Philipp Gonon, Prof. Dr.
- Emeritierter Professor für Berufsbildung / Professor Emeritus of Vocational Education and Training (2004-2021)
- Address
- Freiestrasse 36, 8032 Zürich
- Room number
- FRE-G-01
Research focus
- International comparative approach to VET and Further Education
- Philosophy and History of (Vocational) Education
- Quality assurance and Evaluation
Curriculum vitae
| Since 2021 | Prof. em. at the Institute of Education, part-time engaged, University of Zurich |
| 2016-2019 | Director of the Institute of Education, University of Zurich |
| 2011 | Guest Professor at the University of Vienna, Institute of Education |
| 2010 | Call for professorship at the University of Luxembourg |
| Since 2004 | Professor for VET and Teacher Training at the University of Zürich |
| 1999-2004 | Appointed for a Chair of Life Long Learning at the University of Trier (Germany) |
| 1997 | Senior Lecturer and Habilitation about the International Argument in VET-Reforms at the University in Bern |
| 1993 | Visiting scholar at the Institute of Education, University of London |
| 1986-1992 | Research Assistant and Lecturer at the University of Bern. PhD Thesis, about Georg Kerschensteiner, School and Work |
| 1982-1986 | Research projects in the field of workplace learning and earning biographies at the University of Bern (Switzerland). Part-time Job as a Teacher in General Subjects at a Vocational School in Zürich |
| 1976-1982 | Graduated in Pedagogy (in Zürich) after Studies of Education (in Berlin and Zürich) |
| 1974-1976 | Studied Law and Journalism at the University in Fribourg (Switzerland) |
Mitgliedschaften / Memberships
- SGBF (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Bildungsforschung)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaftthe (DGFE), Sektion: Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik
- Network ‘Vocational Education and Culture’,‘VETNET‘ (Vocational Education and Training Network – Europäische Vereinigung der Berufsbildungsforscher)
- VET & Culture
- Board Member der INAP (Network on Innovative Apprenticeship)
- Herausgeberschaft Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung (ZFW)
- Editorial Board Member der Zeitschrift ‘Journal of Vocational Education and Training’
- Editorial Board Member der Zeitschrift ‘Vocations and Learning’
- Hrsg: Peter Lang-Book Series, Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education
- Mitglied des Leading House Advisory Board GovPet (Governance in Vocational and Professional Education and Training), (Universitäten St. Gallen & Lausanne)
Aktuelles / News
Neuerscheinungen
Monographien
Valiente, O., Maitra, S., Gonon, Ph. & Pilz, M. (eds.). (2025). The Rise of dual Modes
of Vocational Education and Training. Global Emergence, Transfer and Cross-
National Attraction. Oxford Studies of Comparative Education. London et al.:
Routledge.
Zum Artikel
Valiente, O., Maitra, S., Gonon, Ph. & Pilz, M. (eds.). (2025). International Transfer of
Dual Modes of Vocational Education and Training. National
Recontextualization and Enactment. Oxford Studies of Comparative
Education. London et al.: Routledge.
Publikationen in Sammelbänden
Gonon, Ph. (2026). Berufsmaturität als «the new normal». In: Jöhr, M., Lauber, A., Meier, A. & Vonlanthen, M. Berufsmaturität im Kontext der Schweizer Berufsbildung verstehen und gestalten (9-10). Bern: hep.
