Personal Information

Biography

Name:

• Barry Hake

 

Nationality:

• British (Living in Neterlands)

 

Recent Positions:

• Associate Professor, Centre for Learning in Organizations, School of Education, Faculty Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, Netherlands
• Managing director of Eurolearn, consultancy for research, advice, training, and translations

 

Areas and Length of Expertise:

• Historical and comparative studies of adult education and adult learning;
• Policy analysis of lifelong learning policies; participation in adult learning;
• Life course perspectives on adult learning;
• Financing of lifelong learning;
• Older workers and lifelong learning;
• Political economy of lifelong learning;
• Learners’ biographies and learning trajectories

           

Recent research, development and consultancy and organisations:

• 2005-2006: Tender research on Local Learning Centre and Local Strategic Partnerships (European Commission)
• 2006-2007: Tender research on Training of Adult Educators in General Adult Education and Non-formal Vocational
• Adult 2006-2007 Diverse commissions to write chapters for books for CEDEFOP,  International Encyclopaedia for Education, UNESCO International Institute for Education

 

Qualifications, Recognitions, Positions, Memberships:

• Educational qualifications: BA (Bristol), MA (Exeter), PhD (Hull)
• Secretary of European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA

 

Selected Publications:

History

Member for

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