Homo Sapiens Europæus? Creating the European Learning Citizen

The Editors: Michael Kuhn is policy analyst and Director of the Forum for European Regional Research at the University of Bremen in Germany. With his background in educational theory, philosophy, and political science, Dr. Kuhn has worked in numerous international research projects mainly under European Union programmes. His recent publications include: The European – A New Global Player? (Peter Lang, forthcoming); Building the European Research Area, Socio-Economic Research in Practice (co-edited with Svend Otto Reme; Peter Lang, 2004); Towards a Knowledge Based Economy? Knowledge and Learning in European Educational Research (co-edited with Massimo Tomassini and P. Robert-Jan Simons; Peter Lang, 2006); Concepts of Knowledge and Learning: The Learning Society in Europe and Beyond (co-edited with Ronald G. Sultana; Peter Lang forthcoming).
Ronald G. Sultana is Professor of Educational Sociology and Comparative Education and Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research at the University of Malta. He is the founding editor of the Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, and he represents the Mediterranean region on the editorial board of several international journals of education. He is the author or editor of fifteen volumes, and has published over eighty articles and chapters in journals and books. Most of his recent publications focus on education in the Mediterranean and in the European Union, and include Guidance Policies in the Knowledge Society: Trends, Challenges and Responses Across Europe (2004); Teacher Education in the Euro-Mediterranean Region (Peter Lang, 2002); Challenge and Change in the Euro-Mediterranean Region: Case Studies in Educational Innovation (Peter Lang, 2001); and Politiques et Stratégies Éducatives: Termes de l'échange et Nouveaux Enjeux Nord-Sud (co-editor; Peter Lang, 2001). He is co-editor with Michael Kuhn of Concepts of Knowledge and Learning: The Learning Society in Europe and Beyond (Peter Lang, forthcoming).