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European Society for Research on the Education of Adults

ESREA promotes and disseminates theorectial and empirical research on the education of adults and adult learning in Europe through research networks, conferences and publications. Active members come from most part of Europe. You will find more information about ESREA on its website.

Thematic Networks

ESREA is made up of several networks who on a regular basis have meetings at which research around certain themes are being discussed. At the moment, ESREA has seven active networks, and each active network has a meeting every, or every second year. You will find more information about each network by clicking on the links below

• ESREA Network on Access, Learning Careers and Identities, Barbara Merrill, University of Warwick, UK
• ESREA Network on Active Democratic Citizenship and Adult Learning Michal Bron Jr, Södertörn University, Sweden
• ESREA Network on Adult Educators, Trainers and their Professional Development Georgios Zarifis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - Larissa Jogi- Tallinn University, Estonia - Wolfgang Jütte, University of Bielefeld, Germany -
• ESREA Research Network on Working Life and Learning Henning Salling Olesen, Roskilde University, Denmark
• ESREA Network on the History of Adult Education and Training in Europe Françoise Laot, Université Paris Descartes, France - Kirsi Ahonen, University of Tampere, Finland
• ESREA Network on Gender and Adult Learning Joanna Ostrouch, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
• ESREA Network on Life History and Biographical Research Linden West, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK , Laura Formenti, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
• ESREA Network on Between Global and Local: Adult Learning and Development Antonio Fragoso, University of Algarve, Portugal -  Emilio Lucio-Villegas, University of Seville, Spain -  Ewa Kurantowicz, University of Lower Silesia, Poland -
• ESREA Network on Migration, Ethnicity, Racism and Xenophobia Linda Morrice, University of Sussex, UK -  Joke Vandenabeele, Leuven University, Belgium - JSimon Warren, University of Sheffield, UK -
• ESREA Network on Education and Learning of Older Adults Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany -  Leif Emil Hansen, Roskilde University, Denmark – l Tarja Tikkanen, International Research Institute of Stavanger, Norway -
• ESREA Network on Policy Studies in Adult Education Richard Desjardins, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark - John Holford, University of Nottingham, UK -  Vida Mohorcic Spolar, Slovenian Institute of Adult Education, Slovenia -