Network: 02. Vocational Education and Training (VETNET)
02 SES 01 A, VETNET Opening Session
Tuesday, 2026-08-18, 13:30-15:00, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Christof Nägele
- VETNET Opening Session
Christof Nägele Petri Nokelainen Barbara E. Stalder
02 SES 02 A, AI and Digitaisation I
Tuesday, 2026-08-18, 15:30-17:00, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Christine Siemer
- Reflecting Innovation-driven Instructional Competences of Vocational Teachers for Digital, Competence-oriented Teaching and Learning Arrangements: Comparative Evidence from Germany and China
- Where Does Professional Learning Really Take Place? Formal, Non-formal and Informal Learning in Times of Digital Transformation
- Digital Transformation as a Collective Task: Collaborative Organisational Development between School Maintaining Bodies and Vocational Schools
- Perceived Usefulness of a Multimedia Learning Environment for the Applied Informatics Sector
Pujun Chen
Josephine Jahn
Susanne Enssen Monique Ratermann-Busse Chantal Mose
Christine Siemer Vivian Harberts
02 SES 02 C, Migration, refugees & vocational learning
Tuesday, 2026-08-18, 15:30-17:00, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Ali Osman
- Language as Integration or Control? Migrants’ Training Pathways in the Italian Migration Regime
- Empowerment of (Labour) Migrants Through Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Germany: A Resource-oriented Perspective
- Vocational Education for Refugee Students in Türkiye: Navigating Social Exclusion, Poverty, and Precarity in a Stratified Policy Context
- Learning by Doing, Surviving by Adapting: Immigrant Mechanics and Vocational Learning Beyond Formal VET
Francesco Vittori Paola Dusi Antonia De Vita
Frieda Klaus Ida Kristina Kühn
Sevgi Ernas Pelin Taşkın
Ali Osman
02 SES 03 A, AI and Digitalisation II
Tuesday, 2026-08-18, 17:15-18:45, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Michael Gessler
- Digital Transformation in Service Professions - Professionalisation of Teachers
- Vocational Teachers as AI Entrepreneurs: A Study of Professional AI Competence in the Vocational Field of Information Technology and Media Production
- Artificial Intelligence in Vocational Education and Training: A Meta-Review Using Thematic Synthesis
Susanne Miesera Christin Schmidt Claudia Nerdel
Leif Christian Lahn Steinar Karstensen
Michael Gessler
02 SES 03 B, Teachers
Tuesday, 2026-08-18, 17:15-18:45, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Chris Zirkle
- Agency-Promoting and Pedagogical Leadership Practices in Finnish Vocational Education
- Unpacking the Nuances of Vocational Teachers’ Professional Identity and Its Relationship with Their Professional Agency
- The Functions of Double Professional Identity: Professional Development among VET Teachers in Norway
Katja Vähäsantanen Heta Rintala Päivi Hökkä Piia Kolho Elina Fonsén Kristiina Räihä
Taina Civil-Hirvonen Sami Löfgren Heta Rintala Katja Vähäsantanen Merly Kosenkranius Mira Kalalahti
Eli Smeplass Arve Leraand Lene Hylander Chris Zirkle
02 SES 03 C, Transitions and Guidance
Tuesday, 2026-08-18, 17:15-18:45, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Mona Granato
- Why should I choose Vocational Training? And why might I not? Perspectives of Young People with HE Entrance Certificate
- Balancing School-Based and Dual VET Pathways: Insights Into Student Perceptions
- "Attractivity and Segmentation of VET Occupations – Which Impact do Guidance Have on Student’s Career Choice?"
Dina Kuhlee Kathrin Petzold-Rudolph Marion Pohl Madita Roge
Christof Nägele
Mona Granato Janina Beckmann
02 SES 05 C, Transitions & Guidance II
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 10:30-12:00, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Krista Loogma
- The Manual to the ’Outcome’ – Linguistic Analysis on ’Osaaminen/competency’ in Finnish VE Policy
- An Old Phenomenon with Renewed Significance: Early Contract Dissolutions between Political Debates, Administrative Practices, and Economic Conditions
- Making Interactional Competence Visible In The Healthcare Sector: A Socio-Material And Emancipatory Approach
- Fenomenological Inquiy of Work Experience of General Secondary School Students: Students´ and Employers´ Perspectives
Penni Pietilä
Thomas Ruoss Lorenzo Bonoli
Cecilia Mornata Nathalie Muller Mirza
Krista Loogma Birgit Peterson
02 SES 05 B, Teachers: Health & Support
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 10:30-12:00, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Sami Löfgren
- Assessing Competence Development and Emotional Responses during the Practical Semester of Vocational Student Teachers in Germany
- Perception and Motivation of Teaching Among Pre-service Vocational Teachers in Norway, a Survey Study
- Exploring Teachers’ well-being through PERMA-FE Model
- How Does Organisational Support for Finnish VET Teachers’ Competence Development Relate to Their Work Engagement and Turnover Intentions?
