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)
- Mitglied des Leading House Advisory Board D-VET (Digital VET) (EPFL Lausanne)
Aktuelles / News
Neuerscheinungen
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
Gonon, P. & 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
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.
Zum Artikel
Gonon, Ph. & Bonoli, L. (2025): Two waves of academisation of VET in Switzerland: Threat or way forward? In: Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training, Vol. 15, 1, 100.
Gonon, P., Schmitz, M. L., Petko, D., & Consoli, T. (2024). Von der Digitalisierung zur digitalen Transformation. Transfer. Berufsbildung in Forschung und Praxis 9(1).
https://transfer.vet/von-der-digitalisierung-zur-digitalen-transformation/
Gonon, P. (2023): Ein Handwerk studieren oder die Revision der Berufsbildung, hep Verlag.https://www.hep-verlag.ch/ein-handwerk-studieren
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