Editorial: Migration and successful inclusion – The role of vocational education and training

Lázaro Moreno Herrera; Marianne Teräs; Andrea Laczik; Barbara E. Stalder

doi:10.3384/njvet.2242-458X.25154iii

Authors

Lázaro Moreno Herrera Stockholm University, Sweden https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1491-3700
Marianne Teräs Stockholm University, Sweden https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4302-3478
Andrea Laczik EDGE Foundation, Oxford, United Kingdom
Barbara E. Stalder Bern University of Teacher Education, Switzerland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8712-9875

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3384/njvet.2242-458X.25154iii

Keywords:

editorial

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