Asst. Prof. Dr. Tadej Košmerl

Dr. Tadej Košmerl is a Research Associate and Assistant Professor of adult education at the Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. He teaches Socialisation in Adulthood and participates in the project Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education. His research focuses on adult education for sustainable development, digital transformation in adult education, international adult education policies, and transformative learning.

Košmerl, T. (2021a). Kombinirani raziskovalni pristopi kot način združevanja kvalitativnih in kvantitativnih metod [Mixed methods research as a way of combining qualitative and quantitative methods]. Journal of Contemporary Educational Studies, 72(1), 88–107.

Košmerl, T. (2021b). Od kolonialnega učenja do izobraževanja za trajnostni razvoj: Pregled izbranih konceptov izobraževanja o globalni soodvisnosti [From colonial learning to education for sustainable development: A review of selected educational concepts concerning global interdependence]. Studies in Adult Education and Learning, 27(1), 101–120.https://doi.org/10.4312/as/9834

Košmerl, T. (2024). Liberalism all the way down? Multilevel discourse analysis of adult education for sustainable development policies. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 15(3), 261–279. https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.5167

Košmerl, T., Gontarska, M., Kim, Y., & Guimarães, P. (2020). Helping to postpone the last whimper: Adult learning and education for sustainable development in the National Energy and Climate Plans of Poland, Portugal and Slovenia. Andragogical Studies, 1, 53–76. https://doi.org/10.5937/AndStud2001053K

Košmerl, T., & Mikulec, B. (2019). Primerjava izobraževanja odraslih v Sloveniji in Nemčiji: Ljudske univerze in Volkshochschulen [Comparison of adult education in Slovenia and Germany: Adult education centres and Volkschochschulen]. In E. Mermolja, A. Benko, A. Grželj, & N. Ličen (Eds.), Soustvarjamo družbo znanja: Zbornik ob 60-letnici Zveze ljudskih univerz Slovenije (pp. 24–33). Zveza ljudskih univerz Slovenije.

Košmerl, T., & Mikulec, B. (2021). ‘You have to run it like a company’: The marketisation of adult learning and education in Germany and Slovenia. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 12(1), 47–63. https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.ojs3466

Košmerl, T., & Mikulec, B. (2022a). Ekopedagogika: Izobraževalni koncept in družbeno gibanje za trajnost planeta [Ecopedagogy: Educational concept and social movement for sustainability of the planet]. In L. Škof & I. Navernik (Eds.), Eko, zeleno, modro, trajnostno v humanistiki (pp. 209-220). AMEU – Institutum studiorum humanitatis; Gibanje TRS; ZRS Koper.

Košmerl, T., & Mikulec, B. (2022b). Adult education for sustainable development from the perspective of transformative learning theories. Journal of Contemporary Educational Studies, 73(2), 164–179.

Košmerl, T., Miroshnikov, M., Aderibigbe, A. S., & Guimarães, P. (2022). UNESCO’s global reports on adult learning and education: Conceptual elements and political priorities in Nigeria, Russia, and Slovenia. Sisyphus, 10(3), 186–205. https://doi.org/10.25749/sis.25583

Košmerl, T., Radovan, M., & Makovec Radovan, D. (2024). The funding puzzle in adult education for sustainable development: A case study of Slovenia. Sustainability, 16(18), 8239. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16188239

Mikulec, B., & Košmerl, T. (2024). The 30th Anniversary of Studies in Adult Education and Learning. Studies in Adult Education and Learning, 30(2), 3–13. https://doi.org/10.4312/as/19595

Mikulec, B., Kump, S., & Košmerl, T. (Eds.). (2021). Reflections on Adult Education and Learning: The Adult Education Legacy of Sabina Jelenc Krašovec. Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts. https://doi.org/10.4312/9789610605461

Rathmann, M., Guimarães, P., & Košmerl, T. (2023). Digital transformation and adult learning and education policies: The cases of Germany and Portugal. In L. Breitschwerdt, J. Schwarz, & S. Schmidt-Lauff (Eds.), Comparative Research in Adult Education: Global Perspectives on Participation, Sustainability and Digitalisation (pp. 109–124). wbv Publikation.

Singh, S., Ehlers, S., & Košmerl, T. (2023). Transitions in the policies for the education of adults: Comparing the funding regimes in Denmark and Slovenia. In L. Formenti, A. Galimberti, & G. Del Negro (Eds.), New Seeds for a World to Come: Policies, Practices and Lives in Adult Education and Learning: 10th ESREA Triennial Conference (pp. 265–270). Ledizioni. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8017866