Thomas Ruoss, Dr.

Work experience

Since 2021: Head of the bachelor degree programme in vocational education and training VET/senior researcher, Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET, Zollikofen
2020-2021: Postdoc/senior assistant at the Chair of Vocational Education and Training, Institute of Education, University of Zurich
2018-2020: Postdoctoral visiting scholar (SNSF early postdoc mobility) KU Leuven & GHI Washington DC
2011-2018: Lecturer at the universities of Zurich and Wuppertal
2010-2018: Research project assistant at the Institute of Education, University of Zurich

Education

2011-2016: Doctorate in Educational Science, University of Zurich
2010: University degree
2002-2010: Degree in General History, General Pedagogics and Economic and Social History

Teaching experience

Bachelor degree programme (partly higher lectureship):

2021: Introduction to occupational and business educational theory (University of Zurich)
2020: Introduction to academic work (University of Zurich)
2020: Introduction to occupational and business educational theory (University of Zurich)
2013-2018: Historical/text analysis research methods (University of Zurich)
2017: Child welfare: a pedagogic category in transformation (University of Zurich)
2015: State, family, education: past and present (University of Zurich)
2011: History and theory of education (University of Zurich)

Master’s degree programme (partly higher lectureship):

2021: Employability and entrepreneurship (University of Zurich)
2021: Research colloquium on occupational and business educational theory (University of Zurich)
2020: Education, careers and business (University of Zurich)
2019: Educational policy (KU Leuven)
2018: History of modern educational systems (KU Leuven)
2015-2016: Education systems in federalism (University of Wuppertal)
2011: Educational institutions, educational reform, educational policy (University of Zurich)

Doctoral degree programme:

2020: Educating entrepreneurs for postcapitalism (University of Zurich)
2015: Data and experts in education policy (University of Zurich)
2013+2015: Zurich workshop on historical educational research (University of Zurich)

Area of expertise

(Occupational) educational history
Economic education
Education policy research
Digital humanities

Publications

Transfer into practice

Presentations

Awards

2020: Winner of the annual fellowship of the History of Knowledge @Lund University Research Group
2019: Winner of the Savings and Retail Banking History Award for the article: When Banking met Education
2013: Winner of the ISCHE Conference Paper Prize Award together with Flavian Imlig for the article: Evidence as a Source of Power in Education Policy

Mandates/Memberships

Since 2022: Reviewer for the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Berufsbildungsforschungsnetz (ABFFN)
Since 2022: Reviewer for Education Sciences (MDPI)
Since 2021: Reviewer for the Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Bildungswissenschaften SZBW (Swiss Journal of Educational Sciences)
Since 2019: Reviewer for the European Educational Research Association (EERA)
Since 2019: Reviewer for the Jahrbuch Historische Bildungsforschung (Yearbook of Historical Educational Research) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (German Educational Research Association)
Since 2018: Reviewer for Paedagogica Historicaof the International Standing Conference for the History of Education
Since 2015: Member of the editorial team of Der Almanach
Since 2014: Member of the Historische Bildungsforschung (Historical Educational Research) office of the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Bildungsforschung SGBF (Swiss Educational Research Association)
2017-2018: Co-publisher of the HistorischeBildungsforschung und Bildungspolitikanalyse (Historical Education Research and Education Policy Analysis) series (Institute of Education, University of Zurich)

external Projects

Stärkung von Digital Skills in der Lehre: Programmphase 2021−2024 (swissuniversities)
01.08.2021 - 31.12.2024

Contested Identities in Europe - Historical insights into the construction of citizenship education from the bottom up (SNSF)
01.10.2023 - 31.12.2023

Bankengeschichte als Bildungsgeschichte. Kinder- und Jugendpolitik der Banken und Sparkassen im 20. Jahrhundert (SNF)
01.08.2018 - 31.01.2022

Zahlen, Zählen und Erzählen in der Bildungspolitik. Lokale Statistik, politische Praxis und die Entwicklung städtischer Schulen zwischen 1890 und 1930 (SNF)
01.09.2017 - 31.08.2018

Thomas Ruoss, Dr.

Wildermuth, B., & Ruoss, T. (2023). Das Studium eröffnet vielfältige Chancen: Bachelor of Science in Berufsbildung. Skilled, 2, 20-21.

Wildermuth, B., & Ruoss, T. (2023). Un cursus qui ouvre de nombreuses portes : Bachelor of Science en formation professionnelle. Skilled, 2, 20-21.

Wildermuth, B., & Ruoss, T. (2023). Lo studio che offre molteplici opportunità: Bachelor of Science in formazione professionale. Skilled, 2, 20-21.

Bonoli, L., Ruoss, T., & Vorpe, J. (2023). Warum sollte man das «beste System der Welt» kritisieren? Workshop zur Diskussion über die Herausforderungen der Berufsbildung. Transfer, Berufsbildung in Forschung und Praxis (SGAB), 07.06.2023.

