Editorial: Autumn 2025

Our journal remains a relevant publication channel for research on vocational education and training (VET).We are happy that many VET researchers, particularly from the Nordic countries, choose to submit their manuscripts to us.In addition to manuscripts, we also receive proposals for special issues, which put focus on current topics of interest in VET.This year we will publish no less than five issues, which will be our 'all time high'.Two of these issues are special issues, focussing on academisation and academic drift of VET and on VET, migration, and inclusion.Still, the main part of the contributions is published in 'normal' issues such as this one, with articles covering many different aspects of VET.In this issue we present five new research articles from Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.These articles include studies of the balancing between training for critical thinking and employability, leadership and knowledge sharing, citizenship education, self-regulated learning, and the role of skills competitions in VET.