We are pleased to inform you that the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) and Springer Science+Business Media, the journal’s publisher, are offering subscription-free access to ten recently published IRE articles until 20 December 2016. The purpose of this promotion is to showcase the recent shift of thematic focus of the journal, from mainly comparative education to including lifelong learning.

The Conference organisers have taken their inspiration from the OECD publication: “Trends Shaping Education 2016”. This publication looks at what is happening in the world and how this reflects on education. OECD is an organisation with many resources and access to big data. The series, however, wants to inform for purposes of strategic thinking and stimulate reflection about the future of education; It is here we wish to link up education and the overall development of our societies,