PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP HOSTS
Stephen Billett
Dr. Stephen Billett is Professor of Adult and Vocational Education in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. His sole authored books include Learning through work: Strategies for effective practice (Allen and Unwin 2001), Work, change and workers (Springer 2006), Vocational Education (Springer 2011) and edited books Work, Subjectivity and Learning (Springer, 2006), Emerging Perspectives of Work and Learning (Sense 2008), Learning through practice (Springer 2010) and Promoting professional learning (Springer 2011). He is currently preparing a manuscript entitled the Integration of Practice-based Learning in Higher Education Programs. He is the founding and Editor in Chief of Vocations and learning: Studies in vocational and professional education (Springer) and lead editor of the book series Professional and practice-based learning (Springer) and lead editor for the forthcoming International Handbook of Education on Professional and Practice-based Learning with colleagues from Germany.
Henning Salling Olesen
HSO is professor in adult education at the Graduate School of Lifelong learning, Roskilde University, and former Rector of the University. He is the chair of the European Society for Research in the Education of Adults (ESREA) and co-editor of the online journal RELA. His main research activities includes workplace learning, labour education, professional learning. He has published books and articles on these topics as well as methodological issues related to biography and life history approaches.He is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Researching Work and Learning conferences since their beginning, and chaired the organizing group for the RWL6 in Roskilde in 2009.