Projects of Research and Development

Recognised refugees and temporarily admitted persons face the difficult challenge of fully integrating into the labour market and becoming active members of society. Vocational education and... More information

The project investigates for the German-speaking part of Switzerland for which jobs graduates with different educational qualifications (e.g. VET, professional education, university diplomas... More information

The research project «Short- and long-term impacts of Covid-19 on VET: Strengthening VET in times of crises» aims to explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on dual-track vocational educ... More information

Although a myriad of research has demonstrated the relationship between emotional intelligence and subjective well-being, less attention has been paid to the mechanisms underlying this relat... More information

In September 2022, the école supérieure en éducation de l’enfance (esede) introduced a new core syllabus that includes a new pedagogical approach. SFUVET's Evaluation Unit is currently helpi... More information

This research project focuses on the challenges of occupational health for apprentices and their socialisation in relation to it. It will provide findings on the various approaches to occupa... More information

The fifth cost-benefit survey of apprenticeship training from the standpoint of companies will use a comprehensive sample to survey the cost-benefit ratio of apprenticeship training in compa... More information

The project looks at which strategies and measures companies can adopt to adequately support employees with their occupational development. More information

The relationship between teachers and learners is essential and is considered key to successful vocational education and training (Cooper, 2011; Makoelle, 2019). The aim of this research is ... More information

Immersive technologies are becoming an increasingly important learning tool. Moreover, research findings indicate that procedural learning is the main potential area of application and VET i... More information

The basic idea of this research program is to investigate what has been called the emotional “hypersensitivity” of emotionally intelligent individuals, meaning that individuals with high emo... More information

This project is mainly intended to ascertain whether a combination of hypervideo and augmented reality effectively improves procedural learning in vocational education and training. Analysis... More information

The objective of this PhD thesis is to investigate psycho-physiological stress-related changes (e.g. heart rate and cortisol levels) and brain correlates (using electroencephalogram) related... More information

Open science is described as a paradigm whereby scientific research and data are made publicly accessible and disseminated. As an aspect of open science, ORD is intended to facilitate the ac... More information

The research project aims to analyse existing forms of career guidance, particularly in relation to the use of digital media. It also seeks to determine which digital networking and informat... More information

BeLEARN VR includes a variety of studies in different professions on the use of virtual reality – both in the form of computer-generated and of 360° video-based virtual reality – to support... More information

The Leading House ‘Vocational Didactics’ is funded by the Chamber of Universities of Teacher Education, which is part of the Swiss Conference of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions (swi... More information

This SNSF-funded research project takes a closer look at how workplace training conditions at host companies influence subsequent educational and career trajectories of their apprentices. Th... More information

Survey-based formats of assessing teaching quality in education are widely used. Nowadays, respondents are increasingly using mobile devices to complete web surveys. This dissertation projec... More information

The Pre-Apprenticeship Integration Programme (INVOL) prepares young refugees and temporary admitted persons with a one-year course to prepare asylum seekers for vocational education and trai... More information

The aim of this project is to carry out a representative survey complemented by 20 case studies on digital transformation in Swiss upper secondary schools to describe the technological schoo... More information

The increasing spread of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and continuous technological developments have led to a digital transformation of our society that is affecting not ... More information

Lecturers at universities of teacher education who train VET professionals face the challenge of having to achieve a ‘dual competencies profile’ (in the occupational field of teaching as wel... More information

There is little research on the characteristics of talented apprentices in the vocational education and training (VET) community. How can we define talent in different vocational sectors? ... More information

GIBZ has developed two individualised courses in the field of general adult education (ABUi) and training as a healthcare assistant with the Federal VET Diploma (FaGe à la carte). SFUVET is ... More information