10th Stockholm International Conference of Research on Vocational Education and Training
A forum for discussion and dissemination of state of the art research in VET. A space for international networking and cooperation, part of the yearly academic events of VETNET (The European network of research in Vocational Education and Training)
Conference 2024
Welcome to the 10th Stockholm International Conference of Research on Vocational Education and Training, May 17-19, 2026. Conference venue: M/S Viking Glory.
Important dates and information
- Deadline for abstract submission: 15th November 2025
- Notification of acceptance: 15th December 2025
- Deadline full paper: 14th June 2026
- Information about registration available from 15th December 2025. No conference fee required.
- Deadline for registration: 30th January 2026
Preliminary program
X Stockholm International Conference of Research in Vocational Education & Training, May 17-19, 2026
Sunday, May 17
- 18.00: Check-in at Viking Terminal, Stadsgårdsterminalen
- 19.30: Boarding the M/S Viking Glory
- 20.00-20.30: Conference Opening
Welcoming Address: Professor Lázaro Moreno Herrera
Practical Information: Professor Marianne Teräs
Presentation of the boat by staff: Name Surname
Room: Auditorium - 20.30-20.40: Accommodation in cabins
- 20.40-22.00: Dinner
- From 22.00: Get together & Social events
Monday, May 18
- 07.00-08.30: Breakfast
- 08.45-09.00: Introduction to day 1
- 09.00-10.00 Keynote 1: Professor Emerita, Ph.D., Viveca Lindberg, Stockholm University
- 10.00-10.30 Coffee Break
- 10.30-12.00 PARALLEL SESSION 1
- 12.00-13.30 Lunch
- 13.30-15.00 PARALLEL SESSION 2
- 15.00-15.20 Coffe break
- 15.20-16.50 PARALLEL SESSION 3
- 17.00-18.30 PARALLEL SESSION 4
- 19.30-22.00 Dinner
Tuesday, May 19
- 7.00-8.30 (Swe Time): Breakfast
- 08.45-09.00: Introduction to Day II
- 09.00-10.00: Keynote 2: PhD Tobias Karlsson Saksen, Linköping University
- 10.00-10.30: Coffe break
- 10.30-12.00: PARALLEL SESSION 5
- 12.00-13.30 Lunch
- 13.30-15.00 PARALLEL SESSION 6
- 15.00-15.20 Coffe break
- 15.20-16.50 PARALLEL SESSION 7
- 17.00-17.30 Conclusions
- 18.50 M/S Viking Glory arrives Stockholm Viking Terminal, Stadsgårdsterminalen
Practical information
Conference price
VETNET Conference Stock 2026- Price specification
Paper sessions
Author/s will have 20 min to present their paper; papers with several authors presenting please observe time limits! Papers will be presented in blocks. Each paper will be followed by 10 min. discussion.
Chair/discussant
- introduces shortly the paper session (presents the contributors) and keep attention to time frames of the presentations.
- Open the discussion with comments/questions about the presented papers.
- Moderates the questions/comments from participants.
Contact information
For general information and conference´s chair persons
Professor Lázaro Moreno Herrera: lazaro.moreno@edu.su.se
Professor Marianne Teräs: marianne.teras@edu.su.se
Senior Lecturer Janne Kontio: janne.kontio@edu.su.se
Questions concerning attendance (travel, accomodation, registration, etc.)
Mrs. Emelie Eriksson: grupp@bjorcks.se
Conference site responsible
Senior Lecturer Janne Kontio: janne.kontio@edu.su.se
Book of Abstracts 2026
Book of Abstracts 2026 will be available 30 April 2026
Abstract & Paper Guidelines
Abstract template
Paper template
About Publishing in Palgrave Studies in Technology and Vocational Education and Training
This series explores the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), emphasising the various dimensions involved in research, policymaking and practices of teaching and learning. The series illustrates the diverse tensions, challenges and research problems in various national systems of TVET, as well as cross-national aspects.
Contributions to the series will enhance knowledge and insights within the field based on empirical research and theoretical/conceptual analyses. The editors welcome contributions from different TVET contexts worldwide, as well as cross-national studies, and the series is designed to stimulate intellectual debate and influence practices in different levels of TVET enactment.
Unique to the series is an understanding of TVET as a complex field, where research problems and new knowledge are located and interact at macro, meso and micro levels, consequently demanding a multidisciplinary, theoretically and methodologically diverse research approach. The role of TVET in sustainable development will be given particular attention.
Editorial Team
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Editors
- Professor Lázaro Moreno Herrera, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Professor Marianne Teräs, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Professor Petros Gougoulakis, Stockholm University, Sweden
- Senior Lecturer Janne Kontio, Stockholm University, Sweden
Keynote speakers
Tobias Lasse Karlsson Saksen
What do you want to be when you grow up?
This is a question many children hear throughout their upbringing, a question that often implies - whether vaguely assumed or clearly defined - a particular educational trajectory with a more or less gradual transition into working life. As adults, we are rarely asked this question. Adulthood instead carries expectations about who one is and what one is supposed to do. But what does it mean, as an adult, to return to the metaphorical school desk in order to breathe new life into the question: “perhaps this is what I am meant to become when I grow up”?
Educational pathways and transitions into study or working life are often described and explained in terms of causality. Yet, while they may at times appear linear, there is also a wealth of examples showing how they might more aptly be understood as a landscape of winding paths, where previously unforeseen opportunities emerge, while well-defined routes bend, branch off, or change direction entirely.
In his keynote, Tobias addresses these questions and demonstrates how the challenges associated with the development of vocational students’ professional identities can be met through the pedagogical and institutional practices of vocational education.
About Tobias
Tobias Lasse Karlsson Saksen holds a PhD in Education with a specialization in adult learning. He is a former upper secondary school teacher and currently serves as an educational director within higher vocational education.
Viveca Lindberg
While working with the Stockholm VET-YL-group 2010-2016, Viveca Lindberg was the coordinator of two national postgraduate programmes in vocational didactics, a collaboration between six Swedish universities strengthened with an international advisory board. Her research focuses on aspects of vocational knowledge as it is applied in teaching and learning contexts, with a particular interest in the interplay between the macro, meso and micro levels. She is currently working on the following projects:
- The history of vocational education for women.
- Comparisons between three professional higher education programmes and the challenges they face in preparing students for academic and professional literacy practices.
- Developmental work research related to the integration of school- and work-based learning in Swedish upper secondary vocational education and training (VET).
- Changes in eligibility requirements for teacher education programmes in the textile field, and the school types and subjects these programmes qualify for, from 1970 to 2025.
About Viveca
Viveca Lindberg is a professor emerita of comparative didactics at the Department of Teaching and Learning at Stockholm University.
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Earlier conferences
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2018
2020
Cancelled due to COVID-19
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Last updated: 2025-12-12
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