In the World Library of Educationalists, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Knud Illeris' work revolves around the way adults learn and continue to do so, and his concept of learning is based on the idea of three dimensions of learning and competence development. Chronicling some of his most important works, this is a compelling overview of Illeris' contribution to Higher Education thinking and theory.

Preface 1. A Comprehensive Understanding of Human Learning (Contempory Theories of Learning, p. 7-20, Routledge 2009) 2. The Development of a Comprehensive and Coherent Theory of Learning (European Journal of Education (Wiley), 50/1, p. 29-40, 2015) 3. Learning in the Competition State (translated from Læring i konkurrencestaten, Samfundslitteratur, p. 207-223, 2014) 4. Lifelong Learning as a Psychological Process (The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning, p. 401-410, Routledge 2009) 5. Learning, Identity and Self-Orientation in Youth (Nordic Journal of Youth Research (SAGE), 11/4, p. 357-376, 2003) 6. Adult Learning (The Routledge Companion to Human Resource Development, p. 21-29, Routledge 2015) 7. Lifelong Learning and the Low-Skilled (International Journal of Lifelong Education (T&F), 25/1, p. 15-28, 2005) 8. Learning and Cognition (The Routledge International Handbook of Learning, p. 18-27, Routledge 2012) 9. Transfer of Learning in the Learning Society (International Journal of Lifelong Education (T&F), 28/2, p. 137-148, 2009) 10. Adult Learning and Responsibility (Adult Education in a Transforming Society, p. 107-125, Roskilde University Press, 1998) 11. Adult Education between Emancipation and Control (Adult Education in the Perspective of the Learners, p. 116-136, Roskilde University Press 2000) (together with Annegrethe Ahrenkiel) 12. Mislearning, defense and resistance (Adult education and adult learning, p. 109-118, Roskilde University Press 2004) 13. The organisation of studies at Roskilde University: the concept, practice and problems of project organisation (Principles of Education and Research, 2nd edition, Roskilde University, 2002) 14. Project Work in University Studies (Project Studies - a late modern university reform?, Roskilde University Press, p. 25-32, 1999) 15. Learning, experience and personal development (How We Learn, p. 125-134, Routledge 2007) 16. Transformative Learning (The SAGE Handbook of Learning, p. 331-341, SAGE 2015) 17. Transformative Learning re-defined: as changes in elements of the identity (International Journal of Lifelong Education (T&F), 33/5, p. 573-586, 2014) 18. Workplaces and Learning (The SAGE Handbook of Workplace Learning, p. 32-45, SAGE 2011) 19. Workplace Learning and Learning Theory (Journal of Workplace Learning, 15/4 (Emerald), p. 167-178, 2003) 20. The workplace as a framework for learning (Learning in Working Life, p. 77-89, Roskilde University Press 2004) 21. Workplace learning as competence development (The Fundamentals of Workplace Learning, p. 48-63, Routledge 2011)