Presentations and workshops
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Joint Three4GlobalSkills conference: Synergy Workshop
Brüssel, Atelier 29
Joint Workshop as Part of the Closing Event for the Horizon Projects: Link4Skills, GS4S, and Skills4Justice
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Gessler Michaela Potančoková, Agnieszka Bezat, Sandra Leitner, Jonathan Winterton, Caitlin Katsiaficas, Maegan Hendow, Jasmijn Slootjes, Johanna Ullmann, Tesseltje de Lange, Izabela Grabowska · Related: SKILLS4JUSTICE – Skills Partnerships for Sustainable and Just Migration Patterns
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Sustainability of Competency-Based VET under Conditions of Artificial Intelligence
Universität zu Köln
5th International G.R.E.A.T. Conference on Sustainability in Vocational Education and Training (VET)
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From Network Building to a Mature Research Field: The Development of VETNET, 1994/1996–2026
ECER 2026 / VETNET, Tampere, Finnland; zu Jubiläumsworkshop E16, 02 SES 14 A, Linna building, Raum 5014
The proceedings contribution traces three decades of VETNET development and examines changes in its research agenda, institutional infrastructure and international role.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Gessler Christof Nägele Barbara E. Stalder Natasha Kersh Margaret Malloch Lázaro Moreno Herrera
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30th Anniversary VETNET Research Workshop: What has been the core of VET Research? Learnings from the Past
ECER 2026 / VETNET, Tampere; 02 SES 14 A, Raum 5014, Linna building, 5. Etage
Anniversary workshop reflecting on VETNET's development and the thematic and institutional foundations of VET research.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Gessler Barbara E. Stalder Margaret Malloch Natasha Kersh Christof Nägele
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Four Empirical Approaches to International Vocational Education and Training Transfer: Innovations, Networks and Implications for Research and Practice
European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Tampere, Finnland
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Emerging Researchers as AI Pioneers: Ethical Challenges of AI Use in Vocational Education and Training – A Shift in Perspective
European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Tampere, Finnland
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Artificial Intelligence in Vocational Education and Training: A Meta-Review Using Thematic Synthesis
ECER 2026 / VETNET, Tampere, Finnland; 02 SES 03 A, Väinö Linna, Linna building, 1. Etage
Meta-review using thematic synthesis to examine technological, pedagogical and organisational aspects of AI in VET.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Gessler · Related: AI Pioneers – AI and the future of education
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VET staff and artificial intelligence (AI): accepting or shaping a new teaching/learning culture?
10. Österreichische Berufsbildungskonferenz (BBFK): Quo vadis Arbeitswelt? Berufliche Praxis und berufliche Bildung auf dem Prüfstand, Innsbruck
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Learning field orientation in the professional fire service: a vocational research analysis of the transfer of competence-oriented training
10. Österreichischen Berufsbildungsforschungskonferenz (BBFK), Innsbruck, Österreich
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National Hydrogen Workforce Studies and Just Transition: A Comparative Framework and Typology Across 13 Countries
Stockholm, Schweden
Stockholm International Conference of Research in Vocational Education and Training
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Gessler · Related: BLP Green Energy – Strengthening vocational training for the green energy sector in Namibia
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Careers@steel: Addressing European industrial transformation through modular vocational education
10th Stockholm International Conference of Research in Vocation Education and Training, Stockholm, Schweden
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Developing learning situations – CBRN department
bis 23. April 2026, Feuerwehrakademie, Neustadt in Holstein
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Motherhood in transition – pathways to equality-oriented care responsibility
DGfE Kongress 2026, München
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Developing learning situations – technical assistance department
Workshop Feuerwehrakademie, Hamburg
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Work-process- and competence-oriented teaching in the fire service
Vortrag und Workshop, 19. LLG 2 der Feuerwehrakademie, Hamburg
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Feasibility analysis: dynamic competence balancing
Ergebnispräsentation, BIBB, Bonn
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The AI Pioneers network and its sustainability goals
7th AI Pioneers consultation seminar, online
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Learning pathways for training staff: results of the project “Shaping in-company training – promoting occupational competence”
8. Sitzung des Landesausschusses für Berufsbildung Bremen in der 14. Amtsperiode, Landesausschuss für Berufsbildung bei der Senatorin für Kinder und Bildung, Bremen
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Transformation through care – capitalism-critical perspectives of multiply marginalised mothers
7th Vienna Conference on Citizenship Education. "Eat the Rich"?, Wien
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TVET Partnership Framework (PhD Research & German Tripartite Perspectives)
NUST TVET Conference, Arebbusch Travel Lodge, Windhoek, Namibia; TVET Impact Showcase 1
Joint contribution on a TVET partnership framework combining doctoral research and German tripartite perspectives.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Gessler Bernadette Cloete · Related: BLP Green Energy – Strengthening vocational training for the green energy sector in Namibia