Junmin Li Laura Pylväs Petri Nokelainen
Anders Grydeland Ove Edvard Hatlevik Sami Löfgren Rønnaug H. Lyckander Ulla Lundqvist
Yunru Liu Shuyang Da
Sami Löfgren Heta Rintala Taina Civil-Hirvonen Katja Vähäsantanen Merly Kosenkranius
02 SES 05 A, AI and Digitalisation III
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 10:30-12:00, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Nora Cechovsky
- Developing Teachers' AI Literacy in VET: A Design-Based Pilot Study of a Transnational E-Learning Curriculum
- Embodied AI Customer Role-Play in VR for Retail Apprentices
- Designing Microlearning Modules on AI for University Teachers in Vocational Teacher Education: A Design-Based Research Study
Eszter Bükki Andreas Saniter Vivian Harberts Zoltán Papp Katarina Welnitzova Helena Manojlovic
Martin Berger Stefan Greuter
Nora Cechovsky
02 SES 06 C, Students
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 13:30-15:00, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Meidi Sirk
- Supporting Gifted Students in the field of VET: A Comparative Analysis of Strategies from Austria and Finland
- Enhancing Students' Argumentative Skills Through 'Fact-Analysis-Comparison' Method.
- Analyzing Diagnostic Strategies in Technical Vocational Education: A Study on Electronics Technicians for Automation Technology
- Self-Regulated Learning Skills and Difficulties among Vocational Students
Nora Cechovsky Sini Bask
Aigerim Rakhym Sabyr Irgaliyev Dina Ashimova Bolganay Abuova Valentina Muftakhiyeva Moldir Seileva
Felix Walker
Meidi Sirk
02 SES 06 A, A History, Present & Mobilities
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 13:30-15:00, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Henriette Duch
- Industrial Education in Europe: Historical Analysis and Its Respective Influences on Pedagogical and Curricular Components in VET in Portugal
- Innovative Skills for an Old Vocation
- Variation in VET Participation: A Comparative Study of VET Choices in Europe
- Travelling as a Journeyman - Learning and Possibilities After VET from a Narrative Perspective
Richelme Da Silva Costa Carlinda Leite Angélica Monteiro
Andreas Saniter Tatjana Hubel Arina Seul Rita Souto Aura Mihai
Eva Lykkegaard Ane Qvortrup Marge Unt
Henriette Duch Karen Andreasen
02 SES 06 B, Work-Based Learning
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 13:30-15:00, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Katrin Kraus
- Workplace Learning in a Social-Economic Enterprise: An Integrated Biographical and Organizational Study in the Secondary Labor Market
- Invisible Aspects of Vocational Knowing: Literacies in Floristry Boutiques during Workplace-based Learning
- Vocational Cook Students’ Negotiations During Work-Based Learning Periods
- Who Is Acting? A Sociomaterial Analysis of the Role of Technological Objects in Workplace Learning.
