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Dr. KENNETH ABRAHAMSSON
Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Abrahamsson was appointed as adjunct professor in Work Life
Science and Learning at Luleå University of Technology,
in north of Sweden early 2002 (www.ltu.se
). He is presently working as Programme Director at the Swedish
Council for Working Life and Social Research, FAS, (www.fas.forskning.se),
a public agency under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Welfare.
KA is also associate professor (docent) in education at the Faculty
of Social Science, University of Stockholm since 1991. Beside
his administrative function at FAS and other R&D-financers
in Sweden, he has paid personal interest into labour market development,
regulation and skill formation, job creation and entrepreneurship
and policies promoting work place diversity. Dr. Abrahamsson is
also a member of the Committee for Educational Sciences at the
Swedish Research Council (www.vr.se).
In 2001 he wrote a working document on labour market trends and
generic skills in Swedish upper secondary education for a Parliamentary
commission on the renewal of upper secondary education. He is
also one of the editors of an overview of Swedish research on
qualification requirements, changing job skills and work place
learning published in the end of year 2002. As part of his activities
at Luleå university of technology, Kenneth Abrahamsson is
coordinating a network of scholars and practitioners with regard
to workplace learning (www.larena.se
).
Kenneth Abrahamsson is married to Maria Bosdotter and they have
four children, a son born in 1973 and three daughters, born 1978
and 1984 (twins). He lives in Mälarhöjden in Hägersten,
which is a local district of the city of Stockholm.
Selection of publications in English
Abrahamsson,K., Kim, L.& Rubenson, K. (1980) The value of
work experience in higher education. A study of work experience
as a substitute for formal academic entrance requirements. Reports
on education and psychology, No. 2/1980, Stockholm Institute of
Education.
Abrahamsson, K. (1984) Does the adult majority create new patterns
of student life? Some experiences of Swedish higher education.
European Journal of Education, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1984, pp 283- 298.
Abrahamsson, K. (1985) Prior life experience in higher education,
in Husén, T.& Postlethwaite T N (eds.) International
Encyclopedia of Education, Pergamon Press, Oxford 1985
Abrahamsson, K. (1986) Adult participation in Swedish higher
education. A study of organizational structure, educational design
and current policies Almqvist&Wiksell International, Stockholm
1986
Abrahamsson, K. (1991) Learning rights 2000: Reflections on Swedish
Policies on adult learning, competence and citizenship. Swedish
National Board of Education.
Abrahamsson, K (1999) Vocational Education and Training in Sweden,
CEDEFOP
Abrahamsson, K. (1996) Time policies and lifelong learning. International
Encyclopedia of Adult&Continuing Education, våren 1996.
Abrahamsson,K. (1999) Bridging the gap between education and
work, in van Wieringen&Atwell,G. (1999) Vocational and Adult
Education in Europe. Kluwer Academic Press
Abrahamsson, K. (2001) Towards new lifelong learning contracts
in Sweden, in Aspin,D.,Chapman,J., Hatton, M.&Sawano, J. (2001)
International Handbook of Lifelong Learning. Part Two. Kluwer
Academic Publishers: Dordrecht., page 339-366.
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