Books and Edited Volumes

Bernhard, M, Billett, S., Hof, C., Kraus, K., Marsick, V. & Sawchuk P. (Eds.) (2026).Adult Education in Changing Times: Learning at the Nexus of Life, Work, and Transitions. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003584384

Bernhard, M. (2024). Lernen Erwachsener in migrationsbedingten Übergängen: Learning by Doing Migration. Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-45298-8

Articles With Peer Review

Bernhard, M. (2025). Learning through life transitions: Relational perspectives on migration, family and community. Studies in Adult Education and Learning, 31(2), 23-40. https://doi.org/10.4312/as/19723  (peer reviewed)

Hof, C. & Bernhard, M. (2025): Navigating change: Theoretical perspectives to relate research on transitions and learning. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults (RELA) 16(1), 7-20. https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.4791 (peer reviewed)

Bernhard, M. (2023). Doing migration in adulthood: Learning to engage with the Canadian Experience discourse. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education. https://doi.org/10.56105/cjsae.v35i02.5688  

Bernhard, M. & Van Daele, C. (2023). Practice architecture in community development: Mapping traditions in learning and action. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education. https://doi.org/10.56105/cjsae.v35i02.5672  

Bernhard, M. (2023). Learning by doing migration: Temporal dimensions of life course transitions. Studies in Continuing Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X.2023.2223131

Bernhard, M. (2022). Boundary experiences in Canada: ‘Doing migration’ and the role of adult education. Der Pädagogische Blick, 30(1), 6-18. https://doi.org/10.3262/pb2201006

Hof, C. & Bernhard, M. (2022). Übergänge als Anlass für Lernprozesse. In S. Andresen, P. Bauer, B. Stauber, & A. Walther (Hrsg.), Doing Transitions – die Hervorbringung von Übergängen im Lebenslauf: Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, 68. Beiheft (S. 181–194). Beltz. https://doi.org/10.3262/zpb2201181

Book Chapters and Conference Papers

Bernhard, M. (2026). Regimes of labour markets and migration: Shaping opportunity spaces for learning. In M. Bernhard, S. Billett, C. Hof, K. Kraus, V. J. Marsick, & P. H. Sawchuk (Eds.), Adult Education in Changing Times: Learning at the Nexus of Life, Work, and Transitions.

Lave, J., Hof, C., & Bernhard, M. (2026). Adult learning in everyday life. A conversation about social relations and situated practices. In M. Bernhard, S. Billett, C. Hof, K. Kraus, V. J. Marsick, & P. H. Sawchuk (Eds.), Adult Education in Changing Times: Learning at the Nexus of Life, Work, and Transitions.

Bernhard, M., Billett, S. & Kraus, K. (2026). Learning at the nexus of life course, work, and transitions: Relational processes between the personal and the social. In M. Bernhard, S. Billett, C. Hof, K. Kraus, V. J. Marsick, & P. H. Sawchuk (Eds.), Adult Education in Changing Times: Learning at the Nexus of Life, Work, and Transitions. Routledge.

Kraus, K., Marsick, V. J., Bernhard, M., Billett, S., Hof, C., Sawchuk, P. H.(2026). Collaboratively researching adult learning. An Epilogue. In M. Bernhard, S. Billett, C. Hof, K. Kraus, V. J. Marsick, & P. H. Sawchuk (Eds.), Adult Education in Changing Times: Learning at the Nexus of Life, Work, and Transitions. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003584384.

Hof, Christiane, Bernhard, Michael & Sørensen, Nina (2025): Learning as a Topic in the European Academy: A Discussion of Challenges of Mutual Understanding. In: Wischmann, Anke/Thon, Christine, Bellinger, Franziska (Eds.): Europa als Kontext von Bildungsprozessen. Beltz: Juventa Verlag.

