Zegwaard, Karsten EDrewery, DavidDean, Bonnie AmeliaFleming, JennineRowe, AnnaPretti, TJFerns, Sonia2025-02-162025-02-162025-01-30International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, ISSN: 2538-1032 (Print); 2538-1032 (Online), Work-integrated Learning New Zealand, 24(4), 491-501.2538-10322538-1032http://hdl.handle.net/10292/18665Over the past two decades, scholarship into work-integrated learning (WIL) has significantly expanded, highlighting the importance of its contribution to higher education. The International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning (IJWIL) has been an important part of the promotion of research and scholarship of WIL, and the dissemination of new knowledge. This current IJWIL Issue includes three articles that provide a bibliometric analysis of what is now a significant body of WIL literature. These analyses reveal trends in themes such as equity and access, professional identity development, stakeholder engagement, risks, and highlight the high level of collaboration among WIL researchers. This editorial emphasizes the advances of WIL scholarship by further identifying key developments and topical challenges and linking these to recent published WIL literature to inspire further research to enhance the understanding of WIL as a transformative pedagogy.Copyright. To maximise the dissemination of IJWIL published manuscripts, the journal uses CC BY 4.0 licensing. By submitting a manuscript for publication by IJWIL, the authors have agreed to the CC BY 4.0 license. All manuscripts published by the journal can be freely distributed, adapted, and built upon without seeking permission, on the condition that the original authors are appropriately credited (e.g., cited). The authors will retain copyright of their manuscript. The Journal encourages authors to archive the final unaltered published manuscript at their institutional repositories, distribute directly to third parties, and, upload to their personal websites.scholarshipliteraturehistorydevelopmentstrendstopical challengesJournal ArticleOpenAccess