Call for Papers:

Research on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) has become increasingly important in recent years. As a result, more and more political stakeholders are realizing that TVET research is an important prerequisite for TVET system development. However, the latter still faces enormous challenges: Research capacities need to be built up, be it at universities or research institutes. It is thus even more encouraging to witness the recent establishment of several TVET research institutes in Southeast Asia (e.g. MyRIVET in Malaysia, the TVET Research Center at RMUTL in Thailand or the Pusat Unggulan IPTEKs TVET Research Center (PUI TVET-RC) at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia). In addition to the achievement of national objectives and strategies, the existence of research structures is an important prerequisite for the international dissemination of TVET research and the cooperation and exchange that takes place in this context.

Against this backdrop, the Thai-German TVET Conference on Research Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which took place from 25-26 September 2023 at the Eastin Grand Hotel Sathorn in Bangkok, contributed to fostering TVET research on an international level. The international conference was organized in the context of the BMBF-funded project “Progressing Work-based Learning in Thailand (ProWoThai)” and its focus lay on “An Action-Oriented, Supra-National Research Perspective on Labour Market Needs in the Face of Digitalization and Green Energy Transition”. Thanks to a close collaboration with the European Training Foundation, UNESCO-UNEVOC and the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), the conference contributed to intensifying research collaborations between Asia and Europe.

The conference offered an opportunity for TVET researchers, practitioners, private industry representatives and politicians from Southeast Asia and beyond to present their findings on the topic of research cooperation in the region.

Scope and Objective: In its 23rd issue, TVET@Asia invites participants of the Thai-German TVET Conference as well as all other researchers, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers involved in the field of international TVET research cooperation to publish their research results. 

Submission Guidelines: Authors are invited to submit their original manuscripts following the guidelines provided by TVET@Asia Online Journal. All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure the quality, relevance, and originality of the research. Manuscripts should be written in English and adhere to the journal’s formatting and citation style.

Authors: Open to any interested author.

Please find below:

• the template for the article template_TVETAsia.docx
• the form for the abstract form-abstract_tvet-online.docx

These are the editors of our upcoming TVET@Asia issue:

Birgit Thomann (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB))

Friedrich Hübler (UNESCO-UNEVOC)

Songheang Ai (SEAMEO TED)

Thomas Schröder (TU Dortmund University)