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Introduction
AnnaOdrowąż-Coates&EwaDąbrowa
MariaGrzegorzewskaUniversity,Warsaw,Poland,acoates@aps.edu.pl
Tecontemporaryworldisfullofvarious,surprisingoccurrencesarisinginofdy-
namicchangesandcollisionsofphenomena,ofencontradictoryintheirnature.Hu-
man,embeddedinaworldofvariousaxiologicalsystemsanddiscourses,becomesapar-
ticipantinthegameofreasonandbeliefthatimpedesdialogueandmaybeasourceof
conflicts.
Inthisperspective,thekeyquestionisabouttheroleofeducationinpreparingpeo-
pleforlivinginamulticulturalworld,markedbybothopportunitiesandchallenges.
Teanswerrequiresawiderview,whichispossiblebyadoptinganinterdisciplinary
perspective.Temainthemeofthiseditedvolumewastoońersafespaceforanextensive
debateabouteducationinthecontextofopportunitiesandchallengesinthemulticul-
turalworld.
TevolumepresentsvoicesfromIndia,Ireland,Japan,Nigeria,Pakistan,Poland
andUkraine.Itcoversinternational,intercontinentalissuesaswellaslocal,particular
andhermeticapproaches.TeselectionstartswithanintroductorypiecebyBernadette
Brereton,whoadvocatesforsociologyofeducationasacatalystforbenefitingfromthe
ongoingchanges.Shereflectsonmulticulturalismineducationalcontext,discussesad-
vancesinteachingprofessionandobservesthechallengesofCOVID-19pandemicfor
educatorsandlearners.
PeterOnuohadiscussesthenotionofnetizenssexualfluidityandotherness,showing
thatQueernetizens’narrativesinthedigitalspaceformacommunity;aspaceofitsown.
Aseparateformofsocialimmaginariumaboutmigration.Andinthisspacehepresents
genderfluidityasatypeofconsciousnessofpeopleintheirownuniquecommunity.Te
authorexploreshowradicalsubjectivitiesnavigateaworldofnormativeidentitiesand
makeacasefortheirownexistence.KeijiFujiyoshifromOtemonGakuinUniversity
inOsaka,Japanarguesthataccesstohighereducationandadvancedknowledgeudoes
notseemtobemuchappreciatedasanessentialpartofhumanrights”
.Teanalysis
encompassesthehistoryofhighereducationinJapan,fromitscreationandrelationto
nationalsecurity,theroleofimperialismandwesternpowers,educationinthepost-war
Japan,theimpactofglobalizationandumarketization”ofhighereducationandhowit
shapedthesocialstructureofthecountry.AnetaRogalska-MarasińskafromtheUniver-
sityofLodzinPolandprovidesaninsightofstudent-teachereducationfortheimple-
mentationoftheSustainableDevelopmentGoals,ońeringexamplesofgoodpractices
tomakethesegoalsoperative.Educationforsustainabilityemergesasacorechallenge
