Navigating Uncertainty

This special issue examines how uncertainty shapes adult and continuing education across digital, social, emotional, institutional, and professional contexts.Its nine contributions bring together conceptual frameworks, literature syntheses, and a classroom case study to explore learner agency in human-AI interaction, digitally mediated learning, Adaptive Action, emotion construction, informal learning, institutional leadership, clinical reasoning, deliberate solitude, and foundational data literacy.Across these contexts, the collection emphasizes reflective judgment, metacognitive awareness, ethical responsibility, and the capacity to adapt while remaining open to correction.Together, the articles offer educators, researchers, and institutional leaders approaches for supporting adult learning when knowledge is incomplete, conditions change, and decisions must remain responsive to emerging evidence.