Research
We explore how adult education can be made inclusive, digital and effective.
Services
Digital tools, specialist portals and data – for teachers, researchers, students and interested parties.
Institute
We offer research, transfer and infrastructure for lifelong learning.
Einst galt die Zukunft als Schicksal, dem man ausgeliefert war – heute verstehen wir sie als gestaltbaren und pluralen Möglichkeitsraum. Doch das Gestalten vielfältiger Zukünfte will gelernt sein. weiter bilden fragt, welche Rolle Erwachsenenbildung dabei spielt und was für ihre eigene Zukunft wichtig sein wird.
In the present European context migrants and refugees are represented as a threat to security in the first place. Adult Education, especially when subsidised by the state, finds itself in a double-bind. On the one hand it has to offer a place for “Bildung” for all adults, where they can develop themselves according to their interests, capabilities and needs. Unequal chances are to be reduced and the humanistic ideal of development and expression of one’s personality shall be met. On the other h…