ABSTRACT
Financed by the EU or other institutions such as the Nordic Council of Ministers, a broad variety of cooperation projects allows involved actors to learn from experiences and knowledge in other contexts and beyond national borders. This phenomenon of ‘transnational learning’ has not yet received much attention in research and thus suffers from a lack of conceptualization. Still, with its complexity and diversity as well as with the multifaceted opportunities to access related experience in other countries, it is a fascinating research field. Trans-national learning can avoid ‘reinventing the wheel’ when actors learn from advancements already made and in place elsewhere. At the same time, trans-national learning opens up new perspectives when being confronted with different framework conditions, which may lead to very different perceptions of and solutions for common challenges.
