Dear ESREA members and friends,

We would like to share the following three online event announcements with you:

• ADCAL – Active Democratic Citizenship and Adult Learning Network
  Online event “‘Learning for Democracy: The Case of Student Blockades in Serbia”
  April 29, 2025, from 10.15 to 11.50
  Registration ►https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuxUQJcii1XO10ghUtQv3z0rtz0PoaADe_tmT1bCjXZNS27A/viewform

More Information ► Check the link

• PIMA-IACEHOF: Joint webinars with the participation of ESREA fellows
  Topic: „HEIs Supporting the Development of ALE”
  Organisers: Network PIMA – Promoting, Interrogating and Mobilising Adult Learning, and International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame
  First Webinar: May 5, 2025, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm CET
  Second Webinar: June 10, 2025, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm CET
  More Information and Zoomlinks ► Check the link

• LLLP-3rd IHLLL Webinar
  Topic: „Research Meets Practice”
  Organisers: Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP), in cooperation with Springer’s International Handbook of Lifelong Learning
  Date: June 11, 2025, 10.00-11.30
  Registration ►https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tAU9drbTQOqdI7imW8besw#/registration
  More Information ► see Email from Balasz Nemeth below

Wishing you all a Joyful Easter!

Susanne

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Research Meets Practice

The Third International Handbook of Lifelong Learning

11 June 2025, 10.00-11.30, online

Register here!

CONCEPT

The Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP), in cooperation with Springer’s International Handbook of Lifelong Learning, launched a new series of webinars to present cutting-edge research on lifelong learning to an interested audience. In a compact format, individual research findings and critical reflections on burning issues, such as the ecology of lifelong-lifewide learning for sustainable generative futures or learning for climate justice will be presented and discussed in the focus of social/political and the economic.

We are living at a time when the future for humanity, and many other living things, looks uncertain and bleak. We need to change in so many ways if our planet and the life it sustains is to continue as we know it. As Barnet points out, ‘if learning [has] a purpose then surely it must be to learn how to live on this tiny planet.’ This has always been the case but there is an urgency like never before as we recognise the depth and scale of change needed to create a future that is more sustainable than the one we are currently heading for. If this is the overarching imperative for humanity’s lifelong learning and future survival, what concepts of lifelong learning do we need to enable us to learn to live in ways that will help sustain the planet and its life supporting systems?

Policies play a critical role in turning the vision of lifelong learning into a reality for everyone. However, even the most well-crafted policies have their limitations. An overly optimistic view of what lifelong learning policies can achieve necessitates a careful, critical examination. Are the intended goals being met? Are potential negative effects being mitigated? Who truly benefits from these policies, and who might be disadvantaged by them?

AGENDA

10.00 Welcome words

Elisa Gambardella, President of the Lifelong Learning Platform

Balázs Németh, Vice-President of the Lifelong Learning Platform

10.05 Introduction by co-host

Karen Evans, co-editor of the 3rd International Handbook on Lifelong Learning

10.20 Keynote
Séamus O Tuama: Taking Forward Perspectives on Reflexivity in Learning: Five Capitals

Discussant: Arne Carlsen, International Adult and Continuing Hall of Fame – European Chapter, Chair

10.50 Q&A

11.15 Closing remarks by co-host

Dr. Balázs Németh, Vice President of the Lifelong Learning Platform, eucen Ambassador and Professor in ALE at University of Pécs

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Can you please send this Call to colleagues, friends in lifelong learning as collaborstive partners!

Thank you for your attention and engagement!

Best,

Balázs Németh

Vice President of the Lifelong Learning Platform, eucen Ambassador and Professor in ALE at University of Pécs