ESREA Network on Between Global and Local: Adult Learning and Development
Convenors:
Antonio Fragoso
ESE, University of Algarve
Campus da Penha
8005-139 Faro, Portugal
aalmeida(at)ualg.pt
Emilio Lucio-Villegas
University of Seville, Spain
elucio(at)us.es
Ewa Kurantowicz
University of Lower Silesia, Poland
ewa.kurantowicz(at)wp.pl
Aims/themes of the network:
This network was established recently and the first meeting took place in Faro, Portugal, October 2006 as to join European researchers committed to study the multiple relationships between development and adult learning. In our perspective different scales of development should be analysed together, clearly identifying the global and regional/ local dimensions of it. It involves educational processes and opportunities for social change, focusing people's autonomy and emancipation. We hope therefore to create a network capable of encouraging research on development in globalization context, territorial/ micro-scale approaches, urban and rural studies, regenerating communities, learning places and spaces, regional development and planning. Above all, we would like that all these themes could show the central role of adult learning in the processes of development. Experienced researchers or post-graduate students are welcome.
Frequency of meetings:
From 2008 on we will meet annually in the month of May.
