Programme

NordYrk 2026


The preliminary programme structure for the NordYrk 2026 conference is presented below. The final programme, including confirmed timetables for each presenter, will be prepared after the proposals and participants have been accepted in early May 2026.

People in a conference

Discover the three-day conference on vocational and work-based learning, held in Jyväskylä, Finland.

Tuesday June 9th

  • 12.30 - 16.00 Emerging Researchers Programme. A more detailed programme will be presented later.
  • 18.30 - Meet and greet. An informal opportunity to mingle with colleagues. 
    The place will be announced later. More information: Social and cultural programme

Wednesday June 10th

  • 9.00 - 11.00 Check-in
  • 11.00 - 11.30 Welcome
  • 11.30 - 12.30 Keynote: 
    Practical learning: conceptions, contributions and its development
    Professor Stephen Billett, Griffith University, Australia
  • 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
  • 13.30 - 15.00 Session 1
  • 15.00 - 16.00 Poster presentation 1 and coffee break
  • 16.00 - 17.30 Session 2
  • Welcome reception, at the conference venue. 
    More information about the social and cultural programme 

 

Thursday 11th June

  • 9.00 - 10.00 Keynote:
    Rethinking Vocational Education in the Complex World: Education for Planetary Praxis
    Professor Hannu L. T. Heikkinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
  • 10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
  • 10.30 - 12.00 Session 3
  • 12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
  • 13.00 - 14.30 Session 4
  • 14.30 - 15.00 Coffee break and Ph.D student network
  • 15.00 - 16.00 Annual meeting NordYrk
     
  • 16.30 - 18.00 Cultural programme: Guided walking tour at Jyväskylä and historic University campus following the footstep’s of the famous architects
  • 19.30 Social networking dinner at Harmooni restaurant 

More information about the social and cultural programme 

Friday 12th June

  • 9.00 - 10.00 Keynote: 
    Linking Migration and Vocational Education by Cultivating Practical Learning
    Professor Marianne Teräs, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • 10.00 - 10.45 Poster presentation and coffee break
  • 10.45 - 12.15 Session 5
  • 12.30 - 13.00 Closing ceremony
  • 13.00 - Lunch to go

Social and cultural programme

You are warmly welcome to join the social and cultural programme alongside the conference. Explore the programme and prices here.

Book of Abstract

Book of Abstract will be prepared and publish here (pdf) together with preparing the conference program. Book of Abstracts, and the book will remain available on the NordYrk website after the conference. 

More information

NordYrk 2026 organising committee

Email: NordYrk2026(at)jamk.fi
 

Maarit Virolainen

Yliopistotutkija, FT (aikuiskasvatustiede) | Senior researcher, PhD (adult education)
Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos  | Finnish Institute for Educational Research
Jyväskylän yliopisto | University of Jyväskylä

+358 40 805 4286
firstname.lastname@jyu.fi
 

Sirpa Laitinen-Väänänen

Johtava tutkija, Principal Researcher
AOKK TKI&Palvelut, Professional Teacher Education, RDI and Services
Ammatillinen opettajakorkeakoulu, Professional Teacher Education
+358408658496