The research profile and interests in Program for Professional Education and Professional Guidance - in short:

Professional education and professional guidance are fields with many stakeholders. The approach in the research program is eksploratory and dialogic - with a critical, constructive and analytical approach to educations and professions. The research in the program is with a broad range of designs and methods, however mainly with qualitative and participatory approaches. The researchers contribute to professional close-to-practice research in a range of projects. Cooperation with (professional) educators, students and professional practitioners is prioritized, and likewise we emphasise a knowledge-flow involving the professional educations, further education and the educational academy in VIA.

Central research interests in the program:

• Teaching and learning in professional edcuation and further education 
• Lifelong learning, mentoring and career guidance
• Internships/clinical practice and supervision in this context  
• Vocational edcuation and qualification of teachers 
• Professional development for professional educators 
• Transitions in a professional perspective, icluding induction for new professionals
• Professional identity and agency

Research leader in the program is  Birgitte Lund Nielsen.