Globalization, and the trans-nationalization of education policy-making which accompany it, have many implications for policy studies in adult and lifelong learning. As globalization deepens, so does its impact not only on national policies, but on how educational research is done.

The inaugural conference of the ESREA Network on Policy Studies in Adult Education will explore both how globalisation affects agency and policy processes and how it affects the conditions or structures under which policy processes occur. It also aims to deepen our understanding of how scientific inquiry, as a means of comprehending and interpreting current policy processes and their implications, can accompany and provide support for contemporary developments in adult learning and education.

Please see the call for papers below...