Aiming to increase the visibility and impact of VET research within the research community and towards different stakeholders, VETNET has successfully started to publish a series of proceedings at ECER 2018, which is available online and as a printed version. The 2019 edition is the second volume on Trends in vocational education and training research. It includes more than 50 papers that illustrate and discuss planned, ongoing and finalised research, undertaken by early career to experienced researchers from Europe and overseas. It links up to other VETNET publications, such as the proceedings of the Crossing Boundaries conference, as well as the publications series from the Stockholm International conference.