The con­fe­rence aims to bring together rese­ar­chers from various disci­pli­nes such as labor market economics, sociology of companies and orga­nizati­ons, business and personnel manage­ment, and voca­tio­nal education research in an inter­na­tio­nal context.

During the con­fe­rence, two keynote speeches will be presented, research results will be presented and discussed in working groups. The results will be bundled in a con­clu­ding dis­cus­sion as part of a panel with Jörg Markowitsch as one discussant.

The con­fe­rence will feature two keynote speeches, one by Prof. Dr. Friedrich Hubert Esser, the President of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), and another one by Dr. Kirak Ryu, Head of the “Skills Development and Qualifications Research” depart­ment of the Korean Vocational Education Institute (KRIVET). The keynotes will serve as an intro­duc­tion to the con­fe­ren­ce’s theme.

Within the working groups, experts will present their various studies and then lead a dis­cus­sion on future research questions and potential projects. The practical, political, and academic signi­fi­can­ce of the research findings will be high­ligh­ted, and the inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry approach will enable encoun­ters that would not otherwise take place.

The con­clu­ding dis­cus­sion will broaden the per­spec­ti­ve by inte­gra­ting experts from various national voca­tio­nal education research insti­tu­ti­ons and inter­na­tio­nal organizations.