Professor Stephen Billett

Stephen Billett is Professor of Adult and Vocational Education at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia and Australian Research Council Future Fellow. After a career in garment manufacturing, he worked as a vocational educator, educational administrator, teacher educator, professional development practitioner and policy developer in the Australian vocational education system. Since 1993 he has been a teacher and researcher at Griffith University. He is a Fulbright scholar, National Teaching Fellow, recipient of honorary doctorates from Jyvaskala University (Finland 2015), University of Geneva (Switzerland 2020) and University West (Sweden 2024), and an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia. He is founding editor of the journal Vocations and Learning: Studies in professional and vocational education, and the Professional and Practice based Learning book series.