Building on Cedefop’s work on inclusion within the VET for youth teachers and trainers team, Cedefop is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special Working Paper series exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced digital technologies are being used in vocational education and training (VET) to promote inclusion, resilience, and sustainable transitions in the context of Industry 5.0.
The aim of this call is to address existing research gaps on the use of AI in VET to promote inclusion, in order to strengthen the evidence base needed for inclusive and future-oriented VET systems.
Submissions should focus on European Union Member States, Iceland, and Norway. Contributions from other geographical contexts are not within the scope of this call unless they are explicitly comparative and directly relevant to EU VET policy and practice.
The call aims to:
- strengthen empirical evidence on the use of AI and digital technologies in VET;
- examine inclusion, equity and intersectionality in AI-enabled VET practices;
- identify conditions for effectiveness, scalability and sustainability;
- inform European VET policy and practice in the context of digital transformation and Industry 5.0.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 April 2026 using the abstract submission link.
Important dates
- Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 April 2026 using the abstract submission link.
- Notification of acceptance: 30 April 2026.
- Deadline for submission of draft full papers of accepted abstracts: 31 July 2026.
- Deadline for submission of final full papers: Three weeks following feedback from Cedefop.
- Notification of invitation to Cedefop event: early 2027.
- Cedefop event: June 2027 (tbc).
- Publication in Cedefop special working paper series: Spring 2027.
Contact
For questions related to the call: vet.toolkit@cedefop.europa.eu