The Career and career guidance in Europe: Assessing strengths and addressing gaps event welcomed abstracts from authors wishing to be considered for the upcoming book. Authors of accepted abstracts were invited to present a brief 5 minute presentation on their potential contribution.

The presentations were divided into 5 topics which will each have a post over this week. The first topic was ‘Critical perspectives on frameworks and concepts of career’ with the following presentations.

Ingrid Bårdsdatter Bakke; Inland Norway University; Norway: Career to the people – theorising the concept of career on the background of Nordic welfare thinking in Norway.

Tristram Hooley; University of Derby; UK: The emancipation of career (co-authors Thomsen, Rie; Aarhus University; Denmark)

Ricky Gee; Nottingham Trent University; UK: Critiquing progress, the dark side of modernity and career discourse