Ute-Maria Lang
Enni Paul
Jenni Lahtinen
Katrin Kraus Ulrik Brandi
02 SES 06 D, Transforming Secondary VET: A Trans-European Approach to Powerful Learning for Sustainability
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 13:30-15:00, Room: K112 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Alice Moscaritolo
- Transforming Secondary VET: A Trans-European Approach to Powerful Learning for Sustainability
- Powerful Transformative Learning Environments for Sustainability in Secondary Vocational Education: A Systematic Review
- A Powerful Learning Environment in Estonian Choice of Profession Training – the Perspective of At-Risk Youth
- Patterns of Diversity in Providing Vocational Education and Training in Germany
- Student Agency in Secondary Vocational Education and Training: Authenticity and Collaboration in Inspiring Practices in ProVEST
Alice Moscaritolo Jetske Strijbos
Alice Moscaritolo Lyssa Pauwels Lufi Sari Tom Kuppens Melissa Tuytens
Alice Moscaritolo Liana Roos Karmen Trasberg Ingeborg Placklé
Alice Moscaritolo Thomas Köhler Sandra Bohlinger Steffen Kersten Nona Elana Kristiana
Alice Moscaritolo Guillaume Isaac Muriel Epstein Pierre Colin
02 SES 07 A, Teachers II
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 15:30-17:00, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Sami Löfgren
- Cultivating Neuroinclusive Pedagogy in FE: A UDL Aligned Professional Development Model through Neuro-illuminate
- Structuring Professional Development for Upper Secondary Vocational Techers in Brazil: European Insights and Brazilian Possibilities
- Tensions in Workplace Learning of Early Career Teachers in Vocational Education
- Pedagogues or Craftspersons? A Latent Class Analysis of TVET Educators’ Educational Aims and Socio-Emotional Support for Students
Aideen Hunter
Tamo Chattopadhay Ana Paula Marolla Thiago Sabatine
Lars Bang Jensen Anne Persson Anne-Birgitte Rohwedder Henrik Hersom Felicia Benthien
Sami Löfgren Katja Vähäsantanen Kalle Virta
02 SES 07 C, Students
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 15:30-17:00, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Laura Pylväs
- Future-Proof, Quality-Assured and Employable? Knowledge and Learning Conceptions and the Ideal Student on Teknikcollege’s National Website
- Activities Around Skill – Supporting Students’ Passion for the Crafts
- The Role of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction in Finnish Vocational Students' School Burnout and Dropout Intentions
Daniel Alvunger Camilla Gåfvels Eva Klope
Henriette Duch
Laura Pylväs Petri Nokelainen
02 SES 07 B, Emerging Researchers as AI Pioneers: Ethical Challenges of AI Use in Vocational Education and Training – A Shift in Perspective
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 15:30-17:00, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Lisa Meyne
02 SES 08 A, Policy, Governance & Power
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 17:15-18:45, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Sandra Bohlinger
- Mapping Policy Change through Biographical Data and Life History Analysis
- How Competitiveness Paradigms Shape Skills Policy? From Internal Market in the EU to Developmental State in Singapore
- Dynamics of political power in Vocational Education and Training
- Translating European VET Policy into Practice: Governance Instruments in Vocational Education and Training
Bill Esmond Kathrin Breuing Daniel Williams Kayte Haselgrove
Mantas Sekmokas Johnny Sung
Santeri Sorsa Maria Ciantar Jaakko Kauko
Sandra Bohlinger Christian Müller Alina Praun
02 SES 08 C, Higher Education
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 17:15-18:45, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Charlynne Pullen
- Beyond Credentials: Education's Changing Role in Middle-Skill Occupations
- Limits of Lifelong Learning? Occupational Closure and the Hiring Value of Micro-Credentials
- Higher Vocational Education and Occupations: Moving towards defining and understanding higher skills development
- Higher Technical Education in Transition: The case of accelerated degree apprenticeships
Gerbrand Tholen Andrea Laczik Katherine Emms
Benjamin Schimke Martin Ehlert
Naomi Alphonsus Johannes Karl Schmees
Charlynne Pullen Claire Wolstenholme
02 SES 08 D, Ignite Talks & Posters
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 17:15-18:45, Room: K112 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Jan Naumann
- What is Lost when Teacher Training Programs Lose Their Professional Context?
