Lazaro Moreno Herrera Professor

Lázaro Moreno Herrera is a Professor of Education with orientation to vocational education and training at Stockholm University, Sweden. Born in Havana, Cuba, 1964, he holds a bachelor degree (1981) and licentiate degree (1990) in education from Cuban universities, and a PhD (1998) from Åbo Academy University, Finland. He has worked as guest lecturer, visiting scholar and guest researcher in universities across Europe, Latin America, Australia and Japan.

Professor Moreno Herrera is the scientific leader of the research group Vocational Education & Training/‘Yrkeskunnande och lärande' (VETYL) at the Department of Education, Stockholm University. ‘Yrkeskunnande och lärande' is a Swedish term that translates as 'professional knowing and learning'. Considering education as a complex arena where research problems and categories often interact his research work has consequently developed along three main lines or areas and their interactions: (a) practical-aesthetical education with focus on early vocational training and polytechnic education, (b) cultural historical theory, specifically the use of activity theory in understanding educational problems within practical and early vocational education, and (c) cross-national studies of education with a focus on policy issues and equity. His extensive list of publications covers these three areas.

Professor Moreno Herrera is a frequent reviewer for research journals in the field of education and member of several editorial boards. He is also a board member of the network Vocational Education and Training (VETNET) within the European Education Research Association (EERA) and active in other research networks such as, NERA (Nordic Educational Research Association), SWERA (The Swedish Educational Research Association) and NordYrk (The Nordic Network for Vocational Education and Training). He is a scientific advisor to the Swedish Institute for Educational Research, a Swedish government agency. He has worked on European Commission funded projects as well as projects financed by the Swedish Research Council.

In addition to scientific leadership of the research group VETYL, his area of responsibility and current university assignments include: teaching courses at graduate and under-graduate levels, supervision of doctoral candidates and research administration.

Full CV available upon request.

Moreno Herrera, L (2017). Research landscapes in Vocational Education and Training (VET). National enquiries and crossnational concerns. An introduction. Guest Editor Special issue Revista Española de Educación Comparada, Núm. 29 (enero-junio 2017), pp. 11-14.

Moreno Herrera, L (2016). Vocational Education and Training in Sweden: From Work-Based-Learning to School-based-Learning – and Back Again? Paideia:57, s. 119-137.

Moreno Herrera, L (2016). Yrkesutbildningsutmaningar i nya tider: vilken väg ska vi ta? Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 6:2, s. 66-83. 

Articles in the International Journal of Research in Vocational Education & Training (IJRVET):

http://www.ijrvet.net/index.php/IJRVET/article/view/108

http://www.ijrvet.net/index.php/IJRVET/article/view/114

Article in "Lärarnas nyheter":
http://www.lararnasnyheter.se/yrke/2015/01/05/forskning-ska-minska-avhoppen