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.
Discover the three-day conference on vocational and work-based learning, held in Jyväskylä, Finland.
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
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
- Cultural programme
- Conference dinner
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
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
[email protected]
Sirpa Laitinen-Väänänen
Johtava tutkija, Principal Researcher
AOKK TKI&Palvelut, Professional Teacher Education, RDI and Services
Ammatillinen opettajakorkeakoulu, Professional Teacher Education
+358408658496