International Fellows

Michael Arthur

Areas of interest and expertise
career ownership, talent management, career conversations, knowledge work, experience-based approaches, sustainable careers, virtual careers and team-building

Lynne Bezanson

Areas of interest and expertise
Now Executive Emerita of the Canadian Career Development Foundation, I remain committed to evidence based research, training standards and certification requirements, access to services, the international symposium movement and school to work transitions

Tibor Bors Borbely-Pecze Dr. habil.

Areas of interest and expertise
My main research interest is in career/lifelong/ livelihood planning/workforce development guidance policy developments and evaluation at the global level, with a special focus on Europe and the so-called transition countries (former Communist countries).

James Bright

Areas of interest and expertise
career development, coaching, counselling, assessment, chaos theory of careers

Sareena Hopkins

Areas of interest and expertise
As Executive Director of the Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF), Sareena works in Canada and internationally to strengthen the reach and impact of career development. With her team at CCDF, she moves from ideas to action in areas of public policy, research and development, evaluation, capacity building and advocacy.

John McCarthy

Areas of interest and expertise
Policy, systems, and practice: development and evaluation. Advocacy for career guidance provision. International sharing and learning. Training of career practitioners. Testing and psychometrics for career guidance.

Col McCowan

Areas of interest and expertise
Career education and development in educational settings. Current research is developing a suite of instruments to support evidence-based practice

Peter McIlveen

Areas of interest and expertise
Professor Peter McIlveen leads the Australian Collaboratory for Career, Employability, and Learning for Living (ACCELL). ACCELL is a multidisciplinary research team focused on adaptive capacity and career development learning, and the psychology of working.

Mary McMahon

Areas of interest and expertise
systems theory, narrative career counselling, qualitative career assessment, career development in childhood, women's career development

Dr Annemarie Oomen

Areas of interest and expertise
Policy development and implementation of Careers Education, Development and Guidance in Secondary Education (nationally) and Secondary schools (locally). Engaging parents in careers work in secondary schools.

Peter Plant

Areas of interest and expertise
The two Gs of guidance: Green; Geronto

James Sampson

Areas of interest and expertise
Cognitive Information Processing Theory of Career Choice, Information and Communication Technology in Career Intervention, Integration of Theory, Research, and Practice, Implementation of Career Interventions

Prof Maximus Sefotho

Areas of interest and expertise
Prof. Maximus Monaheng Sefotho is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology (with a specialisation/focus on Career Guidance and Disability) at University of Johannesburg. He contributed to the development of the competency framework for career development practitioners. He is now working in career transitioning of differently abled persons from home through to the world of work.

Rie Thomsen

Areas of interest and expertise
career guidance in communities, neoliberalism, critical theory, critical psychology, social justice, emancipation // leturing, PhD supervision, government advice

Raimo Vuorinen

Areas of interest and expertise
My research at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research has focused on evidence base for lifelong guidance systems and policy development. Another area of interest has been the use of technology in career guidance.

Dr Nuala Whelan

Areas of interest and expertise
A Lecturer in Adult Guidance Counselling and Reflective Practice, and a practicing Chartered Work and Organisational Psychologist. My research centres on unemployment, employability and wellbeing; equality, diversity and inclusion in access to lifelong guidance and the labour market; career and employment guidance models and practice; labour market policy, implementation and effectiveness.