Professions and Proficiency

Johannes Glückler is Professor of Economic and Social Geography and Fellow of the Marsilius Center for Advanced Studies at Heidelberg University. In his research he follows a relational perspective and builds on theories of social networks and institutions in the study of the geography of knowledge and regional development. He is a founding board member of the German Society for Social Network Research DGNet and co-founder of the M.Sc. Governance of Risks and Resources at the Heidelberg Center for Latin America in Santiago de Chile.  Christopher Winch is currently Professor of Educational Philosophy and Policy in the School of Education, Communication and Society at King’s College London. He is a philosopher of education with a particular interest in professional education, professional judgement, qualifications and the assessment of professional competence. He has taken part in research projects concerned with professional qualifications in Europe, including work on the European Qualification Framework. This appeared as “Knowledge, Skills and Competence in the European Labour Market, 2011”, co-authored with Linda Clarke, Michaela Brockmann, Georg Hanf, Philippe Méhaut and Anneke Westerhuis. He is also the author of “ Dimensions of Expertise”  2010, an analysis of professional know-how and expertise.  Anna Mateja Punstein currently works as a corporate quality engineer. She was a Research Associate in Economic Geography at the Institute of Geography at Heidelberg University, Germany until 2022, where she also received her PhD in 2020. Her fields of interest include geographical research on innovation, business services and epistemology, focusing particularly on value creation at the intersection between services and industries as well as on cooperation during product development.

Chapter 1. Professions, proficiency, and place: An introduction.- Part I: The Creation of Proficiency.- Chapter 2. Qualifications as Guarantees of Proficiency-Do We Understand Their Role?.- Chapter 3. Improficiency and the Professionalization of Undisciplined Practices.- Chapter 4. The Interplay of Knowledge, Strategies, and Interest in the Development of Expertise within Professions.- Chapter 5. What Does it Take to Be a Professional Translator? Identity as a Resource.- Part II: Transformation of Professions.- Chapter 6. The Changing Fortunes of the Architect Profession in Post-War Britain: Complexity, Technological Change, and the (Re)construction of Knowledge.- Chapter 7. Preserving the Epistemic Authority of Science in World Politics.- Chapter 8. Mobilizing Intangibles under the Acceluction Regime.- Part III: Proficiency and Professions in Place.- Chapter 9. The Beginnings of the Psychology Profession in Argentina: Science, Institutional Context, and Society.- Chapter 10. William Siemens: An Engineer and Industrialist in Germany and England.- Chapter 11. Professions, Knowledge, and Workplace Change: The Case of Canadian Engineers.- Chapter 12. Spielwiesen: Preparing a Research Agenda on Playgrounds and Serious Work in Academia.