Although the global Covid-19 pandemic is still affecting our lives enormously, we know that a new era of deep reflection about ‘normality’, our planet and our existence on it has also begun. The ‘Education in Europe and the Covid-19 Pandemic’ double Special Issue intends to be part of this reflexive discussion about the post-pandemic European education policy and research space. This is a space shaped continuously by crises and opportunities, by utopias of a shared progressive and liberal education for all, but also the dystopias of nationalism, populism, climate destruction and now a global health emergency. This editorial offers an overview of the current crisis context and of the articles; further, it positions the journal within the post-pandemic research and policy debate about how to understand the impact of the pandemic on the changing forms of education and its enduring inequalities.

尽管全球 Covid-19 大流行仍在极大地影响我们的生活，但我们知道，一个对“常态”、我们的星球和我们在其上的存在进行深刻反思的新时代也已经开始。“欧洲教育与 Covid-19 大流行”双特刊旨在成为有关大流行后欧洲教育政策和研究空间的反思性讨论的一部分。这是一个不断受到危机和机遇、为所有人共享进步和自由教育的乌托邦以及民族主义、民粹主义、气候破坏和现在全球卫生紧急情况的反乌托邦所塑造的空间。这篇社论概述了当前的危机背景和文章；更多，