Journal for Research on Adult Education
The Journal for Research on Adult Education is the leading academic journal in the field of adult and continuing education in the German-speaking world. Its research findings contribute to national and international academic discourse.
The Journal
- presents high-quality research findings on adult learning,
- focuses the academic discourse on adult education and learning,
- promotes exchange with all academic disciplines conducting research into adult education,
- contributes to the integration of German research on adult education into the international context,
- and also opens up new horizons for future research.
Since 2015, ZfW is published as fully open access journal by Springer Nature. Open Access is enabled by financial support by DIE. Editorial staff is affiliated at the DIE. ZfW publishes three issues per year (April, August, and December).
The journal's metadata is listed on the following indices: Google Scholar, CNKI, DOAJ, EBSCO Discovery Service, EBSCO Education Source, EBSCO TOC Premier, OCLC and Summon by ProQuest.
The journal is open for articles in German and English. All articles are accompanied by an abstract published in both English and German.
Call for Papers
Issue 04/2027
Open Call
Editors: Gabriele Molzberger & Hannes Schröter
Open Call
Editors: Gabriele Molzberger & Hannes Schröter
Submission deadline for manuscripts: April 30, 2027
Issue 03/2027
Science Studies in Adult Education
Guest Editor: Malte Ebner von Eschenbach, Josef Schrader & Jörg Schwarz, Handling Editor: Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha
Science Studies in Adult Education
Guest Editor: Malte Ebner von Eschenbach, Josef Schrader & Jörg Schwarz, Handling Editor: Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha
Submission deadline for manuscripts: March 1, 2027
Issue 02/2027
Political Education
Guest Editor: Michael Schemmann, Editors: Elke Gruber & Ekkehard Nuissl
Political Education
Guest Editor: Michael Schemmann, Editors: Elke Gruber & Ekkehard Nuissl
Submission deadline for manuscripts: November 30, 2026
Call for Papers
Issue 01/2027
Research Methods and Methodology - Aldult Education Research between Innovation & Coninuity
Handling Editors: Henning Pätzold & Katrin Kaus
Research Methods and Methodology - Aldult Education Research between Innovation & Coninuity
Handling Editors: Henning Pätzold & Katrin Kaus
Manuscript submission deadline: 30 November 2026
Publication date: April 2027
Manuscripts should be submitted via Editorial Manager®
Call for Papers
About the ZfW
Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Prof. Dr. Elke Gruber (Universität Graz, Österreich)
Prof. Dr. Katrin Kraus (Universität Zürich, Schweiz)
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Molzberger (Bergische Universität Wuppertal)
Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Ekkehard Nuissl (Universität Duisburg-Essen und Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung – Leibniz-Zentrum für Lebenslanges Lernen (DIE))
Prof. Dr. Henning Pätzold (Universität Koblenz)
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Prof. Dr. Hannes Schröter (Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung – Leibniz-Zentrum für Lebenslanges Lernen (DIE) und FernUniversität Hagen)
Advisory Board
Advisory Board
Prof. em. (Hon), Dr. h.c. mult. Arne Carlsen (UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Deutschland)
Prof. Dr. Richard Desjardins (University of California at L.A., USA)
Prof. Dr. Larissa Jögi (Tallinn University, Estland)
Prof. Dr. Peter Mayo (University of Malta, Malta)
Associate Prof. Dr. Borut Mikulec (University of Ljubljana, Slowenien)
Prof. em. Dr. Michael Osborne (University of Glasgow, Großbritannien)
Prof. Dr. Simona Sava (West University of Timisoara, Rumänien)
Prof. Dr. Silke Schreiber-Barsch (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Deutschland)
Associate Prof. Dr. Georgios Zarifis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Griechenland)
Editorial Team
Editorial Team
Dr. Thomas Jung
Address
Address
German Institute for Adult EducationLeibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE), Heinemannstr. 12-14, 53175 Bonn
Publisher
Publisher
The journal is published by Springer Nature and is available as a fully-open-access journal at www.springer.com/40955.
