VET Around the World. Comparing Vocational Education and Training Systems and Outcomes Globally

Monday, 7 July 2025: 09:00-10:45
Location: ASJE032 (Annex of the Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences)
RC20 Comparative Sociology (host committee)

Language: English

Vocational education and training (VET) enables young adults to participate in the labour market by transmitting general and specific job- and occupation-related skills and competencies. Compared to tertiary education, VET is less restrictive in access and thus allows wider participation. However, access to and outcomes of VET highly depend on the structure and institutional setup of the education system, labour market, their linkage and respective policies.

This session aims to bring together cross-nationally comparative research on different VET systems or regimes to show variation in VET participation and outcomes. It invites both large-scale internationally comparative studies and research on few countries; contributions considering countries of the Global South are particularly welcome.

Session Organizers:
Judith OFFERHAUS, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Germany and Nate BREZNAU, University of Bremen, Germany
Oral Presentations
Status Returns to Spatial Mobility in the Transition from School to Work
Alexandra WICHT, University of Siegen, Germany; Paula PROTSCH, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany; Laura MENZE, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany; Katarina WESSLING, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Constructing Cross-Cutting Ties: Reconfiguring Taiwan’s Vocational Education and Training System
Michelle Fei-yu HSIEH, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; Kai-heng LIN, Taiwan
Aging and Hyperaging in Different Institutional Skill Formation and Firm Organization Contexts: Older Workers’ Vocational Changing and Training in Germany and Japan
Nate BREZNAU, University of Bremen, Germany; Sylvia RAHN, German Institute for Adult Education, Germany
Participation in Vocational Education and Training: The Institutionalized Roles of States, Firms and Unions - New Insights from New Piaac Data
Judith OFFERHAUS, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Germany
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