Our goal for quality education for all
We believe in quality education for everyone, everywhere and by highlighting the issue and working with experts in the field, we can start to find ways we can all be part of the solution.
Our goal is to help researchers to share their work, and partner to find ways to break down the divides so there is equal opportunity to access quality education and participate in higher education, training and work, with a voice that is heard. We believe everyone should have a chance to be the best they can be regardless of where they started.
Sharon Parkinson, Publishing Development Manager, quality education for all.
Our goals: Fairer society | Healthier lives | Responsible management | Quality education for all | Sustainable structures and infrastructures
If you're an author, researcher, or someone who cares as much as we do about education and lifelong learning, we would love to work with you and help your research to contribute to quality education for all. Get in touch.
Our goal to achieve quality education for all
Research has a vital role to play in breaking down the divides to ensure everyone, everywhere has access to quality education.
Supporting the sustainable development of Mexico: an investigation into the reorientation of an undergraduate industrial design curriculum
The 2023 winner of the Emerald and HETL Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards is Martha Elena Núñez López.
Read more about Martha Elena Núñez López's research, and download the infographic
The ideas-informed society: a co-produced research project
The aim of this co-produced project is to better understand how people engage with evidence in order to make decisions in their daily lives, be those big or small decisions.
First voices first - opening up access to make voices heard
We’re really passionate here at Emerald about making research that matters as impactful as possible – that’s why we’ve started a new pilot project with The Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL).
Tech trends in teaching and learning
Gamification, blockchain, and AI are some of the topics covered in this mission, so join us to learn how, in partnership with some of our authors and experts from the community, we’ve been exploring this subject.
Introducing Artificial Intelligence in Education
Aligned to UN SDG 4, quality education, this fully open access journal seeks to publish articles on topics relating to the applications of AI at any stage of education.
The journal welcomes research in AI in Education from a wide range of quantitative and qualitative research modalities, across a wide range of learning environments from all educational levels and educational spaces.
Article Processing Charges are waived for all manuscripts submitted by 1 September 2025.
Are you interested in becoming a reviewer for Artificial Intelligence in Education, or have a proposal for a special issue topic? If so we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Sharon Parkinson [email protected].
Calls for papers
Browse the latest calls for papers in the area of quality education for all.
Quality education for all open access content
About the research
Explore freely available research to read, download and share, that highlights fundamental challenges facing education and learning today.
Opinion & blogs
We welcome contributions from academics, policymakers and professionals about key issues in their area of work. If you have a blog you would like to share, let us know.
Your publishing development team
Sharon Parkinson
I’m the Quality Education for All Publishing development manager. I am the contact for the Emerald Open Research ‘Education and Learning’ gateway and also have responsibility for working closely with the educational research community to explore and deliver innovative open publishing routes.
Andy Hargreaves
Andy Hargreaves is Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa in Canada and Research Professor at Boston College in the US. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Education, former President of the International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement (2018-2020), former Adviser in Education to the Premier of Ontario (2015-2018), and current adviser to the First Minister of Scotland. Andy is co-founder and president of the ARC Education Collaboratory.
Andy has published more than 30 books and has 8 Outstanding Writing Awards. An exceptional keynote speaker and workshop leader, he has delivered invited addresses in more than 50 countries, 47 US states, and all Australian and Canadian states and provinces. He has been honoured in Canada, the US, and the UK for services to public education and educational research and is ranked by Education Week (US) as the #15 scholar with the most influence on the US education policy debate.
News & press
Below we have a collection of news articles centred around aspects of quality education for all.
Our partners
We proudly partner with trusted organisations where shared values can help further our goal to break down educational divides.
The Jacobs Foundation
What happens in children’s and young people’s brains when they learn? What does the ideal learning and development environment for each individual look like?
The Jacobs Foundation and its large network have long been seeking answers to these questions, aware that the resulting findings must be shared, debated, and translated into action.
BOLD is an initiative dedicated to spreading the word about how children and young people develop and learn. Designed as a digital platform for the exchange of ideas and opinions, BOLD encourages any contributions suitable for fostering and advancing the discussion.
Emerald partner with BERA on new book series
Emerald is working in partnership with BERA on a new series of books, titled The BERA Guides: Critical insights into educational research & practice.
Aimed at researchers, postgraduate students and practitioners, the series will publish short, research-informed and accessible introductions to key interdisciplinary topics impacting educational research and practice.
Find out more about the first four books announced in the series and call for proposals.
Other resources
Browse our other offerings below.
Case studies
Global teaching materials to engage and inspire. Students can test their assumptions and decision-making skills about real world problems.
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ScienceOpen Collection
We've partnered with ScienceOpen to create a quality education for all collection that will be updated regularly to reflect our latest mission-related content.