The 2018 Independent Learning Association Conference was held at Konan Women's University, Kobe, Japan, in September 2018 and brought together autonomy researchers from around the world under the theme Whose Autonomy? Voice and Agency in Language Learning. This collection of papers includes a variety of voices, from both classroom and non-classroom contexts, including from learners themselves.
The first part of this collection of articles contains papers that explore the development of autonomy of students in the classroom. The second part consists of projects which focus on learners' opportunities to use English outside the classroom and showcases multiple instances of learners exercising their agency in an interesting variety of contexts. The third section focuses on how advisors and teachers exercise agency in teacher education contexts. The fourth section includes a number of collaborative reflections on the conference. Finally, the fifth part includes seven student papers from the Learners About Learning student conference, organised by JALT Learner Development SIG Kansai Group, held within the main conference.