Professional Knowledge in Education and Health: Restructuring work and life between state and citizens in Europe

Context of the Research

European welfare institutions such as education and health care are restructuring their organisations in terms of decentralisation, deregulation, privatization and so forth. As a consequence professional positions and demands on professional competencies in these institutions are in transition. At the same time European societies are changing in different ways, e.g. in terms of a ”knowledge society” as well as in demographic and cultural changes. Professionals such as teachers and nurses are meeting such changes in their work with students and clients. Thus, there is a need to study these transitions and changes. Here we are doing this from a “bottom-up” perspective where we are comparing experiences in different institutional and national contexts.

This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community under the Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 7. The author is solely responsible for the content of the reserach. It does not represent the opinion of the European Community, and the European Community is not responsible for any use that might be made of data appearing therin.

EU SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME
PRIORITY [Citizens] Contract no.: 506493