Professor Richard Edwards

Emeritus Professor

Education University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Professor Richard Edwards

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About me

Richard Edwards is Emeritus Professor within the Faculty of Social Sciences. He has researched and published extensively on adult and further education, and lifelong learning drawing upon post-structuralist and socio-materialist theories. His academic background was in the areas of philosophy and history before beginning a career in adult education. Prior to joining the University of Stirling in 2001, he worked at the Open University, UK. Between 2006 and 2013 he was Head of the School of Education. He retired in 2016, but his publications live on and he is active on social media.

Event / Presentation

Enhancing learning through the interaction of informal and formal literacies. Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning: Second International Conference
Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning (CRLL)

The scrumpled geography of literacy. 38th Annual SCUTREA Conference

Ordering Subjects: Governmentality and Lifelong Learning. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting 2008

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'Complex global problems, simple lifelong learning solutions'. Discuss. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting 2008

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Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility