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Wolfgang Jütte holds a doctoral degree in Adult Education from University of Münster and started his career as a Research Specialist at the UNESCO-Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg.

He is currently Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Bielefeld. His main research is focused on International and Comparative Adult education, Co-operation and Network Research and on University Continuing Education

He is member of the Steering Committee of the European Society for the Research of Adults (ESREA) , Co-Convenor of a new thematic ESREA Network on “Adult Educators, Trainers and their Professional Development”,  and Co-Editor of the book series “Studies in Lifelong Learning” (Vienna et al 2008ff);Co-Editor of the European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults (RELA) | Associate Expert for PASCAL (Place Management, Social Capital and Learning Region) International Observatory | Member of the Academic Board of Deutschen Universität für Weiterbildung (DUW) .

Dean of Studies of Faculty for Education (since 6/2009) | Chair of the Center for University Continuing Education of the University Bielefeld (ZWW) | member of thee Bielefeld Center for Education and Capability Research.

He was coordinator of the Latin-American-European Project (EU-Programme ALFA) on ”University and Continuing Education” [II-0245-A] (2002-2005) and member of the 6^th Framework EU-Programme: “Strategies for inclusion and social cohesion in Europe from education. Citizens and governance in a knowledge based society” [FP6-028603-2] (2006 – 2008)

He has extensively published on the analysis of cooperative structures and networking in adult education.