LIST OF AUTHORS Arends, Lena, Dr., Senior Researcher, Sociological Research Institute, University of Göttingen, Germany [email protected] Backes-Gellner, Uschi, Dr., Professor for Business Economics, Personnel Economics and Empirical Research, Swiss Leading House on Economics, Firm Behaviour and Training Policies, University of Zurich, Switzerland [email protected] Baethge, Martin, Dr., Professor (em.), President of the Sociological Research Institute, University of Göttingen, Germany [email protected] Baumert, Jürgen, Dr. Dr. h.c. mult, Professor, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany [email protected] Berger, Jean-Louis, Research Assistant, Swiss Leading House on Learning Strategies, University of Geneva, Switzerland [email protected] Berliner, David C., Dr. Dr. h.c., Regent´s Professor, College of Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA [email protected] Brown, Alan, Dr., Professorial Fellow, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, United Kingdom [email protected] Brown, Matthew, Dr., Director, Inquirium, LLC, Chicago, USA [email protected] Büchel, Fredi, Dr., Professor, Swiss Leading House on Learning Strategies, University of Geneva, Switzerland [email protected] Buttler, Friedrich, Dr., Professor, (former) Vice-Minister, Germany [email protected] Carlsson, Christer, Swedish Building Workers’ Union, Stockholm [email protected] Curcio, Gian-Paolo, lic. phil., Academic Assistant, Swiss Leading House on Quality in Professional Training, University of Fribourg, Switzerland [email protected] Doyle, Walter, Dr., Professor of Teaching & Teacher Education, College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA [email protected] F. Oser et al. (eds.), VET Boost: Towards a Theory of Professional Competencies, 437–441. © 2009 Sense Publishers. All rights reserved. LIST OF AUTHORS Dreyer, Kristina, Dipl.-Hdl., Institute for Human Resource Education, University of Bamberg, Germany [email protected] Düggeli, Albert, lic. phil., Research Collaborator, Swiss Leading House on Quality in Professional Training, University of Fribourg, Switzerland [email protected] Elke, Astrid, Dr., Researcher, Swiss Leading House on Learning Strategies, University of Bale, Switzerland [email protected] Falter, Jean-Marc, Dr., Assistant Professor, Swiss Leading House on the Economics of Education, University of Geneva, Switzerland [email protected] Flückiger, Yves, Dr., Full Professor at the Department of Economics, Swiss Leading House on the Economics of Education, University of Geneva, Switzerland [email protected] Goldman, Susan R., Dr., Distinguished Professor in Psychology and Education, Center for the Study of Learning, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA [email protected] Grieder, Sandra, Dr., Researcher, Swiss Leading House on Learning Strategies, University of Bale, Switzerland [email protected] Heinrichs, Karin, Dr., Assistant, Institute for Human Resource Management and Education, Munich School of Management, University of Munich, Germany [email protected] Heinzer, Sarah, lic. phil., Senior Researcher, Swiss Leading House on Quality in Professional Training, University of Fribourg, Switzerland [email protected] John, Ernst G., Dr., Academic Director, Institute for Human Resource Education, University of Göttingen, Germany [email protected] Kipfer, Nadine, Scientific Collaborator, Swiss Leading House on Learning Strategies, University of Geneva, Switzerland [email protected] Krapp, Andreas, Dr., Professor (em.) for Education and Educational Psychology, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich, Germany [email protected] Lassnigg, Lorenz, Dr., Department equi: Employment – Qualification – Innovation, Institut für Höhere Studien, Vienna, Austria [email protected] 438.