The Special Issue, therefore, invites contributions that compare the construction of learning outcomes across different local sites to highlight their intertwining horizontal and vertical relations with global discourses, national frameworks, and individual life courses. Themes of relevance:

• Analyses of the conceptual understandings and uses of learning outcomes.
• Quantitative and qualitative studies on the spatial dimension of education and learning outcomes.
• Cross-regional and cross-national analyses of local/regional opportunity structures impacting learning outcomes.
• Individual-level analyses focusing groups most affected by (under)achievement.
• Comparative analyses on the cooperation between various educational stakeholders.
• Analyses that address the relationality of spaces and educational and learning outcomes.

Guest editors: Marcelo Parreira do Amaral and Jozef Zelinka (University of Münster)

Deadline for complete manuscripts: 28 February 2026

Please read the complete call here.