Katharine Mullock is a labour market economist in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Her work focuses on helping countries develop policies to adapt to changing skills needs arising from technological change, globalisation and population ageing. She has drafted and co-drafted various OECD reports on adult learning and career guidance for adults. She holds a Masters in Economics from the University of British Colombia.

Rie Thomsen, Ph.D, is Professor MSO in career guidance. She is the scientific coordinator of the Guidance Research Unit at the Danish School of Education (DPU) at Aarhus University in Copenhagen. Her research revolves around career guidance and career learning practices and policies with a special interest on the role of communities and in organizational, leadership and quality aspects of career guidance. Since 2005 RT has published more than twenty articles in peer reviewed international journals of which eight a first author and six as single author. She has authored six bibliographies and co-authored thirteen.
She is NICEC international fellow and scientific board member of ECADOC. She is one of the founders of the The Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance.

Lea Ferrari, Ph.D., is an associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Italy where she teaches Career counseling and vocational guidance in multicultural contexts, managing diversity in working contexts, Psychology of disability and inclusion. Her research efforts concern the field of positive development and social and emotional learning from early ages with a focus on nurturing resources and talents to promote flourishing in career and life.

Monika Petermandl, Professor, directs since 2006 at the Danube University Krems (Austria) the study programme „Professional teaching and training (MA)” and is the academic leader of the study programme “Career Guidance and counselling (MA)”. Before, she was the head of the education department, including career guidance and counselling, of WIFI Wien (Institute of Economic development of the Vienna Economic Chamber). 1991 she got the title professor from the University of Economics and Business in Vienna.

Teresa Maria Sgaramella Ph.D., is an associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, University of Padova (Italy). Research interests deal with Integrative Positive Development through Adulthood with a focus on the role of social emotional competencies, and systemic determinants on career development. Particular attention is devoted to designing, implementing, and evaluating educational and counseling integrative actions involving individuals and groups who experience complex and vulnerable conditions.

Bettina Siecke, Prof. Dr., is a Professor at the University of Applied Labour Studies in Mannheim, Germany. She holds a degree in social sciences and a Ph.D. in vocational pedagogy. Her current working field is teaching of career and skills counselling and employer counselling and vocational pedagogy with a focus on continuing vocational training. Her research refers to career guidance and counselling in SME and in the public employment service in Germany and Switzerland and counselling in the context of recruitment of employees from abroad and recognition of their qualifications.

Peter C. Weber. Dr., Professor for Career Guidance and Counselling at University of Applied Labour Studies Mannheim (Germany). Member of the IAEVG board, lecturer in Career Guidance and Counselling in national and international context. Researcher in different research programs in the field of Guidance & Counselling, e.g., psychological resources of practitioners and young people in vocational training and school-work transition and individual and contextual resources for the counselling of low qualified people. 2004-2016 researcher and assistant at Heidelberg University.

Matthias Zick-Varul, Dr. is a sociologist and social theorist who is currently working as a research fellow at the University of Applied Labour Studies in Mannheim, Germany. Recently, he has been working as a job placement officer in the disability support unit and as a career counsellor at the Employment Agency. His research areas are professionalism in social professions, career guidance and counselling, the sociology of health and illness and cultural sociology.

Jan Woldendorp MSc works for the School of Human Resource Management and Applied Psychology at the Saxion University of Applied Sciences and for the Open University in The Netherlands. He is a lecturer, trainer and researcher and employment services. He is coordinator of the minor program and postgraduate course for Jobcoaches. His teaching and research areas are occupational and skills development, career guidance and development, supported employment and inclusive HRM.

Anna Moutsiou (MSc) is an Organizational Psychologist and Human Resources Consultant working for ISON Psychometrica, in Athens, Greece. Her professional work focuses on Employee Selection, Psychometric Assessment and Evaluation, Business Research Insights, Test Development, and Statistical Research. She works with clients of both the private and the public sector, across a range of industries (transportation and infrastructure, shipping, telecommunication, etc.)

Aleksandra Đurović (MSc) works as a Research Coordinator in Belgrade Open School, an educational, research civil society organization from Belgrade, Serbia.  She coordinates preparation of research projects and coordinates and conducts research studies. She has authored more than twenty research reports, articles, and policy papers. Aleksandra has coordinated and participated in research studies and projects at the local, national and European level, the majority of which were policy-driven or resulted in a policy document. She has coordinated several research studies on career guidance and counselling concerning Serbia and the Western Balkans region.

Edmund Panzenböck, Mag. (FH); MA, Research Associate at University for Continuing Education Krems, Course Director for the master course “HRM and Competence Development using digital media”. Involved in several projects for didactic support in the development of curricula, based on a blended learning approach. Responsible for the implementation of the pilot course in the project Connect! Since 2006 consultant in human resources and organisational development.