Conference themes include •
workplace learning, learning environments and
Denmark, Copenhagen and Roskilde The climate in Denmark is friendly in June, and just outside peak tourist season.
learning organisations
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new models of apprenticeship: connecting learning and knowledge in different settings,
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The conference will be organized in Roskilde University campus, located 25 km from downtown Copenhagen, near the town of Roskilde, a cosy provincial town at the outskirts of metropolitan Copenhagen.
the contexts of learning: the work organization, a profession, the life course
Copenhagen international Airport, which has local train connection, has direct flight connections to all parts of Europe, N. America and Asia, including lots of cheap connections with major European airports.
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gendered work identities and learning
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subjectivity, identity and culture
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learning for all in a globalizing world of work
Participation fees
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policies and institutions of work related learning
Standard fee 350 € . Reduction for early registration. Reduction for students.
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Vocational Education and Training, Continuing
Refreshments, lunches and welcome reception included. Conference dinner optional
The Gradu ate School o f Li felong Lea rning invites you to join
The 6th International conference on
Researching Work and Learning - RWL6 28. June - 1. July 2009
professional education Accommodation not included
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at Roskilde University (RUC) Denmark
crafts, vocations and professions
For more information: Pre- or post-conferences will be organized to host more
Website: www.RWL6.ruc.dk specific or practice oriented discussions.
E-mail:
[email protected] www.RWL6.ruc.dk
[email protected]
Scientific Committee
The hosting organizations
The scientific committee will be responsible for basic themes and major issues related to programme and organisation, and for the assessment of abstracts.
Roskilde University is widely known for its interdisciplinary approaches and radical project based study format.
• Prof. Henning Salling Olesen, RUC (chair)
The Graduate School of Lifelong Learning is a doctoral programme with approx. 50 PhD students. A major part of research in the Department as well as the Graduate School is dealing with work life and learning in work life.
• Prof. Per-Erik Ellström, Linköping • Prof. Keith Forrester, Leeds
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
• Prof. Phil Hodkinson, Leeds • Prof. Miriam Zukas, Leeds
Photo/Copyright: Wonderful Copenhagen
Middelgrunden Wind Park, Copenhagen
• Prof. Erik Laursen, Aalborg University
Christiania, Copenhagen
• Assoc. prof. John Houman Sørensen, Aalborg University
Photo/Copyright: www.christiania.org
• Prof. Bente Elkjaer, School of Education, Aarhus University
The Graduate School has particular collaborations in the work life learning realm with Leeds University, Institute for Lifelong Learning, and Linköping University, Sweden, the HELIX research programme. The conference will draw on this whole hinterland, and also other institutions and research groups.
• Prof. Kurt Aagaard Nielsen, Dept. of Environment and Sustainability, RUC
• Senior researcher Bruno Clematide, Kubix Consultants,
Conference format
Copenhagen Members from the organizing department:
Roskilde Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde Harbour Photo/Copyright: Roskilde Viking Ship Museum
• Anders Siig Andersen, • Betina Dybbroe • Chr. Helms Jørgensen • Morten Smistrup • Finn Sommer • Niels Warring • Kirsten Weber
Roskilde University
The format of the conference will include a number of key note talks and the presentation of papers from participants in parallel sessions. Symposia and panel discussions will enable more comprehensive and interactive presentations and discussions.
Photo/Copyright: Roskilde University
Pre- or post-conferences will be organized to host more specific or practice oriented discussions. Further information will be included in the first call for papers which will appear in the early 2008.
