Research
MAIN SCHOLARSHIP and RESEARCH INTERESTS
Educational gerontology (learning in later life)
e.g. conceptualising the field of older adults and learning critique of mainstream educational programming cross-national comparisons in a global context analysis of non-formal and informal learning in the third age
The sociology of [adult] education
e.g. social equity in adult/continuing education policy and practice in adult/continuing education the political economy of adult education (issues of gender, social class, ageism and ethnicity in adult education) application of Freirean philosophy and pedagogy to practice
Comparative [international] education – with special reference to adult/continuing education
e.g. cross-cultural studies of practice in adult education ideologies of radical adult education and their implications for the New Zealand context. social issues in [adult] education [e.g. biculturalism/multiculturalism]
2025 Shanghai International Conference on Digital literacy for Seniors held on 17-18 October sponsored by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the Shanghai Open University.
Brian with Yating Liu, Shanghai Normal University at the International Conference
Shanghai Exhibition of Courses for Seniors, Shanghai Exhibition Centre
Dancers and supporters outside the Shanghai Exhibition Centre
Brian with Patricia McKeating, Learning City Facilitator at Belfast City Council