Jozef Zelinka holds a doctor in political theory. His research encompasses critical poststructuralist approaches to power, subjectivity and discursive practices. He currently specialises on vulnerability studies, deconstructing vulnerability as a relational concept. As a member of YOUNG_ADULLLT coordination team he has gained insights from the European education politics and now continues to contribute to the understanding of lifelong learning as a complex embedding of structural, functional, institutional and individual factors.