Anna Margareta Wilson

Last Name

Wilson

First name

Anna Margareta

Fields of research

Youth transitions in dual vocational education and training (VET)

Firms’ involvement and hiring behaviour in dual VET systems

Challenges and opportunities for disadvantaged youth in dual VET

Institutional factors and channels affecting stakeholder behaviour in VET

Education(s)

October 2015 – February 2021 University of Lausanne

August 2013 – June 2015 Lund University

August 2009 – June 2012 Lund University

Professional Career

January 2022 – ongoing SEPS, UNISG: Postdoctoral researcher (75%)

February 2021 – December 2021: Maternity leave

October 2015 – February 2021 IDHEAP, University of Lausanne: PhD student (100%)

PhD student at the chair of Prof. Giuliano Bonoli (thesis supervisor), under the supervision of jury committee members Prof. Christian Lyhne Ibsen, Prof. Christian Imdorf and Prof. Daniel Oesch.
Doctoral project named “Employers and the governance of inclusion: Disadvantaged youths’ access to dual apprenticeships in collective skill formation systems”.
Date of public thesis defence: November 24, 2020.

February 2014 – August 2015 Lund University: Research assistant (40%)

Research assistant in “Reform Capacity of Governments” project, led by Prof. Johannes Lindvall.
Data collection and data management in the areas reform capacity, welfare policy and governance specifically oriented towards public health care, unemployment, censuses and tax capacity and policy.
Basic research and preparation of material for academic articles and books.
Carrying out literature reviews and text analyses for forthcoming publications.

Teaching activities

Fall term 2020: Teacher

Teacher “Comment construire un bon mémoire” in Master of Public Policy Program, IDHEAP, University of Lausanne.

January 2019: Examinator

Examinator on master course, “Transforming social welfare institutions” in the Master of Public Policy Program, IDHEAP, University of Lausanne.

Fall term 2017: Teacher assistant

Award

2nd place in ’Best Paper Award 2020’ for the article “What signals do employers use when hiring? Evidence from a survey experiment in the apprenticeship market” (Flavia Fossati, Anna Wilson, and Giuliano Bonoli), European Sociological Review, 2021.
2nd place in ‘Best paper award’ for research paper “Trajectories of Liberalization in Collective Governance: How Short-track Apprenticeships entered the Training System in Switzerland” (Gina Di Maio, Lukas Graf and Anna Wilson) (750 CHF) in 6th congress on Research in Vocational Education and Training. Bern/Zollikofen, March 2019.

Projects(s)

Firms’ strategies to address skill mismatches in dual vocational education and training

Research Cooperation

GOVPET