ECER / Crossing Boundaries / Stockholm International / NordYrk / European Vocational Skills Week
European Conference on Educational Research (ECER)
The conference offers an inclusive platform for initiating, reporting, discussing and promoting high-quality educational research. It is the annual conference of the European Educational Research Association (EERA). VETNET curates network 2 at the ECER.
2023 Glasgow – 2022 Yerevan – 2021 Geneva (online) – 2020 Glasgow (canceled) – 2019 Hamburg – 2018 Bozen/Bolzano – 2017 Copenhagen – 2016 Dublin – 2015 Budapest – 2014 Porto – 2013 Istanbul – 2012 Cádiz – 2011 Berlin – 2010 Helsinki – 2009 Vienna – 2008 Göteborg – 2007 Ghent – 2006 Geneva – 2005 Dublin – 2004 Crete – 2003 Hamburg – 2002 Lisbon – 2001 Lille – 2000 Edinburgh – 1999 Lahti – 1998 Ljubljana – 1997 Frankfurt – 1996 Seville – 1995 Bath (joint BERA/EERA) – 1992 Enschede pre-EERA ECER
Crossing Boundaries Conference
The Conference Crossing Boundaries in Vocational Education and Training is an expert meeting organized around the topics of socio-culturally different VET systems, institutions and agencies in VET, practice and actors in VET.
2025 Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma (Mallorca, Spain)
2023 Kaunas, 2021 Muttenz and Bern, 2019 Valencia, 2017 Rostock, 2015 Bremen
Stockholm International Conference on VET
The Stockholm International Conference on VET is an invited conference and offers a forum for discussion of key issues and state-of-the-art research in Vocational Education and Training (VET/YL) in different contexts internationally. It is a forum for networking and further cooperation. The first conference took place in 2012. Between 2012 and 2018, the conference was held yearly in spring (May). Starting in 2018/19, the conference alternates with the Crossing Boundaries Conference: Crossing Boundaries (2019, 2021, 2023, 2025 …) and the Stockholm Conference (2020, 2022, 2024 …).
Book of abstracts 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
Book Series Emergent Issues in Research on Vocational Education and Training Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4, Vol 5, Vol 6, Vol 7, Vol 8
Link to the conference website.
NordYrk
NordYrk is the Nordic research network on vocational education and training. It aims at strengthening research in VET and to promote cooperation and knowledge development on vocational issues in the Nordic countries. The conference is attended by researchers, teacher educators for vocational teacher training students, and actors in the field. Link to the conference website.
European Vocational Skills Week
Since 2016 VETNET participates at the EVSW in cooperation with the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. Read more here.
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