- Developing Curriculum for More Sustainable and Fair Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear Industries
- Four Empirical Approaches to International Vocational Education and Training Transfer – Innovations, Networks and Implications for Research and Practice
- Understanding Students’ Professional Identity Formation in Vocational Secondary Education
- From Work Tasks to Learning Tasks: Digital Support for Competence-Oriented VET Teaching in Kenya
Anne-Margreet Pol Michel Greven Herma Jonker Frank de Kimpe Rick Damhuis Suzanne Pinkster-Schalken
Katariina Hakala Teija Lehto Marja Rissanen Pedro Gonçalves
Lisa Meyne
Veronika Babyrádová
Vivian Harberts Julian Ng Peter Kaune
02 SES 08 B, VET Systems
Wednesday, 2026-08-19, 17:15-18:45, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Leesa Wheelahan
- In Common, Different, Similar: Dual Systems of VET in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
- The Conceptual Openness of VET Systems to the Perspectives of Apprentices and Their Participation
- The Emergence and Dominance of the ‘Skills-First’ Approach in Educational Policy
Philipp Gonon Thomas Deißinger
Ute Hippach-Schneider
Leesa Wheelahan Gavin Moodie
02 SES 10 C, Excellence and Inclusion
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 10:30-12:00, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Claire Bonnard
- Towards an Inclusive VET Ecosystem: A Systematic Review of Pedagogical, Digital, Wellbeing, and Transition Support for Learners with Diverse Needs
- Understanding Vocational Excellence and Inclusion in European VET: Insights, Challenges and Limitations from a Cross-Country Documentary Analysis
- Inclusive Teaching in Vocational Education and Training (VET) - Academic Discourses and Practical Implementations relating to German VET Preparation Programmes
- “Excellence” in Vocational Education and Training: A France–Germany Comparison
Evelyn Ansah Karkkulainen Daniel Ahorsu Kenneth Sin Kuen Fung Chun Yin Poon
Karin Luomi-Messerer Monika Auzinger
Junmin Li Philipp Struck Elisa Tessmer
Claire Bonnard Noémie Olympio Isabelle Le Mouillour
02 SES 10 A, 30th Anniversary VETNET Research Workshop: What makes VETNET a special network? Envisaging its Future
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 10:30-12:00, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Lázaro Moreno Herrera
- 30th Anniversary VETNET Research Workshop: What makes VETNET a special network? Envisaging its Future
- VETNET -- Envisaging its Future: A Central European Perspective
- VETNET - Envisaging its Future: A North European Perspective
- VETNET - Envisaging its Future: A Sub-Sharian Perspective
- VETNET - Envisaging its Future: A South European Perspective
Barbara E. Stalder Lázaro Moreno Herrera Elena Quintana Murci
Barbara E. Stalder Franz Kaiser Lorenz Lassnigg Christof Nägele
Barbara E. Stalder Lázaro Moreno Herrera Maarit Virolainen
Barbara E. Stalder Stephanie Allais
Barbara E. Stalder Elena Quintana Murci
02 SES 10 B, VET Pathways I
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 10:30-12:00, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Georg Tafner
- Leading Applied Learning for Parity of Esteem: Emerging Findings From a Cross-School Intervention in Senior Secondary VET
- Ready or Not! School Practices in three VET Programs in Iceland
- Knowing and Acting: A Cross-Cultural Learning Concept in Junior Companies. Case Studies from Kenya and Ethiopia in Vocational Education and Training
Kellie McGlynn Garry Argent James Goring Peter Kelly Shaun Rawolle
Saeberg Sigurdsson Elsa Eiriksdottir Valgerdur S. Bjarnadottir
Gesine Haseloff Georg Tafner Ewnetu Hailu Tamene
02 SES 10.5 A, Network Meeting - NW 02. Vocational Education and Training (VETNET)
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 12:15-13:15, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Christof Nägele
02 SES 11 C, Enriching Learning at Work Through the Inclusive Use of Digital Technologies and Innovation.
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 13:30-15:00, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Annette Ostendorf
- Enriching Learning at Work Through the Inclusive Use of Digital Technologies and Innovation.