Bernhard, M., & Hof, C. (2023). Forschendes Lernen im Modus des Digitalen: Überlegungen im Anschluss an die pragmatistische Lerntheorie. In C. Hof & S. Boehm (Eds.), Forschungsorientiert lehren und lernen: Theorien und Bezüge (pp. 183–195). wbv Publikation

Bernhard, M., Ackermann, J., & Hof, C. (2023). Intuit: Intuitiv into Wissenschaft – ein Navigationstool zum forschenden Lernen & kritischen Denken. In C. Hof & S. Boehm (Eds.), Forschungsorientiert lehren und lernen: Theorien und Bezüge (pp. 157–163). wbv Publikation.

Bernhard, M. (2023). Transitioning experience: Migrant learning and engaging with Canada’s labour market challenges. In C. Nägele, N. Kersh, & B. E. Stalder (Eds.), Trends in vocational education and training research, Vol. VI. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET) (pp. 43–51). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.820834

Bernhard, M., & Hof, C. (2023). Social dimensions of learning in transitions: The heuristic value of non-western perspectives of communal learning. In J. Sumner (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2023 Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE). Conference theme: Community (S. 40–46).

Van Daele, C., & Bernhard, M. (2023). Bold encounters in practice architecture: Doings, sayings and relatings in grassroots community development. In J. Sumner (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2023 Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE). Conference theme: Community (S. 319–326).

Bernhard, M. (2022). Learning by ‘doing migration’: Temporal dimensions of life course transitions. In Work, Learning & Social Change. Proceedings of the 12th Researching Work & Learning Conference (Vol. 1, pp. 372–383)..

Bernhard, M. (2022). Experience and transitions: A relational perspective on migration in adulthood. In R. Hawa (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2022 Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE). Conference theme: Transitions (pp. 44–49).

Presentations and Workshops (Selection)

Hof, C., & Bernhard, M. (2023). Adult Learning at the Nexus of Life Course, Work & Transitions. Co-hosting symposium including presentations by Stephen Billett, Christian Harteis, Katrin Kraus, Jean Lave, Victoria Marsick, Beatrix Niemeyer-Jensen, Flora Petrik, Henning Salling Olesen, Peter Sawchuk, Elisa Thevenot, Frankfurt, Germany.

Bernhard, M. (2023). Perspectives on adult Learning at the nexus of life course, work and transitions. Symposium Adult Learning at the Nexus of Life Course, Work & Transitions, Frankfurt, Germany.

Hof, C., & Bernhard, M. (2023). Learning in Transitions: Introductory Remarks from a Biography Research Perspective. Symposium Adult Learning at the Nexus of Life Course, Work & Transitions, Frankfurt, Germany.

Ågren, S., Bernhard, M., Billett, S., Hof, C., Thevenot, E., &  (2023). Understanding Transitions to and Through Working Life: Concepts, Methods and Procedural Imperatives. Symposium zur European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET), Glasgow, Scotland.

Van Daele, C. & Bernhard, M. (2023). Bold Encounters in Practice Architecture: Doings, Sayings, and Relatings in Grassroots Community Development. Beitrag zur Konferenz der Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE). Konferenzthema: Returning to/Creating/Encountering Community.

Bernhard, M. & Hof, C. (2023). Social Dimensions of Learning in Transitions: The Heuristic Value of Non-Western Perspectives on Communal Learning. Beitrag zur Konferenz der Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE). Konferenzthema: Returning to/Creating/Encountering Community.

Bernhard, M. (2023). Non-Western Perspectives on Learning During Migration. Beitrag zur Konferenz “Doing Transitions: Relational perspectiveson the life course” Frankfurt am Main.

Bernhard, M. & Hof, C. (2022). Learning during crisis: The heuristic potential of non-Western perspectives, presented at the annual conference of the Adult Education section of the German Educational Research Association. Flensburg, Germany

Bernhard, M. (2022). Encountering a new rulebook: Migrant engagement with the ‘Canadian experience’ discourse. Paper presentation at the ESREA conference on ‘Encountering the other: biographies, spaces and relationships in adult education’. Online

Bernhard, M. (2022). The messy crossings of national boundaries in adulthood. Paper presentation at the annual congress of the German Society for Education (DGfE)