IJESOS publishes articles dealing with various aspects of the Education and Social Sciences. Seeing lifelong learning as an interdisciplinary field of study, it invites and welcomes contributions from anthropology, social science, demography, education, epidemiology, gerontology, economics, econometrics, management and organisation science, policy studies, psychology, statistics, sociology and research methodology. Original empirical analyses, theoretical contributions, methodological studies and reviews accessible to a broad set of readers are welcome. Articles might focus on specific events as well as on whole segments of thelife course, including determinants and consequences, social relationships and policy implications, without restrictions over time and space.