The Editors : Barry J. Hake is associate professor in the Centre for Learning in Organisations at Leiden University. He is also founding secretary of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA) since 1991. Bastiaan van Gent held the chair of Adult Education and Public Information at Leiden University from 1977 till 1998 and was head of the Department of Education at Leiden University for two years.
He is now professor emeritus. József Katus was senior associate professor in the Centre for Learning in Organisations at Leiden University until he took retirement in 2003. He is founding president of the European Society for Voluntary Associations (ESVA).