Dr Ellen Vanderhoven

  • Lecturer in Education Studies (School of Education)

Biography

I am Lecturer in the School of Education and a member of the Education Leadership and Policy group.

My research and teaching interests focus on education policy from international and comparative perspectives. I have a particular interest in how youth transitions are conceived and managed by policy structures at global and national scales, with much of my work focusing on vocational education and training generally and dual models of apprenticeship in particular. Most importantly, I am interested in ensuring that the views, priorities, and interests of young people are reflected in and upheld by education policies. My work is informed by sociology and youth studies, and takes a particular interest in social inequalities of different kinds, including gender and social class. 

Although this is my primary research focus, I maintain a broader interest in education policy architectures. As an example, I currently collaborate with Clara Fontdevila on her British Academy Fellowship exploring the role of the Catholic education sector in France and Spain (REDUPOL project). Previously, I have worked on a number of comparative and international research projects, including YOUNG_ADULLLT and Dual Apprenticeship. Along with my colleague Tore Sorensen, I co-convene the Glasgow Comparative and International Education Research (GLACIER) Network

Before completing my PhD in Education at the University of Glasgow, I worked as a modern languages teacher in France, Spain, and England. A commitment to teaching, young people, and internationalism runs throughout my work and informs my interest in academic research and higher education. 

 

Research interests

  • Education policy
  • Youth transitions 
  • Vocational education and training
  • Policy transfer
  • International and comparative education

Publications

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2025

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Mackenzie, Mhairi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X, Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 and Schneider, Sebastian (2025) The dual apprenticeship transfer literature: defining “dual”, understanding transfer, and exploring the role of context. In: Valiente, Oscar, Maitra, Srabani, Gonon, Philipp and Pilz, Matthias (eds.) International Transfer of Dual Modes of Vocational Education and Training: National Recontextualization and Local Enactment. Series: Oxford studies in comparative education. Routledge: London, pp. 8-24. ISBN 9781032963938 (doi: 10.4324/9781003589303-2)

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Fontdevila, Clara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0589-558X, Langthaler, Margarita, Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Hermann, Ralf, Marković, Jasminka, Sethwala, Sadaf, Maitra, Saikat and Calderón, Eduardo (2025) Realising the human development promise in dual VET. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 55(3), pp. 496-511. (doi: 10.1080/03057925.2024.2309240)

2023

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2023) Unpacking the global apprenticeship agenda: a comparative synthesis of literature from international organisations in the education policy field. Globalisation, Societies and Education, (doi: 10.1080/14767724.2023.2252358) (Early Online Publication)

Sutherland, Callum ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1040-460X, Calò, Francesca, Steiner, Artur and Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2023) ‘You don’t realise they’re helping you until you realise they’re helping you’: reconceptualising adultism through community music. Children's Geographies, 21(4), pp. 579-593. (doi: 10.1080/14733285.2022.2099245)

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Fontdevila, Clara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0589-558X and Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 (2023) Egresados de Dual como Orientadores de Carrera: Un Toolkit para Utilizar el Codiseño y la Voz de los Jóvenes para Mejorar la Orientación Profesional en la Educación Dual. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

2022

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Fontdevila, Clara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0589-558X, Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 and Maitra, Srabani ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1840-1294 (2022) Human Development Perspectives on the Transfer of Dual Training: Challenges and Implications. Documentation. University of Glasgow.

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Tikkanen, Jenni and Jacovkis, Judith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2862-8636 (2022) Exploring young adults’ lifelong learning policy participation styles: comparative perspectives from Finland, Scotland, and Spain. In: Benasso, S., Bouillet, D., Neves, T. and Parreira do Amaral, M. (eds.) Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe. Series: Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 89-116. ISBN 9783030964542 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-96454-2_5)

Celedon Gamboa, Cristian, Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 and Proestakis Maturana, Alejandro (2022) Perceived success factors in an outstanding school serving vulnerable students: Case-study of a Chilean public school. Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research, 12(1), pp. 1-37. (doi: 10.17583/remie.4244)

2021

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2021) Youth transitions in the midst of pandemic: what role for apprenticeships in Mexico? [Website]

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Mackenzie, Mhairi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X and Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 (2021) WP1 Realist Literature Synthesis. Documentation. Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).

2020

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Steiner, Artur, Teasdale, Simon and Calò, Francesca (2020) Can public venture capital support sustainability in the social economy? Evidence from a social innovation fund. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 13, e00166. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2020.e00166)

Sutherland, Callum ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1040-460X, Steiner, A., Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 and Calo, F. (2020) Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young People to Care and Education through Community Music. Project Report. Yunus Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University.

