UNITWIN CONFERENCE Career Guidance and Counselling for Hope in the Anthropocene
March 26-27 2025, Joensuu, FINLAND
Organised by the career guidance and counselling units in University of Eastern Finland and University of Jyväskylä.
Career guidance and counselling helps individuals plan for their futures. It is curious about the future changes and has potential for playing a key role in facilitating sustainable trajectories both for individuals and communities.
Recognizing that we live in an age of the Anthropocene means acknowledging our responsibility for keeping the planet habitable for future generations. This includes recognizing the fundamental entanglement and hybridized nature of ecological and social questions and challenges we are currently facing.
In this task, hope has been recognized as an approach in the professional field of career guidance and counselling for motivation to future planning in turbulent and uncertain times. How does building hope influence approaches of career guidance and counselling? How do we build hope in practice within career guidance and counselling contexts?
The conference is open for UNITWIN network members and their colleagues
CALL FOR PAPERS/SYMPOSIA
We have extended the deadline for call for papers, so we invite proposals related to the conference theme by the 10th of September 2024
The call includes three kinds of proposals: paper presentations, symposia, and workshops. All proposals must be written in English, and the presentation language will be English. Proposal abstracts will be published electronically.
Please see the more detailed instructions for proposals.
Link for the proposals and submissions: https://link.webropol.com/s/unitwinlifedesign2025conference
CONFERENCE ORGANISERS
The conference is organised in association with the UNESCO/UNITWIN International Network Life Designing Interventions (counseling, guidance, education) for decent work and sustainable development. The main operational organiser is University of Eastern Finland in collaboration with University of Jyväskylä.
The UniTwin international network “Life Designing Interventions (counseling, guidance, education) for decent work and sustainable development” promotes worldwide cooperation between universities on lifelong guidance and counseling to support decent work and sustainable development. The Unitwin international cooperating network brings together 21 universities from around the world. This scientific cooperation will allow developmental research and programs which promote lifelong learning opportunities and improve vocational counseling for all. This cooperation will also create programs to promote social inclusion by providing adapted intervention for disadvantaged, marginalized, underserved, and underrepresented groups.
University of Eastern Finland www.uef.fi
University of Jyväskylä www.jyu.fi
City of Joensuu www.joensuu.fi
Organising committee of the conference
Professor Sanna Vehviläinen (chair), University of Eastern Finland
Associate Professor Mira Kalalahti, University of Jyväskylä
Senior University Lecturer Anne-Mari Souto, University of Eastern Finland
University Teacher Jussi Semi, University of Eastern Finland
University Lecturer Toni Kosonen, University of Jyväskylä
Scientific board of the conference
(to be announced)