Exploring the themes of the territory: a topic modelling approach to 40 years of publications in International Journal of Lifelong Education (1982-2021)

• Published in: International journal of lifelong education Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 27 - 44
• Main Authors: Nylander, Erik, Fejes, Andreas, Milana, Marcella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Bibliometrics; Educational sociology; Intellectual Disciplines; lifelong education; Lifelong Learning; Literature Reviews; Periodicals; Resistance (Psychology); Scholarly publishing; Social Sciences; Sociology of science; Trend Analysis; lifelong education; Sociology of science; bibliometrics; research

The question of what the research of lifelong education is all about needs to be revisited from time to time. Not only is this line of research approached from a multitude of academic disciplines - such as sociology, psychology or philosophy - the very concepts that are used to denote the field also...