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2020) Review of Habermas and social research: between theory and method. Administrative Theory and Praxis, 42(4), pp. 633-635. (doi: 10.1080/10841806.2019.1700463)[Book Review]

2019

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Bravo, Angela, Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Hermannsson, Kristinn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9957-3914, Lowden, Kevin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-0665, Doyle, Lesley ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3521-6456, Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 (2019) YOUNG_ADULLLT Scotland: Key Messages for Scottish Policy Actors. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

2018

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2018) Informal Solidarity in Partnership Working: Why Relationships Matter. [Website]

2012

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2012) London 2012: A Social Legacy for East London? Other. Community Links, London, UK.

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Articles

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Fontdevila, Clara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0589-558X, Langthaler, Margarita, Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Hermann, Ralf, Marković, Jasminka, Sethwala, Sadaf, Maitra, Saikat and Calderón, Eduardo (2025) Realising the human development promise in dual VET. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 55(3), pp. 496-511. (doi: 10.1080/03057925.2024.2309240)

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2023) Unpacking the global apprenticeship agenda: a comparative synthesis of literature from international organisations in the education policy field. Globalisation, Societies and Education, (doi: 10.1080/14767724.2023.2252358) (Early Online Publication)

Sutherland, Callum ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1040-460X, Calò, Francesca, Steiner, Artur and Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2023) ‘You don’t realise they’re helping you until you realise they’re helping you’: reconceptualising adultism through community music. Children's Geographies, 21(4), pp. 579-593. (doi: 10.1080/14733285.2022.2099245)

Celedon Gamboa, Cristian, Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 and Proestakis Maturana, Alejandro (2022) Perceived success factors in an outstanding school serving vulnerable students: Case-study of a Chilean public school. Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research, 12(1), pp. 1-37. (doi: 10.17583/remie.4244)

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Steiner, Artur, Teasdale, Simon and Calò, Francesca (2020) Can public venture capital support sustainability in the social economy? Evidence from a social innovation fund. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 13, e00166. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2020.e00166)

Book Sections

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Mackenzie, Mhairi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X, Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 and Schneider, Sebastian (2025) The dual apprenticeship transfer literature: defining “dual”, understanding transfer, and exploring the role of context. In: Valiente, Oscar, Maitra, Srabani, Gonon, Philipp and Pilz, Matthias (eds.) International Transfer of Dual Modes of Vocational Education and Training: National Recontextualization and Local Enactment. Series: Oxford studies in comparative education. Routledge: London, pp. 8-24. ISBN 9781032963938 (doi: 10.4324/9781003589303-2)

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Tikkanen, Jenni and Jacovkis, Judith ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2862-8636 (2022) Exploring young adults’ lifelong learning policy participation styles: comparative perspectives from Finland, Scotland, and Spain. In: Benasso, S., Bouillet, D., Neves, T. and Parreira do Amaral, M. (eds.) Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe. Series: Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 89-116. ISBN 9783030964542 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-96454-2_5)

Book Reviews

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2020) Review of Habermas and social research: between theory and method. Administrative Theory and Praxis, 42(4), pp. 633-635. (doi: 10.1080/10841806.2019.1700463)[Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Fontdevila, Clara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0589-558X and Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 (2023) Egresados de Dual como Orientadores de Carrera: Un Toolkit para Utilizar el Codiseño y la Voz de los Jóvenes para Mejorar la Orientación Profesional en la Educación Dual. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Fontdevila, Clara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0589-558X, Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 and Maitra, Srabani ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1840-1294 (2022) Human Development Perspectives on the Transfer of Dual Training: Challenges and Implications. Documentation. University of Glasgow.

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Mackenzie, Mhairi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X and Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 (2021) WP1 Realist Literature Synthesis. Documentation. Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).

Sutherland, Callum ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1040-460X, Steiner, A., Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 and Calo, F. (2020) Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young People to Care and Education through Community Music. Project Report. Yunus Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University.

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Bravo, Angela, Valiente, Oscar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Hermannsson, Kristinn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9957-3914, Lowden, Kevin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-0665, Doyle, Lesley ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3521-6456, Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 (2019) YOUNG_ADULLLT Scotland: Key Messages for Scottish Policy Actors. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2012) London 2012: A Social Legacy for East London? Other. Community Links, London, UK.

Website

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2021) Youth transitions in the midst of pandemic: what role for apprenticeships in Mexico? [Website]

Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275 (2018) Informal Solidarity in Partnership Working: Why Relationships Matter. [Website]

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