Marianne Teräs – författare

This is an open access book which focuses on different aspects of education, employment, and successful integration of migrants in three countries: Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. The chapters in this book reflect on these issues from micro, meso and macro perspectives; some are based on interviews with migrants and people who work with them, others on documents and literature about migration. There are different pathways for skilled migrants to vocations. Some start working in their previous vocations after arriving in the new environment. Some re-enter their professions but on a lower level. Some can re-train themselves in a new vocation, and some will go to further education, as studies in different chapters of this book suggest. Common for successful integration seems to be several intertwined factors: the target language competence, strong motivation and agency, supporting networks and supporting persons, as well as structural opportunities of the new environment. The book’s editorial board takes an eclectic view, hoping to start an academic debate about what ‘successful integration’ means. While discussions about the integration of migrants tend to focus on integration failures, there are millions of migrants, in different countries, who have successfully integrated into their new societies.

This edited book brings together novel studies that address the important role of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in empowering the workforce, with particular focus on career development, digitalization, and inclusive learning. The book has an international scope, including analysis from national VET systems in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. The book is of interest to researchers and students in the fields of technical and vocational education and training, adult education, VET teacher training, international and comparative education and career development.

This edited book brings together novel studies that address the real-world challenges young vocational students and teachers face as they navigate the complexities of education and work. The chapters highlight the importance of evidence-based practice in vocational systems and schools in different countries in Europe and beyond. Several chapters also take a comparative approach, comparing different aspects of vocational education and training between various countries. Commitment to advancing vocational education and training ensures that young people, particularly those who are vulnerable or in transition, are equipped with the skills, motivation, abilities and competences needed to thrive in the modern workforce. Chapters shed light on environments where competence meets opportunity, building a resilient and diverse human capital ready to shape the future. The book emphasises the value of technical and vocational education and training in preparing for working life, equipping educators, researchers and policymakers with the tools to prepare young people for success in a rapidly evolving job market.

This book is an outcome of the international networking of the research group VETYL (Vocational Education & Training/Yrkeskunande och Lärande), at the Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden. In May 2012 the group organised the first Stockholm International Conference in VET, an academic event that has ever since been organised yearly following the modality of invited papers. The book contains selected papers presented in the sessions of the conference held 8 and 9, May 2017. The contributions deal with a wide range of areas of research within the Vocational and Training field in different national contexts as well as cross-nationally. The book illustrates well the diversity of research in the field in a way that is not frequently available in the literature today. The content is of interest for a diversity of readers including under–graduate students, in particular students in initial and in-service teacher training programs for VET, post-graduate students, researchers and policy makers.

This book is the second one of the serie Emergent Issues in Research on Vocational Education & Training. It is 
an outcome of the international networking of the research group VETYL (Vocational Education & Training/ Yrkeskunnande och Lärande), at the Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden. In May 2012 the group organized the first Stockholm International Conference in VET, an academic event that has ever since been organized yearly following the modality of invited papers. The book contains selected papers presented in the sessions of the conference held 7 and 8, May 2018. The contributions depict research within the Vocational
and Training held in different national contexts as well as cross-national issues. This volume illustrates well the diversity of research in the eld in a way that is not frequently available in the literature today. The content is of interest for a diversity of readers including under-graduate students, in particular students in initial and in-service teacher training programs for VET, post-graduate students, researchers and policy makers.

This is the third volume of the serie Emergent Issues in Research on Vocational Education & Training. It is an outcome of the international networking of the research group VETYL (Vocational Education & Training/ Yrkeskunnande och Lärande), at the Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden. In May 2012 the group organized the first Stockholm International Conference in VET, an academic event that has ever since been organized yearly following the modality of invited papers. The book contains selected papers presented in the sessions of the conference held 7 and 8, May 2018. The contributions depict research within the Vocational and Training held in different national contexts as well as cross-national issues. This volume illustrates well the diversity of research in the field in a way that is not frequently available in the literature today. The content is of interest for a diversity of readers including under-graduate students, in particular students in initial and in-service teacher training programs for VET, post-graduate students, researchers and policy makers.

This book is the 4th volume in the series Emergent Issues in Research on Vocational Education and Training an outcome of the research work and international networking of the research group VETYL (Vocational Education & Training/Yrkeskunnande och Lärande), at the Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden. This volume, Facets and Aspects of Research on Vocational Education & Training at Stockholm University, presents texts representatives of the research work done by members of the research group VETYL. Colleagues from partner institutions internationally joined members of the group intending to provide a good sample of the diversity of research problems the VETYL group deals with. The aim is also to highlight international networking as core aspect of the group’s activity. The title Facets and aspects of research on vocational education & training at Stockholm University serves as an umbrella where comparative analysis as well as other research outcomes of cross-national interest are presented. The content of this volume is of interest for a diversity of readers including under-graduate students, in particular students in initial and in-service teacher training programs for VET, post-graduate students, researchers and policy makers in Vocational Education & Training.