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Call for reviewers: Join the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning community of peer reviewers for the International Review of Education

Ednah Carrick July 9, 2026

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Closing Date: 31 August 2026

Call for reviewers: Join the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning community of peer reviewers for the International Review of Education

Are you an emerging or established scholar in lifelong learning, adult education, or related fields? Join the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) community of peer reviewers for the International Review of Education and help shape cutting-edge research in the field.

The International Review of Education (IRE), the world’s longest-running international journal of comparative education, is expanding its global network of peer reviewers.

IRE invites scholars working in lifelong learning and related fields to express their interest in joining our reviewer pool. IRE particularly welcome applications from researchers across diverse geographic regions and underrepresented groups.

Reviewers contribute to the quality and impact of the journal while engaging with cutting-edge research and becoming part of an international community of education scholars.

International Review of Education – Call for reviewers

The International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) is seeking to expand its roster of reviewers.

Overview

The International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) – one of two UNESCO academic journals – is a peer-reviewed journal of education that publishes research articles on lifelong learning policy and practice. Special consideration is given to papers on adult education, non-formal education and literacy, or on formal education viewed through the lens of lifelong learning.

Founded in 1931, IRE is the longest-running international journal of comparative education in the world. Since 1955, it has been under the aegis of UNESCO. The editorial team is located at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), in Hamburg, Germany, and its work is supervised by an international editorial board.

IRE publishes empirical, theoretical/conceptual and policy-related articles from a variety of disciplinary orientations related to lifelong learning. IRE invites scholarship from and on all regions, both qualitative and quantitative studies, and in English and French.

The journal relies on the work and commitment of its reviewers who provide essential expertise and feedback to IRE community of scholars. As IRE seeks to expand its pool of reviewers, IRE would like to invite emerging and established scholars who work in the broad area of lifelong learning from a range of disciplinary perspectives to send us their statements of interest.

IRE is particularly interested in reviewers with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

Lifelong learning (policy and practice)
Adult education
Adult and family literacy and post-literacy
Learning in non-formal and informal settings
Open and distance learning
Disadvantaged and vulnerable learners
Vocational education and training, workplace learning
Human rights
Community and popular education
Indigenous education and knowledge systems
Decolonisation of education
Citizenship education
Education in conflict and post-conflict settings
Education and technology

Given IRE’s strong representation of researchers and scholar-practitioners from the Global South, IRE encourage scholars from diverse geographic regions and underrepresented groups to get involved.

Serving as a reviewer for IRE involves reviewing 2–4 manuscripts per year. IRE would like to hear from scholars who are interested in engaging more closely with the work of the journal and in supporting its contribution to the global community of education scholarship, with the prospect of joining its pool of consulting editors and/or editorial board.

How To Apply

If you are interested in this call for reviewers opportunity, please submit your statement of interest (including a list of the main areas in which you would be interested in reviewing) and your CV to the IRE Editorial Team at [email protected] by 31 August 2026.