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New publication from Lynn McAlpine and Cheryl Amundsen: "Post-PhD Career Trajectories: Intentions, Decision-Making and Life Aspirations"

Published: 25 April 2017

 Intentions, Decision-Making and Life Aspirations

Dr. Lynn McAlpine, Professor Emerita with the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, has co-authored the new publication Post-PhD Career Trajectories: Intentions, Decision-Making and Life Aspirations (Palgrave MacMillan).

"This book argues that post-PhD career planning should ideally begin at the same time as the PhD itself," states the publisher's summary. "Drawing from ten years of research and stories of close to 50 individuals, each chapter focuses on the stories of individuals who share common career intentions and how they negotiate these both before, during and after their studies. Each career trajectory is different as individuals planned and made decisions in the face of both expected and unexpected work, personal experiences and responsibilities. The book concludes with resources to help those who are currently planning or reflecting on their own career trajectories."

Lynn McAlpine is Professor Emerita at McGill University, Canada and Professor of Higher Education Development at the University of Oxford, UK. She has received distinguished research awards for her research in which a constant thread has been both how individuals in professional and academic roles engage in and learn from the work they are doing and also how to better support that learning. Co-author Cheryl Amundsen is Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines at Simon Fraser University, Canada. 

[visit Palgrave MacMillan, Post-PhD Career Trajectories: Intentions, Decision-Making and Life Aspirations, Authors: McAlpine, Lynn, Amundsen, Cheryl]

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