Prof. Henning Salling Olesen

Prof. Henning Salling Olesen

Roskilde University, Denmark

(Former) Department of Psychology and Educational Studies

Roskilde University, Denmark

  • World-famous lifelong education expert
  • Research Interests: Socialisation, learning and experience; Adult education and adult learning; Subjective meaning of work and learning in relation to working life; Life history and biographical approaches to learning and education; Integrating psychodynamic and societal approaches to social processes; Professional education and learning in professions; Research into health-related learning; Sociology of education and sociology of knowledge; Lifelong learning and educational policy, cross-cultural comparison
  • Chair, ESREA (European Society for Research in the Education of Adults)
  • Vice President of Roskilde University (former)
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, the Journal of Workplace Learning