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Joanna Sikora

Joanna Sikora is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University, Australia, and Vice-President for Oceania of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on the Sociology of Education.

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Europe’s Teenagers Want Care Careers, Just Not the Ones Europe Needs Most

Joanna Sikora and Jerry A. Jacobs

PISA data on a million 15-year-olds show that, in many countries, over 90 per cent of care-minded teenagers expect professional jobs.