- Voices from the 21st Century: Empowerment, Work, Lifetech, and Capability
- The Digital Condition, Upskilling and Empowerment in the Regulatory Instruments Governing VET in Germany: The Example of Office Occupations
- Enriching Work-Related Learning In Higher Education Through Innovation and diversification
- Rethinking digitalisation and inclusive workplace learning in Southeast Asia
Natasha Kersh Karen Evans Chiara Biasin
Natasha Kersh Margaret Malloch
Natasha Kersh Annette Ostendorf Ute-Maria Lang
Natasha Kersh Andrea Laczik
Natasha Kersh Chompoonuh Permpoonwiwat Adeline Goh Yuen Sze
02 SES 11 A, Competence & Work Experience
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 13:30-15:00, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Rebecca Ye
- Imagining the Future: Narratives of Purpose and Hope among Young People in Vocational Education
- Young Refugees‘ Development of Occupational Aspirations
- Exploring Narrative Approaches to Career Guidance in Upper Secondary Education
- Multiplicity of Mobilities: Researching How Educational Transitions Are Organized During Societal Transformations
Eli Smeplass Matt Simoneau Lene Hylander
Robin Busse Ina Mitze Oliver Winkler
Teodora Lattanzi Paola Ricchiardi
Rebecca Ye Marianne Teräs
02 SES 11 B, Stories & Narratives on VET and VET Actors
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 13:30-15:00, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Maarit Virolainen
- Metaphors of Vocational School Principals: Navigating the Emergency-Burdened Routine
- In and beyond Structures: How Narratives Shape Belonging in VET
- Master and Counter Narratives in VET: Hacking the Status Quo
- Finding One’s Community in the Margins: Support Structures, Supervision and Agency of Nordic Doctoral and Early Career Researchers in Vocational Education
Avihu Shoshana David Bitan
Anke Piekut Martin Høybye
Martin Høybye Anke Piekut
Riikka Suhonen Monika Øgård Maarit Virolainen Stefanie A. Hillen Marianne Teräs
02 SES 12 C, Times of Crises
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 15:30-17:00, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Maarit Virolainen
- Support Courses in Vocational Education and Training as Instruments of Inclusion-Oriented Governance: A Multi-Level Analysis from Switzerland in a European Perspective
- Adult Learning Policies and Inequalities in an Era of Polycrises
- Conceptual and Practical Approaches to Learning Loss in Post-Compulsory Education During Crises
René Wüthrich
Sandra D'Agostino Silvia Vaccaro
Maarit Virolainen Heini Ikäheimo Maryna Vasylieva Oksana Kovtun Tetiana Krushynska Iryna Shteimiller
02 SES 12 D, VET, Gender & Social Class
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 15:30-17:00, Room: K112 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Margaret Malloch
- Reducing Gender Segregation in Vocational Education and Training: A Holistic and Multi-Stakeholder Approach
- Conceptualisations of Womanliness in Vocational Education: Reconciling Self-sufficiency, Trade and Family
- Vocational School Students' Views on Social Class and Inequality
Arturo Garcia de Olalla Elena Quintana-Murci Francesca Salvà-Mut Maria Tugores-Ques
Anja Heikkinen Mervi Friman
Sanna Aaltonen
02 SES 12 B, VET Pathways II
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 15:30-17:00, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Fernando Marhuenda-Fluixá
- From Know-How to Recognition: The Vocational Capital of an Immigrant Car Mechanic in Sweden
- Navigating Pathways to Adulthood for Persons with Disabilities: An Ecological and Capabilities-based Study of the PEI Program in São Paulo, Brazil
- Non-formal VET, Trapped between the Needs of Learners and Companies
Lázaro Moreno Herrera
Maria Teresa Liuti Ponce Paul Lynch
Fernando Marhuenda-Fluixá
02 SES 12 A, Learning, Earning & VET Capital
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 15:30-17:00, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Hanna Liisa Hakala
- Reflecting European VET Debates Through Global Comparison: The Social Role of VET Institutions in South America
- Re-Imagining VET, Capital and their Intersections – Some Reflections.
- Assessing the Income and Wellbeing Returns to Adult Education
- From learning to earning in Kenya. Developing Youth Employment through Technical and Vocational Education in Kenyan and Finnish collaboration
Jakob Kost Silvia Annen
Robert James Avis
Charlynne Pullen
Katariina Hakala Jiri Vilppola Palkinen Ville Katto Leena
02 SES 13 A, Reforms
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 17:15-18:45, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Guillaume Isaac
- The Development of Modularization Using the Example of Specific Vocational Schools in the Czech Republic
- ‘This is Our Journey’: Nationalism in a Vocational Education Reform in Malta
- Integrating Powerful and Transformative Learning Environments for Sustainability in Educational Practice in Secondary VET: The European Project ProVEST.
