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The purpose of this special issue with 9 scientific articles is to analyse the COVID-19 crisis, crisis response on the national or international levels and the associated dilemmas from a range of scientific viewpoints.

The first thematic section, (Re)thinking the State in the 21st Century, of this issue reflects on the state and studies of the state from different perspectives and in various contexts and share the goal of re-examining hegemonic theories of the state in the new millennium. The second thematic section, Banal neoliberalism of media and political discourse is organized around the topic of the politics of mediated popular culture in the context of radical mediatization on one hand and the rise of ethno-nationalist populism on the other.

You are welcome to read a new issue of Teorija in praksa with 8 articles in slovenian and 4 in english language covering many interesting diverse fields.

This special issue of Teorija in praksa, guest-edited by professor Danica Fink-Hafner and professor Tanja Oblak Črnič, entitled “INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION: THEORETICAL-METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK”, addresses questions of study mobility in higher education from the perspective of its actors – students and professors – and also institutions as such, as well as public policies in this field.

Many of the contributions in this issue link experiences from the past global recession and the current crisis with a view to learning and better understanding. Although most of the crises cannot be prevented, we can overcome through planned learning and behaviour. It is precisely global systemic crises that constantly teach us how important the ability of (international and domestic) cooperation is.