Volker Wedekind
Biographic Data
| ID | 3423362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Volker Wedekind |
| GIVEN NAMES | Volker |
| FAMILY NAME | Wedekind |
| SIGNATURE | WEDEKIND V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7620-3846 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Constrained capacity to aspire
This paper examines how Chinese higher vocational education and training (HVET) students negotiated their ‘capacity to aspire’ amid the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grounded in Appadurai’s concept of aspiration, we draw on a 15-month longitudinal study using semi-structured interviews with 26 graduates from five vocational institutions, conducted at students’ pre-graduation, immediately post-graduation, and several months after graduatio…
Agricultural vocational education and training for sustainable futures
With ever-increasing focus from policymakers on the potential of vocational education to provide skills for livelihoods and sustainability in the rural economy, this study set out to investigate attempts at curriculum reform by agricultural technical and vocational education and training providers in the context of the dual crisis – ‘climate and economic’ – in Zimbabwe. The question addressed is: How should the agricultural vocational education a…
Education for disabled refugees in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe
International treaties mandate the educational inclusion of refugees and disabled people, but many remain excluded with disabled refugees facing compounded exclusions. We compare research about educational access and inclusion for disabled refugees in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Uganda, with data generated from policy analyses and interviews with disabled refugee students and families, education officials and NGOs. A vertical cross-case analysis …
Compounded Exclusion
International conventions acknowledge the right of refugees and of disabled people to access quality inclusive education. Both groups struggle to assert this right, particularly in the Global South, where educational access may be hindered by system constraints, resource limitations and negative attitudes. Our concern is the intersectional and compounding effect of being a disabled refugee in Sub-Saharan Africa. Disabled refugees have been invisi…
Child soldiers in the culture wars
Child soldiers have received increasing attention over the last 20 years. The phenomenon does not occur as isolated aberrations but is interwoven in complex economic, political, religious and ideol
Child soldiers in the culture wars
Child soldiers have received increasing attention over the last 20 years. The phenomenon does not occur as isolated aberrations but is interwoven in complex economic, political, religious and ideol
Child soldiers in the culture wars
Child soldiers have received increasing attention over the last 20 years. The phenomenon does not occur as isolated aberrations but is interwoven in complex economic, political, religious and ideol
Compounded Exclusion
International conventions acknowledge the right of refugees and of disabled people to access quality inclusive education. Both groups struggle to assert this right, particularly in the Global South, where educational access may be hindered by system constraints, resource limitations and negative attitudes. Our concern is the intersectional and compounding effect of being a disabled refugee in Sub-Saharan Africa. Disabled refugees have been invisi…
Agricultural vocational education and training for sustainable futures
With ever-increasing focus from policymakers on the potential of vocational education to provide skills for livelihoods and sustainability in the rural economy, this study set out to investigate attempts at curriculum reform by agricultural technical and vocational education and training providers in the context of the dual crisis – ‘climate and economic’ – in Zimbabwe. The question addressed is: How should the agricultural vocational education a…
Education for disabled refugees in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe
International treaties mandate the educational inclusion of refugees and disabled people, but many remain excluded with disabled refugees facing compounded exclusions. We compare research about educational access and inclusion for disabled refugees in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Uganda, with data generated from policy analyses and interviews with disabled refugee students and families, education officials and NGOs. A vertical cross-case analysis …
Constrained capacity to aspire
This paper examines how Chinese higher vocational education and training (HVET) students negotiated their ‘capacity to aspire’ amid the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grounded in Appadurai’s concept of aspiration, we draw on a 15-month longitudinal study using semi-structured interviews with 26 graduates from five vocational institutions, conducted at students’ pre-graduation, immediately post-graduation, and several months after graduatio…
Political science (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (2 works) · Futures contract (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Refugee (2 works)