Bonoli, L., Ruoss, T., & Vorpe, J. (2023). Pourquoi critiquer le « meilleur système du monde » ? Workshop de discussion sur les enjeux de la formation professionnelle. Transfer, Formation professionnelle dans la recherche et la pratique (SRFP), 01.06.2023.

Bonoli, L., Ruoss, T., & Vorpe, J. (2023). Perché criticare il “miglior sistema del mondo”? Workshop di discussione sulle sfide della formazione professionale. Transfer, Formazione professionale in ricerca e pratica (SGAB-SRFP), 13.06.2023.

Eigenmann, P., & Ruoss, T. (2022). Schüler*innen in der historischen Bildungsforschung. In H. Bennewitz, H. de Boer & S. Thiersch (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Forschung zu Schülerinnen und Schülern (S. 23–32). Münster: Waxmann.

Ruoss, T., Ackermann, N., & Stadelmann, T. (2022). Cultures of Economic Education: Grammar School Curricula in a Multilingual Comparison. European Educational Research Journal, 1-17.

Ruoss, T. (2023, November 9). VET and Citizenship Education: Guest lectures and public debate [Panel discussion]. With Dr. Margot Joris and Prof. em. Dr. Philipp Gonon. Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET, Zollikofen, Switzerland.

Ruoss, T. (2023, Juni). Bildung zwischen Staat und Privat. Berufsbildung und Berufsverbände in der Schul- und Bildungspolitik. Unterrichtstag im Rahmen des CAS Educational Management and Governance der Hochschule Luzern (HSLU), Luzern, Schweiz.

Ruoss, T. (2023, Juni). Bildungsstatistik und moderne Staatlichkeit: Eine historische Perspektive. Referat anlässlich des 20. Netzwerktreffen Bildungsstatistik des Bundesamtes für Statistik, Neuenburg, Schweiz.

Ruoss, T., & Bonoli, L. (2023, Februar). Wer wagt es, das beste System der Welt zu kritisieren? VET Winterworkshop, Zollikofen, Schweiz.

Ruoss, T. (2022-2023, August-Januar). Digitalität didaktisch integrieren: Konzepte, Systeme und Technologien. Moduldurchführung im BSc in Berufsbildung an der Eidgenössischen Hochschule für Berufsbildung EHB, Zollikofen, Schweiz.

Ruoss, T. (2022, Februar). Wie viel Wirtschaft gehört in die Schule? Historische Reflexionen zu einer aktuellen Debatte. Gastreferat in der Ringvorlesung "Allgemeine Pädagogik" der Pädagogischen Hochschule Schwyz, Goldau, Schweiz.

Ruoss, T. (2022, Februar-Juli). Interaktive Lerninhalte und Lernvideos erstellen. Moduldurchführung im BSc in Berufsbildung an der Eidgenössischen Hochschule für Berufsbildung EHB, Zollikofen, Schweiz.

Ruoss, T. (2019, September). The International Savings Banks Institute as a Hub for the Dissemination of Economic Knowledge in the 20th Century. Presentation at the Workshop “Financial History”. Erste Group, Vienna, Austria.

Ruoss, T. (2023, September 27-29). Academization of VET teacher Training by measuring and monitoring Teacher’s Qualifications? Critical Reflections on Explorative Research Results [Presentation]. VET & Culture Network, Oslo, Norway.

Ruoss, T. (2023, August 21-25). Contested Identities in Europe – Historical Insights into the Construction of Citizenship Education from the Bottom up [Presentation]. European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Imlig, F. & Ruoss, T. (2023, 28.-30. Juni). Steuerungsmöglichkeiten in der beruflichen Grundbildung: das Beispiel der Berufsfachschulen im Kanton Zürich [Präsentation]. Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Bildungsforschung (SGBF), Zürich, Schweiz.

Ruoss, T. (2023, March). Educating Consumers for an Affluent Society: Schooling and the Re-shaping of Citizens as Consumers [Presentation]. Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK), Lund, Schweden.

Ruoss, T., & Ackermann, N. (2022, September). Cultures of Economic Education: a Comparison of Grammar School Curricula in Federal, Multilingual Switzerland. Paper presented at the Swiss Society for Research in Education (SSRE) Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Ruoss, T., & Ackermann, N. (2022, September). Facing Societal Problems by Economic Education? Findings of a Curriculum Study in Switzerland. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Yerevan, Armenia. (online)

Ruoss, T., Giudici, A., Darvai, T., Groves, T., Somogyvari, L., & van Ruyskensvelde, S. (2022, September). Contested Views on Citizenship Education – Actors and Networks from Local to Transnational. Workshop at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Yerevan, Armenia. (online)

external Projects