the process of conducting a thorough analysis of the forms and rhetorics of career, they reconceptualise the concept of career, untethering it from its origins in twentieth century capitalism and re-imagining it as an emancipatory and democratic concept. This re-conceptualisation prompts them to analyse how the career concept can be used to support people in the contemporary world; to rethink their lives and what they derive meaning from, to imagine better worlds, and to develop new forms of society.  To date, work examining the phenomenon of career has confined itself to a particular strand of research. This has either focused on the experience of the individual and how to best support individual career development (in career studies), on the organisation (organisation and management studies), or, rarely, on how career fits into the political economy and ideal society (sociology, economics and political science). This ground-breaking book combines all these different strands and, in doing so, develops a new theory of career.

This fascinating research monograph offers a new and comprehensive analysis of how career: emerged as a social category can be more rigorously theorised to support future analysis, and  can be reconceptualised to support new forms of living and working.  Esteemed authors, Tristram Hooley and Rie Thomsen, explore the concept of career in contemporary society and sociology to establish career as an explanatory category for critical social analyses. They build on this analysis to argue that the concept of career can be used as part of a project of personal and societal emancipation.  Drawing on historical, sociological and psychological evidence, the authors describe the contemporary environment for careers. In the process of conducting a thorough analysis of the forms and rhetorics of career, they reconceptualise the concept of career, untethering it from its origins in twentieth century capitalism and re-imagining it as an emancipatory and democratic concept. This re-conceptualisation prompts them to analyse how the career concept can be used to support people in the contemporary world; to rethink their lives and what they derive meaning from, to imagine better worlds, and to develop new forms of society.  To date, work examining the phenomenon of career has confined itself to a particular strand of research. This has either focused on the experience of the individual and how to best support individual career development (in career studies), on the organisation (organisation and management studies), or, rarely, on how career fits into the political economy and ideal society (sociology, economics and political science). This ground-breaking book combines all these different strands and, in doing so, develops a new theory of career.

An emerging interest in group guidance, collective forms, and integrative approaches is evident in Denmark and serves to contest a conventional individualistic mode of delivery. The latter being criticised for being both resource heavy and in risk of contributing to feelings of failure in those who are less successful with educational outcomes or employment. By showing how guidance activities can develop within the community generally, the book puts forward a decentred perspective. Career guidance is not an objective in itself; it is a means to support a person's participation in the economic society through education and work. The author shows how the participants in career guidance modify and change practice, thereby creating new possibilities for themselves and each other.

What does having a career mean, and should we always follow our dreams? In this critical and thought-provoking book, Rie Thomsen and Tristram Hooley challenge the myths and ideals surrounding careers. With wit, wisdom, and a sharp eye on societal expectations, they invite readers to rethink the meaning of careers. This is not a guidebook but a conversation starter—a reflection on life's twists, turns, and detours. What shapes the choices we make? And how do we find direction in a world of constant change? In Reflections, scholars deliver engaging reflections on key concepts. These pocket-sized books present unique insights on a wide range of topics that entertain and enlighten readers with exciting discoveries and new perspectives.

Career brings together individuals’ paths through life, learning and work. It describes how people interface with social institutions including the education system, employers, civil society and the state. Because our careers are socially and culturally embedded it matters where they are enacted. 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 in welfare societies, and how career guidance is enacted in this context.The Nordic region encompasses an area in Northern Europe and the Northern Atlantic comprising Denmark, Sweden, Norway as well as Finland to the east and Iceland in the Atlantic. It includes also the self-governing areas of Åland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. This region has long been seen as a source of progressive policy innovation in education and employment and this book focuses and explores the place, the enactment and the theories of career guidance in these Nordic countries.