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course called “Guidance in a resources. They interpret the ac- carry out a European study on this
multicultural society” offered at the tions of the guidance counsellor as topic. How are the social chal-
Stockholm University Career Guid- an attempt to support them to find lenges of migration handled in the
ance Education Programme. their own path in life, even when guidance field, in terms of both
the counsellors obviously tried to policies and operations? It is to
“This course should be made man- influence them in a certain direc- some extent a new situation facing
datory,” says Åsa Sundelin. “Most tion. The pupils also influenced the society and there are no ready an-
career counsellors in Sweden do direction of the career guidance swers, apart from the answers we
not have any personal experi- conversation to a greater extent generate ourselves,” Åsa Sundelin
ence of migration, but they need than one would expect, given their concludes.
to have the ability to perceive the vulnerable position.”
existential questions that migration
brings.” Research can help us understand Nina Ahlroos
the world as we create it. Given Euroguidance Sweden
However, regarding the more the acute situation regarding the
general discussion that suggests issue of newly arrived and their • Read an abstract of the thesis
that career guidance is too western opportunities for inclusion, it is in English
and would not suit people from especially important that we contin-
non-western societies, the study ue to explore how guidance activity • There is also an English sum-
indicates almost the opposite; develops within this area. mary (chapter 14) in the PhD
“The pupils really used their career thesis
guidance counsellors as guiding “It would be very interesting to

Åsa Sundelin has a background in the field of career development and guidance. Since 1999, she has been
working at the Career Guidance Education at Stockholm University and teaches in the area of career guidance
theory and method at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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