Stanislav Michek Martina Kaňáková
Maria Ciantar Íris Santos
Alice Moscaritolo Guillaume Issac Pierre Colin
02 SES 13 D, Reimagining VET Reform in Postwar Societies: Historical Contingency and Alternative Futures
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 17:15-18:45, Room: K112 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Christoph Porcher
- Reimagining VET Reform in Postwar Societies: Historical Contingency and Alternative Futures
- From egalitarian goals to neo-liberal outcomes. VET in Aotearoa from Currie to Hawke (1962-1988)
- Vocational Education and Labour Market Training in Sweden 1948-2007: Purpose, Policy, and Practice
- Historical Contingency and the Long Afterlife of Rejected Reform Ideas: Revisiting two Swiss Education Blueprints from the 1970s
Christoph Porcher Bill Esmond
Christoph Porcher Lisa Maurice-Takerei
Christoph Porcher Åsa Broberg
Christoph Porcher Lorenzo Bonoli Philipp Eigenmann
02 SES 13 B, Related Values and Goals, Different Shapes? Movements in the Nordic VET Systems
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 17:15-18:45, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Franz Kaiser
- Related Values and Goals, Different Shapes? Movements in the Nordic VET Systems
- Impacts of reforms on Finnish Vocational Education and Training
- The case of Denmark
- Comparing the Nordic VET systems: Shared values and different solutions
Franz Kaiser Elsa Eiríksdóttir
Franz Kaiser Maarit Virolainen
Franz Kaiser Arnt Vestergaard Louw
Franz Kaiser Elsa Eiríksdóttir
02 SES 13 C, Navigating VET Transitions in Europe: Policy Repertoires, Vulnerability Perspectives, and Evidence‑Based Insights from Five Countries - part 1
Thursday, 2026-08-20, 17:15-18:45, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Ane Qvortrup
- Navigating VET Transitions in Europe: Policy Repertoires, Vulnerability Perspectives, and Evidence‑Based Insights from Five Countries - part 1
- From Policy Texts to Vocational Practice: Ecologies of VET Situations in Denmark
- Risky Times and Relative Risks: Tertiary Education Aspirations of Croatian VET Students and the COVID-19 pandemic
- Supporting Vulnerable Students in Estonian VET: Inclusion Policies, Institutional Capacity and Unintended Effects
Hanne Fie Rasmussen Ane Qvortrup Barbara Stalder
Hanne Fie Rasmussen
Hanne Fie Rasmussen Sandra Antulić Majcen Marko Lucić
Hanne Fie Rasmussen Meril Ümarik Marge Unt Eve-Liis Roosmaa
02 SES 14 B, Migrant Workers’ Perspectives on Targeted Training Pathways: a Comparative Analysis across Four European Destination Countries
Friday, 2026-08-21, 09:00-10:30, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Vidmantas Tūtlys
- Migrant Workers’ Perspectives on Targeted Training Pathways: a Comparative Analysis across Four European Destination Countries
- Skill Formation Pathways and Accessibility Regimes of the Migrant Workers in Lithuania
- Training for Whom? Migrant Trajectories, Structural Constraints and Differential Outcomes in Italian VET Programmes
- Work Migrants' and Refugees’ Perspectives on Germany: Different Pathways, Different Needs, Same Obstacles.
