Today's society requires us to relearn and learn new things throughout our lives, but it is also a matter of people's opportunities in terms of free knowledge acquisition and education, for example in study circles and at libraries.
Linköping University is home to some of the most prominent research environments in the area, both nationally and internationally. The education science research into adult learning is primarily about popular education, where we are responsible for Mimer, a national programme for research on popular education, adult education (general and vocational), adult pedagogy and didactics for adults, and higher education pedagogy. There is also extensive research into working life and education.
Linköping university publishes The European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults (RELA) on commission from ESREA (the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults), whose secretariat is also located at the university.
