CALL FOR PROPOSALS

• GRALE 6 Monitoring Section Data Analysis and Draft
  A call for proposals to support the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), the Secretariat, in the survey data analysis and drafting of the monitoring section for the Sixth Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE 6).

Deadline: January 27, 2026
Detailed information ► https://careers.unesco.org/job/Hamburg-Drafting-of-monitoring-section-GRALE-6-Call-for-proposals/1349424057/

CALL FOR CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS

• Reminder Call for Abstracts

“What’s the purpose of adult education and lifelong learning in the times of crises?” - Nordic Adult Education Conference 2026, Turku, May 6-8, 2026.
Conference organisers: Aikuiskasvatuksen tutkimuspäivät (AITU) – the Finnish Research Days on Adult Education, and NAEL – Nordic Conference on Adult Education and Learning,
Abstract Submission: by January 16, 2026

More Information ► see attached call

Conference Page ►https://nordicadulteducation26.fi/
Contact: nordicadulteducation@utu.fi

Call for Abstracts - ECER Conference 2026
17 – 18 August 2026: Emerging Researcher’s Conference
18-21 August 2026: European Conference on Educational Research
Theme: Knowing and Acting: The changing conditions and potentials of education researchhttps://brill.com/display/title/73877?srsltid=AfmBOoptXrAoh0CcW9t_MySyDFC33aRvQrtP0dNCsOinZtm2bXtND62q
Venue: Tampere University, Finland
Abstract submission: January 31, 2026
More information ►https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2026-tampere

Call for Abstracts - Fourth International Conference of the journal Scuola Democratica, September 1-4, 2026
Venue: “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy
Theme: “Learning for Democracy/Democracy for Learning”
Of particular interest to ESREA Members: panel session H.02. Adult Learning as Democratic Renewal: Empowering Citizenship and Envisioning Alternative Futures,
chaired by: Marcella Milana (University of Verona, Italy), Margherita Bussi (UCLouvain, Belgium), Roberto Angotti (Inapp, Italy)
Abstract submission: February 28, 2026
More information: Conference Website: ►https://www.scuolademocratica-conference.net/
Detailed information on abstract submission: ► https://www.scuolademocratica-conference.net/submit-your-abstract-3/

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PhD Students

• Reminder - Call for Applications Doctoral School “The Klagenfurt Research Retreat (KRR)”
  Theme: Adult Education and Transformation: Mapping Possibilities and Embracing Complexity
  September 14-18, 2026, University of Klagenfurt
  Application Deadline: March 8, 2026
  For full details ►see attached call

NEW PUBLICATIONS/READING SUGGESTIONS

• New Volume by Peter Mayo: 'Southern’ Europe and Beyond in the Mediterranean. Critical Essays on Adult Learning and Education. Brill publishers

More Information ►https://brill.com/display/title/73877?srsltid=AfmBOoptXrAoh0CcW9t_MySyDFC33aRvQrtP0dNCsOinZtm2bXtND62q; see also book cover attached

• ELM magazine – New items of interest
  
  ”Prison education benefits society”: Speakers’ Corner Column by Alan Smith, former coordinator of the Grundtvig programme for adult learning at the European Commission, on Prison Education:
  Read the column at ► https://elmmagazine.eu/alan-smith-prison-education-benefits-society/
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  “Digital inclusion is key to democratic participation”: ‘I argue’ column by Maja Brynteson of Nordregio
  Read the colum at ► https://elmmagazine.eu/i-argue-digital-inclusion-is-key-to-democratic-participation/