The Editors : Anja Heikkinen is a professor of lifelong learning and education at the University of Tampere, Finland. Her research interests include : the relationship between education, work and politics ; the history and philosophy of vocational education ; the impact of culture and gender on vocational education ; and cross-cultural collaboration and practice. Katrin Kraus is a senior research associate and lecturer at the Institute of Upper Secondary and Vocational Education at the University of Zurich.
Her research interests include : vocational education, social change and Europeanization ; theories and concepts of earning oriented pedagogy, e.g. vocation/Beruf, employability, competence ; theory of social space ; and comparative, discourse and policy analyses.