Comparative Research in Adult Education

Foreword Sabine Schmidt-Lauff, Lisa Breitschwerdt, Jörg Schwarz: Global Challenges need Global Perspectives - Comparative Research on Adult Education Part I: Global Perspectives on Participation Bilyaminu Bello Inuwa, Dino Mancarella, Paola Rigoni, Taiwo Isaac Olatunj, Lisa Breitschwerdt and Borut Mikulec: Adult Education and Citizenship Education in Global Times - Policy Provisions and Programme Deliveries in Italy and Nigeria Ana Guimarães Duarte, Asma Abusamra, Natália Alves, Therese Rosemann: Mature women in Higher Education: A comparative study in Germany, Palestine and Portugal Part II: Global Perspectives on Sustainability Shalini Singh, Jan Schiller, Nitish Anand, Søren Ehlers, Asif Moiz: The World Bank's role in shaping the education of adults. Comparing the policy choices of the World Bank and India Jan Schiller, Shalini Singh, Jyoti Tiwari, Moshood Moses Mamudu: Resource Mobilisation for lifelong learning and the sustainability framework: Strategies and stakeholders under international influence in India and Nigeria Part III: Global Perspectives on Digitalisation Marie Rathmann, Paula Guimarães & Tadej Košmerl: Digital transformation and adult learning and education policies: The cases of Germany and Portugal Oluwatoyin Bolanle Akinola, Funmilayo Aduke Adewole, Marianne Grace Araneta, Concetta Tino, Monica Fedeli: Policies and Online Learning Environment for Adult Education and Higher Education's Emerging Needs Marica Liotino, João Paulo Costa, Daniela Rocha Bicalho, Lívia da Cruz, Hannah Hassinger: Digital Competence Development in Higher Education - Political Influence and Student Experiences in Portugal and Italy

Dr. Lisa Breitschwerdt (1989) is a research associate at the Professorship for Adult and Continuing Education at the University of Würzburg. She works on digitalisation and professionalisation in adult and higher education, didactics and methods of teaching and learning and dialogical perspectives in adult education research. Dr. Jörg Schwarz (1978) is a research associate at the Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. His research focuses on time in pedagogical contexts, professionalism in adult education, organisational research and pedagogy, practice theory and research methods. Prof. Dr. Sabine Schmidt-Lauff (1968) is Professor of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning at the Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. Her research focuses on professionalisation and professionalism, international comparative research in adult education and learning, and temporal conceptualisation of learning across the lifespan.