Gonon, Ph., Pilz, M. & Valiente, O. (2025). Editors’ Introduction - Global emergence and cross-national attraction of dual modes of vocational education and training (VET). In: Valiente, O., Maitra, S., Gonon, Ph. & Pilz, M. (eds.). (2025). The Rise of dual Modes of Vocational Education and Training. Global Emergence, Transfer and Cross—National Attraction. Oxford Studies of Comparative Education (1-4). London et al.: Routledge
Gonon, Ph. (2025). Dual apprenticeships as a gold standard? Implementation and transfer under review. In: Valiente, O., Maitra, S., Gonon, Ph. & Pilz, M. (eds.). (2025). The Rise of dual Modes of Vocational Education and Training. Global Emergence, Transfer and Cross—National Attraction. Oxford Studies of Comparative Education (5-20). London et al.: Routledge
Gonon, Ph. (2025). Editor Introduction: International transfer, national recontextualization and local enactment of Vocational Education and Training (VET). In: Valiente, O., Maitra, S., Gonon, Ph. & Pilz, M. (eds.). (2025). International Transfer of Dual Modes of Vocational Education and Training. National Recontextualization and Enactment. Oxford Studies of Comparative Education (1-7). London et al.: Routledge
Gonon, Ph. & Deissinger, T. (2025). The story behind the evolution of the dual systems of VET in Germany and Switzerland revisited. In C. Nägele, B. E. Stalder, F. Kaiser, M. Malloch, & N. Kersh (Eds.), Trends in vocational education and training research (Vol. 8, pp. 103–108). VETNET/OA Publishing.
https://doi.org/10.21240/vetcon/2025/ecer/24
https://doi.org/10.21240/vetcon/2025/ecer/24
Gonon, Ph. & Imdorf, Ch. (2025). Vocational Education and Training as a Research Topic for Convention Theory: A Historical and Comparative Perspective. In R. Diaz-Bone & G. de Larquier (eds.) Handbook of Economics and Sociology of Conventions.
https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-030-52130-1_127-1
Publikationen in Fachzeitschriften
Gonon, Ph. (2026). Georg Kerschensteiner und die Entwicklung des dualen Berufsbildungssystems. In: Pädagogische Rundschau, 80, 2, 293-302.
Schmitz, M, Gonon, Ph., Désiron, J., Consoli, T. Antonietti, Ch. (2026). How school leaders justify digitalization in vocationally oriented Swiss upper-secondary schools: a qualitative content analysis through the lens of convention theory in education. In: Journal of Vocational Education & Training. DOI:10.1080/13636820.2026.2626284.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13636820.2026.2626284#d1e454
Gonon, Ph. (2026). Berufliche Grundbildung in der Schweizerischen Maschinen-Elektro-und Metall-Industrie: Trends und Perspektiven. In: Lehren und Lernen, 161, 41 (1), 26-31.
Gonon, Ph., Heikkinen, A. & Kaiser, F. (2025). Editorial: Academisation and academic drift of vocational education and training. In: Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training, Special Issue, 15, 1, iii-vi. doi: 10.3384/njvet.2242-458X.24v15i1
https://njvet.ep.liu.se/issue/view/450
Gonon, P. & Bonoli, L. (2025). Two waves of academization of VET in Switzerland. Threat or way forward? In: Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 15, 1, 100-120.
https://njvet.ep.liu.se/article/view/5338
Cattaneo, A., Schmitz, M. L., Gonon, P., Antonietti, C., Consoli, T., & Petko, D. (2025). The role of personal and contextual factors when investigating technology integration in general and vocational education general and vocational education. Computers in Human Behavior, 108475.
Vorträge / Podcasts
- Kerschensteiner und die Entwicklung des dualen Berufsbildungssystems. Historische Entwicklung und aktuelle Bedeutung der beruflichen Bildung. Philipp Gonon, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, UZH (Darmstadt BWP Tagung, Vortrag (PDF, 1 MB) im Rahmen der Session E8 im September 2025).
- Abschiedsvorlesung „Ein Handwerk studieren. Zur Zukunft der Berufsbildung in der Schweiz“ (17.12. 2020)
- Diskussion Special Issue Towards an international comparative history of vocational education and training, edited by Philipp Gonon and Thomas Deissinger, Journal of Vocational Education and Training (2021, 73,2)
https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2021.1912945
https://www.jvet.uk/special-issues
- Philipp Gonon & Lorenzo Bonoli Keynote ECER Geneva 2021 (7.09.2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyOAn7ZLKpQ
- E learnnig Summit