Studies - Aims and focus

Studies in the Education of Adults is an international journal for scholarly, rigorous theorising and the critical interrogation of policy and research on the education of adults in different settings and countries. We encourage writers to publish material from a broad range of ideological interests, theoretical positions and research traditions. Multidisciplinary research, often a hallmark of adult education, is particularly welcome.

The journal provides opportunities for experienced and new writers to engage in spirited debate and the critical exchange of knowledge and ideas. It will particularly encourage and address the role adult learning and education can make to social justice. Quality articles are supported through a systematic and thorough
process of peer feedback. We seek to foster and stimulate a global community of academics and researchers with a broad interest in the education of adults.

We will promote the thematic exploration of specific areas of interest as well as the exploration of new territory for adult education. The education of adults occurs in community, institutional and professional settings, many of which are not traditionally associated with education such as the workplace, trade unions, the home, through leisure activities, in voluntary organisations, social movements and virtual spaces. We invite readers with an interest in developing a themed issue to submit outline proposals for consideration to the editor. Whilst adult learning is central to our concerns we are equally focused on the nature of the adult curriculum and the role of the educator. It is essential to keep these issues at the forefront of our thinking because they address the purpose of learning, the selection of knowledge, and the process of learning. Education is a public issue and creates a particular space for debating what is happening to the public sphere both locally and globally.