FLORE CLAUS PHD RESEARCH (2020-2026) DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY, CRIMINAL LAW AND SOCIAL LAW INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL W H Y ? Lifelong learning contains all learning activities from the moment you’re born until you die. However, not everyone gets an opportunity to learn throughout their life. Some vulnerable groups are left behind based on who they are (low-skilled, old or disabled) or where they work (sector, seize of the company). Unlike socio-economic (inter)national studies on lifelong learning, little attention is paid to the legal perspective. This doctoral research draws attention to how lifelong learning is integrated in the employment relationship through several regulations, more specifically the legal bottlenecks and possible changes in order to promote lifelong learning for vulnerable groups. Lifelong learning contains all learning activities from the moment you’re born until you die. However, not everyone gets an opportunity to learn throughout their life. Some vulnerable groups are left behind based on who they are (low-skilled, old or disabled) or where they work (sector, seize of the company). Unlike socio-economic (inter)national studies on lifelong learning, little attention is paid to the legal perspective. This doctoral research draws attention to how lifelong learning is integrated in the employment relationship through several regulations, more specifically the legal bottlenecks and possible changes in order to promote lifelong learning for vulnerable groups. NATIONAL & REGIONAL SEMI-STRUCTURED EXPERT INTERVIEWS VIGNETTE METHOD LEGAL ANALYSIS VIGNETTE METHOD LEGAL ANALYSIS LEGAL ANALYSIS LEGAL ANALYSIS L E T ' S T A L K ! Are you intrigued after exploring this topic? Feel free to scan this QR code and share your thoughts, I'm eager to learn from your insights! Interested in some of my findings? Scan this QR-code for my recent research paper (work in progress). Are you intrigued after exploring this topic? Feel free to scan this QR code and share your thoughts, I'm eager to learn from your insights! Interested in some of my findings? Scan this QR-code for my recent research paper (work in progress). W H A T ? Regulation of lifelong learning is scattered at different levels. This unique legal perspective does not focus on one particular regulatory level (national, international...) but includes different policy levels and how they are intertwined. The focus will be on three areas of regulatory tension. Two research questions are central. First, the right to lifelong learning in international context has to be delineated to understand the impact on the regulatory discretion of the national and sub-state levels. The second and main research question, tangles the right to lifelong learning from a bottom-up case study analysis. To align legal findings with real-life experiences of lifelong learning in the workplace, a triangulation of methods will be used. The experiences from five micro-enterprises of three sectors (hospitality, construction and trade) in the Flemish Region will be gathered using the vignette method. Regulation of lifelong learning is scattered at different levels. This unique legal perspective does not focus on one particular regulatory level (national, international...) but includes different policy levels and how they are intertwined. The focus will be on three areas of regulatory tension. Two research questions are central. First, the right to lifelong learning in international context has to be delineated to understand the impact on the regulatory discretion of the national and sub-state levels. The second and main research question, tangles the right to lifelong learning from a bottom-up case study analysis. To align legal findings with real-life experiences of lifelong learning in the workplace, a triangulation of methods will be used. The experiences from five micro-enterprises of three sectors (hospitality, construction and trade) in the Flemish Region will be g