Things to come 2010: RELA
ESREA, die Europäische Gesellschaft zur Erwachsenenbildungsforschung, hat eine neue, auf Open Access basierte Online-Zeitschrift lanciert: “The European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults (RELA)”. Die Idee der Gründung einer eigenen Zeitschrift begleitet diese europäische wissenschaftliche Fachgesellschaft seit ihrem Anfang. Nun ist es endlich soweit. Damit wird sowohl auf veränderte Publikationsgewohnheiten (Peer-Review Journals) reagiert als auch die angelsächsische Dominanz in internationalen Zeitschriften zur EB begegnet.
Es werden jährlich zwei Ausgaben zu verschiedenen thematischen Schwerpunkten herausgegeben. Noch mit Vorbehalt können die ersten drei Hefte angekündigt werden
- Issue 1 – Envisioning future research on the education and learning of adults
- Issue 2 – Professionalization – the struggle within
- Issue 3 – Community and social cohesion
Während für die Startnummer KollegInnen gezielt angesprochen worden sind – das Heft wird wohl zur ESREA Konferenz in Linköping erscheinen – wird der Call for Papers für die 2. Ausgabe noch im Januar erfolgen. Das Heft wird von Kathy Nicoll, University Stirling, und mir betreut werden.
Im Folgenden seien einige Originalinformationen wiedergegeben, die auch auf einem Flyer verfügbar sind.
The European Journal for the Research on the Education and Learning of Adults (RELA) is a refereed academic journal creating a forum for the publication of critical research on adult education and learning. It has a particular focus on issues at stake for adult education and learning in Europe, as these emerge in connection with wider international and transnational dynamics and trends. Such a forum is important at a time when local and regional explora-tions of issues are often difficult to foreground across language barriers. As academic and policy debate is increasingly carried out in the English language, this masks the richness of research knowledge, responses and trends from diverse traditions and foci. The journal thus attempts to be linguistically ‘open access’. Whilst creating a forum for international and transnational debate, contributions are particularly welcome from authors in Europe and other locations where English is not the first language.
RELA invites original, scholarly articles that discuss the education and learning of adults from different academic disciplines, perspectives and traditions. It encourages diversity in theoretical and methodological approach and submissions from non-English speakers. Contributions will be subject to a rigorous peer review process. Clarity and conciseness of thought are crucial requirements for publication. RELA is published on behalf of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA).
Two issues are published each year, each including:
1. Articles related to an issue theme
2.Open papers (unrelated to the theme)
3. Book reviews
Editorial group
- Associate Professor Andreas Fejes, Linköping University, Sweden
- Professor Wolfgang Jütte, University of Bielefeld, Germany
- Professor Ewa Kurantowicz, University of Lower Silesia, Poland
- Dr. Katherine Nicoll, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Professor Henning Salling Olesen, Roskilde University, Denmark
- Professor Danny Wildemeersch, Leuven University, Belgium
For more information about the journal and on how to submit a paper see -> www.rela.ep.liu.se
