Critical Perspectives on Career and Career Guidance (COCAG)

Throughout the life cycle, educational, personal and professional trajectories become increasingly fragmented, uncertain and uneven. In this context, pedagogy and lifelong educational and professional guidance play a fundamental role in supporting personal development, fostering agency and the possibility of meaningful participation in education, work and society. Understood ...

Welcome to our call for items for the first COCAG newsletter. We intend to make a call for contributions on a quarterly basis. This newsletter seeks to gather content from January to April 2026, and any important upcoming news.

The newsletter will be a regular and comprehensive news digest both about the COCAG Action itself but also about activities of individu...

We are pleased to inform you that the conference “Conceptualising career for the precarious 21st century: Informing policy and practice conference” organised by Working Group 1 (The challenges and changes in career in the contemporary world) that will take place next week, on the 6th and 7th May, will be fully streamed online.

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Thank you to Büşra Kulakoğlu, who is a communications volunteer for work group 2, for writing this blog post and a recording of the webinar can be found at the end of the post.

On 14 April 2026, WG2 of COCAG held its third webinar featuring a panel session on career guidance policy. Moderated by Dr. Tibor B. Borbély-Pecze and Dr. Petra Elftorp, the session brought t...

Thank you to Ayşe Yavuz who is a communications volunteer for work group 3. She has written a reflective post which explores the work of Bourdieu, and its relevance to career guidance and recent activities in the work group. Dr. Ayşe Yavuz is an independent researcher holding a PhD in Educational Sciences from Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Türkiye, with a background i...