12
–13
Okt

Using and Innovating Quantitative Approaches to Support Effective Policies

Advancing Research on Adult Learning

Veranstalter: Cedefop

Cedefop, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, acts as a bridge between data producers, users and poli­cy­ma­kers to streng­then the dis­cus­sion on adult learning. It con­tri­bu­tes to this work by:

-  using existing data provided by the wider inter­na­tio­nal sta­tis­ti­cal infras­truc­tu­re to monitor and report on key indi­ca­tors on VET and policy deve­lo­p­ments, and con­duc­ting the Centre’s own analysis and research to support policies related to adult education;

- deve­lo­ping and orga­ni­s­ing surveys to answer questions that existing data do not suf­fi­ci­ent­ly cover, in order to respond to policy needs or the Centre’s research questions;

- con­tri­bu­ting to improving the data already collected by Eurostat and the OECD.

The seminar intends to con­sti­tu­te an avenue for pre­sen­ta­ti­ons and dis­cus­sions of work, ideas, needs and deve­lo­p­ments, as well as for exchanges, mutual learning and net­wor­king opportunities.

Call for abstracts is open until 15 May 2026

09:00 – 00:00
Thessaloniki, Greece
Seminar

März

2027



März
10–
11
09:00
Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
Konferenz

The Making of Apprenticeships

Divergence, Experience, and the Transformation of Vocational Education & Training

Dietmar Frommberger & Christoph Porcher

The conference explores the making and remaking of apprenticeships as a global historical phenomenon, tracing how pre-industrial craft training evolved under industrialisation, state-building, and changing educational ideas. It focuses both on institutional change and on the lived experiences of apprentices, masters, and other actors, and invites contributions from all periods and world regions.


März
/Apr
31–
1
09:00
Graz
Konferenz

innovativ & exzellent – Berufsbildung als Zukunftsmotor

4. Grazer Berufsbildungskongress

PH Steiermark

Möglichkeit sich zu aktuellen Themen der Berufsbildung mit nationalen und internationalen Expert*innen auszutauschen.

Call for Papers offen bis 1.10.2026

Mai

2027



Mai
18–
20
10:00
Johannesburg, South Africa
Konferenz

7th Crossing Boundaries Conference

Learning Across Continents: Conversations in a divided world

VETNET

Topics:

  • How do we understand the role of VET in preparing young people for work when labour markets and workplaces are in flux nationally and internationally?
  • Is this changing the nature of VET and VET curricula? Is it raising new questions on work, labour markets and education? What is core to VET that is stable across different contexts?
  • Are systems looking more similar or more different from each other?
  • What are the main factors—such as workplace organisation, changing labour markets, changing enrolment in schools and universities, and the nature of economies that are influencing different aspects of VET provision—such as curriculum, governance, partnerships, enrollment patterns—in different countries?
  • How do we connect better as researchers, and use VET research to build connection?

Dates and timeline

  • Submission of abstracts: opens 15 October 2026, closes 15 November 2026
  • Notification of acceptance: 15 December 2026
  • Submission of full paper: 20 February 2027
  • Feedback to your paper: 31 March 2027. You will then have 10 days to make the necessaries changes.
  • Conference: 18-20 May 2027

Juni

2027



Jun
9–
11
09:00
Umeå University, Sweden
Konferenz

NordYrk 2027

Embracing Diversity in Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Umeå University

Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the Nordic countries is shaped by strong welfare traditions, close relationships between education and working life, and longstanding ambitions of equality, inclusion and high‑quality education for all. Nevertheless, Nordic VET systems display substantial variation and complexity, influenced by social, demographic, pedagogical and structural differences across countries, regions, institutions and vocational fields. The 2027 NORDYRK conference Embracing Diversity in VET invites researchers, practitioners and policymakers to explore how such diversity shapes the conditions, opportunities and challenges of VET.   The Call for abstracts opens on November 11, 2026 and closes on January 31, 2027. Registration is required.