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Lifelong Education Research over 40 Years: Insights from the International Journal of Lifelong Education
Volume 41, Issue 6, 2022 pages 537-673
Forty years of the International Journal of Lifelong Education: Reflections on a Changing Field. Guest Editors: John Holford, Steven Hodge, Marcella Milana, Richard Waller and Sue Webb
Volume 41, Issue 1, 2022 pages 1-125
Indigenous Voices and Decolonising Lifelong Education
Volume 40, Issue 4, 2021 pages 303-433
Lifelong education policies in Europe and Latin America
Volume 39, Issue 1, 2020 pages 1-131
Critical viewpoints on adult literacy practices at the time of PIAAC
Volume 38, Issue 4, 2019 pages 361-484
Decolonising Lifelong Learning in the Age of Transnational Migration
Volume 38, Issue 1, 2019 pages 1-126
Work-related training and workplace learning: Nordic perspectives and European comparisons
Volume 37, Issue 5, 2018 pages 523-636
Museum pedagogic strategies for change
Volume 37, Issue 1, 2018 pages 1-146
The Learning Adult: Building and Reflecting on the Work of Peter Jarvis
Volume 36, Issue 1-2, 2017 pages 2-(ei)
Learning in Later Life
Volume 35, Issue 5, 2016 pages 473-585
Youth, Social Crisis and Learning
Volume 35, Issue 2, 2016 pages 119-212
Problem Solving – Facilitating the Utilization of a Concept towards Lifelong Education
Volume 34, Issue 4, 2015 pages 373-486
Education and other modes of thinking in Latin America
Volume 34, Issue 1, 2015 pages 1-117
Adult and Lifelong Education: The European Union, its member states and the world
Volume 33, Issue 3, 2014 pages 267-434
Lifelong Learning and Higher Education in Europe 1995-2011: Widening and/or Narrowing Access?
Volume 33, Issue 1, 2014 pages 1-119
Special issue title: Researching recognition of prior learning around the globe
Volume 32, Issue 4, 2013 pages 405-578
Special Issue: Human activity, social practices and lifelong education: Francophone perspectives
Volume 32, Issue 1, 2013 pages 1-130
Aesthetic practice and adult education
Volume 31, Issue 3, 2012 pages 247-372
Learning to live together in diverse cities: educational and socio-geographical perspectives
Volume 31, Issue 1, 2012 pages 1-112
Lifelong learning and social justice
Volume 30, Issue 4, 2011 pages 431-571
Lifelong Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Volume 30, Issue 1, 2011 pages 1-130
The Future of Lifelong Learning
Volume 29, Issue 4, 2010 pages 397-512
Lifelong Learning in the Age of Transnational Migration
Volume 29, Issue 2, 2010 pages 143-285
Theories, Policy and Practice of Lifelong Education in East Asia
Volume 27, Issue 5, 2008 pages 495-607
Women, War and Learning
Volume 27, Issue 2, 2008 pages 119-234
Transitions from Education to Work
Volume 26, Issue 5, 2007 pages 491-604
Lifelong education: beyond the learning society
Volume 25, Issue 3, 2006 pages 197-332

Special issue information

International Journal of Lifelong Education

Guidelines for Special Issues

The Editors of the International Journal of Lifelong Education (IJLE) welcome proposals for Special Issues of the journal. Special Issues may address any topic or theme of scholarly significance within the remit of the Journal. Scholars are encouraged to discuss ideas for Special Issues informally with the Editors at an early stage.

Proposers of special issues should note the following:

1. Special Issues normally comprise between six and ten papers. Including notes and references, they should be between 45,000 and 80,000 words in length.

2. In general, the IJLE publishes not more than two special issues in any year.

3. In all cases, a formal proposal will be requested. This should include: a statement (1-2 pages) covering the purpose, rationale, contribution and significance of the Special Issue; the proposed contributors; abstracts of papers; author contact information; and a schedule of timings for the various stages of production (see below). The proposal will be considered by the Editors, who will reply to the proposer(s) with their observations and a decision.

4. When a proposal is approved, the Editors of the IJLE will endorse the appointment of an editor (or editors) of the Special Issue.

5. One of the Editors of the IJLE (the liaising Editor) will be appointed to liaise with the Special Issue editor(s).

6. Special Issue editor(s) should discuss with the IJLE Book Reviews Editor the nature of the Book Reviews section for the Special Issue.

7. The Special Issue editor(s) must keep the IJLE Editors fully informed (via the liaison Editor) of the developments in relation to the proposed contents, timing and progress of the special issue.

8. The IJLE is a peer-reviewed journal, and all papers under consideration for a Special Issue must be subject to peer review. This implies:- Contributors should be informed clearly that all papers will be subject to peer review by anonymous referees;
- For each paper, reports should be sought from at least three referees;
- Referees’ reports will be considered both by the Special Issue editor(s)
and by the liaising IJLE Editor;
- Anonymous feedback should be given to authors;
- Authors will be expected to review their papers in the light of referees’ reports;
- Papers which do not meet the required standards will not be published.

9. Special Issue Editor(s) are asked to nominate referees to the IJLE Editors. These nominees must be approved by the IJLE Editors.

10. IJLE manuscripts are submitted, reviewed and handled through the Routledge Manuscript Central system. The Special Issue editor(s) will be given editorial access to this site for this purpose, and will be responsible for distributing papers to the referees and communicating reports to the authors through Manuscript Central.

11. Where revisions are required, the Special Issue editor(s) are responsible for ensuring papers are revised in the light of referees’ reports, and of any comments from the IJLE Editors.

12. Final manuscripts must be prepared in line with the IJLE style guidelines, and must be accompanied by an abstract, keywords and a brief biography of the author(s) in the specified form. Final manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the Manuscript Central site with full contact addresses of all authors and editor(s).

13. To permit the IJLE Editors to review and give final approval to the contents of the Special Issue, the liaising Editor must be provided with the proposed final set of manuscripts for the Special Issue in good time.

14. Approximate schedules for the IJLE Editors to receive (through the liaising Editor) final manuscripts are as follows:

- For Issue No. 1 (published in January): 1 st September of the previous year.
- For Issue No. 2 (published in March): 1 st November of the previous year.
- For Issue No. 3 (published in May): 1 st January of the publication year.
- For Issue No. 4 (published in July): 1 st March of the publication year.
- For Issue No. 5 (published in September): 1 st May of the publication year.
- For Issue No. 6 (published in November): 1 st July of the publication year.

For the avoidance of doubt, proposers should note that in all circumstances, the Editors of the IJLE retain final authority on all matters of publication, including content, timing and approval of the final manuscript(s).

[July 2022]