- Under Skilled but Overlooked? Migrants’ Skills, Justice, and Discrimination in Norway
Paola Dusi Vidmantas Tūtlys Andreas Saniter
Paola Dusi Vidmantas Tūtlys Sigitas Daukilas Aušra Rutkienė Lina Vaitkutė
Paola Dusi Francesco Vittori
Paola Dusi Frieda Klaus Ida Kristina Kühn Andreas Saniter
Paola Dusi Tarja I. Tikkanen
02 SES 14 A, 30th Anniversary VETNET Research Workshop: What has been the core of VET Research? Learnings from the Past
Friday, 2026-08-21, 09:00-10:30, Room: 5014 | Linna building | 5 Fl., Chair: Barbara E. Stalder
- 30th Anniversary VETNET Research Workshop: What has been the core of VET Research? Learnings from the Past
Barbara E. Stalder Margaret Malloch Natasha Kersh Michael Gessler Christof Nägele
02 SES 14 C, Cooperation & Collaboration
Friday, 2026-08-21, 09:00-10:30, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Fabienne-Agnes Baumann
- Collaboration between Vocational Institutions and Workplaces: An Educational Policy Perspective
- Promoting Vocational Education, Higher Education, and Industry Collaboration: Regulation, Governance, and Financing of Integrative Pathways in Germany and Hungary
- Nothing More Practical Than a Good Theory: Using Cultural-Historical Activity Theory to Improve School-company Cooperation in Dual VET
Heta Rintala Mika Tammilehto Katja Vähäsantanen
Pujun Chen Krisztina Sitku Philipp Grollmann
Fabienne-Agnes Baumann Léna Krichewsky-Wegener
02 SES 15 A, Reimagining VET Reform in Postwar Societies: Historical Contingency and Alternative Futures - Part II
Friday, 2026-08-21, 11:00-12:30, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Christoph Porcher
- Reimagining VET Reform in Postwar Societies: Historical Contingency and Alternative Futures - Part II
- Work, Play, Leisure: The Career Education Movement of the 1970s in the United States Jonathan Walsh
- Dreaming Beyond Water Cannons Swiss Apprentices’ Future Imaginings of Vocational Education and Training in Postwar Zurich (1945–1989)
- Alternative Imaginings for English Further Education: Liberal-Educational and Neoliberal-Vocationalist Change in the Long 1960s and 1970s
Christoph Porcher
Christoph Porcher Jonathan Walsh
Christoph Porcher Kirstin Jorns
Christoph Porcher Bill Esmond
02 SES 15 C, Research Workshop
Friday, 2026-08-21, 11:00-12:30, Room: K109 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Vidmantas Tūtlys
- Skill Formation Options and Patterns for The Ukrainian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
Vidmantas Tūtlys Horacy Dębowski Sergii Melnyk Andrii Lytvynchuk Olga Pankiv
02 SES 15 B, Navigating VET Transitions in Europe: Policy Repertoires, Vulnerability Perspectives, and Evidence Based Insights from Five Countries - part 2
Friday, 2026-08-21, 11:00-12:30, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Ane Qvortrup
- Navigating VET Transitions in Europe: Policy Repertoires, Vulnerability Perspectives, and Evidence Based Insights from Five Countries - part 2
- Towards Greater Coordination in Liberal Skill Formation Regimes: Policies to Expand VET Participation in Scotland
- Student Profiles, Aspirations, and Educational Inequality in Croatian VET: Evidence from PISA 2022 with Policy Implications
- From VET Policies to Educational Vulnerabilities: Trajectories and Transitions in Spain
Oscar Valiente Ane Qvortrup Barbara Stalder
Oscar Valiente Sarah Minty Geng Wang
Oscar Valiente Jurja Jakob Sandra Antulić Majcen Marko Lucić
Oscar Valiente Julián Bell Sebastián Rosana Palomares Mas Estefania Lopez Requena Jose-Javier Navarro Perez
02 SES 16 B, Conditions and Potential of Cultural Approach in Researching Vocational and Adult Education
Friday, 2026-08-21, 14:00-15:30, Room: K108 | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair: Bill Esmond
- Conditions and Potential of Cultural Approach in Researching Vocational and Adult Education
- "Culture" and "Beruf" in Vocational and Adult Education
- Are Concepts of Culture Helpful for VET Theory?
- Beyond Human-, Global North- and Capitalocene-centred Methodologies
Gabriele Molzberger Bill Esmond Fernando Marhuenda
Gabriele Molzberger
Gabriele Molzberger Lorenz Lassnigg
Gabriele Molzberger Anja Heikkinen
02 SES 16 A, Are Vocational Schools a Socially Inclusive Pathway to Higher Education?
Friday, 2026-08-21, 14:00-15:30, Room: Väinö Linna | Linna building | 1 Fl., Chair:
- Are Vocational Schools a Socially Inclusive Pathway to Higher Education?
- Vocational Schools as Pathways to Higher Education in Bulgaria. Compensation or Reinforcement of Social Inequality in Access to Higher Education?
- Secondary Vocational Schools as Pathways to Higher Education in China
- The Supplementary Year as a Bridge to Higher Education for Healthcare Students in Norway
Christian Imdorf Nadine Bernhard Claudia Schuchart
Christian Imdorf Petya Ilieva-Trichkova Pepka Boyadjieva
Christian Imdorf Nadia Siddiqui Yuan Wan Xiaodong Wei Zheng Li
Christian Imdorf Asgeir Skålholt Elisabeth Hovdhaugen
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