Prof. Licínio Lima

Licínio C. Lima is Professor Emeritus at the University of Minho Institute of Education. He was Head of Department (1998-2004), Head of the Unit for Adult Education (1984-2004), Director of the Research Centre for Education and Psychology (1994-1997) and Director of the PhD in Education. Various universities in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America hosted him as a guest professor. Further is he an author of many academic works, which are published in twenty countries and seven languages, including more than thirty books. In 2022 he was elected as a member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon and as a member of the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame.

• Sociology of educational organisations 
• Adult learning and education policies
• Popular education
• Paulo Freire

Paulo Freire, adult and permanent education

In this heavily theory-based class for doctoral students, the participants focus on Paulo Freire’s theories for international adult education. The participants will develop a theoretical-analytical perspective based on Freirian concepts.
They will focus on much more specialised theoretical knowledge to be able to synthesise different perspectives systematically and theoretically. The theoretical insights during the first week are accompanied by field visits to adult education providers in and around Würzburg. Furthermore, presentations of international adult education associations are organised (e.g. EAEA, ICAE, UNESCO Institution for Lifelong Learning).

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   1.    LIMA, L. C. (2025): Digitalisation of adult education management and hyper-bureaucracy. Cuestiones Pedagógicas, 34(1) 17-30. doi.org/10.12795/CP.2025.i34.v1.02 
    
   2.    LIMA, L. C. & GUIMARÃES, P. (2024): Revisiting a theoretical model to understand adult learning and education policies. In M. Milana, P. Rasmussen, & M. Bussi (Eds.), Research handbook on adult education policy (pp. 25-40). Edward Elgar.

   3.    LIMA, L. C. (2023): Democratic adult education as a research problem in the context of post-democracy. Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses, 24, pp. 21-33.
       http://www.dma.wpps.uz.zgora.pl/index.php?journal=DMA&page=article&op=v &path%5B%5D=693&path%5B%5D=563

   4.    LIMA, L. C. (2023): Paulo Freire: A subversive pedagogue?”. In: M. Bron Jr., P. Guimarães, A. Kaus, G. K. Zarifis (Hrsg.): The good life: Barry J. Hake on a high learning curve.Groningen, S. 95-101.
   5.    LIMA, L C., GUIMARÃES, P., & MIKULEC, B. (2022): The debate on intergovernmental organisations and adult learning and education policies: intersections between the political and scientific fields. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 41(6 ), 1-25 doi.org/10.1080/02601370.2022.2110619

   6.    LIMA, L. C. (2021): Educació d’adults: democracia, ciutadania i emancipació. Quaderns d’Educació Contínua, 45, 43-53.
   7.    LIMA, L.C. (2020): Adult learning and education in diverse communities: Cultural invasion or dialogical action for liberation? Revisiting Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. In: NÉMETH, B. (Hrsg): Between global and local: Adult Learning and community’s network. Learning and living in diverse communities. Pécs. S. 115-131.
   8.    LIMA, L.C. (2018): Três razões para estudar Freire hoje, para além da mais óbvia. In: GADOTTI, M.; CARNOY, M. (Hrsg.): Reinventando Freire. São Paulo. Brasilien. S. 29-36.
   9.    LIMA, L.C.; GUIMARÃES, P. (2016): Recognition of prior learning at the centre of a national strategy: Tensions between professional gains and personal development. In: Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. UK. Heft 22. 1. S. 29–45.
   10.    LIMA, L.C.; GUIMARÃES, P.; TOUMA, N. (2016): Adult learning and education policies in Germany, Portugal and Sweden: An analysis of national reports to CONFINTEA V. In: EGETENMEYER, R. (Hrsg.): Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in Europe and Beyond. Frankfurt. S. 29-65.