The first two decades of the 21st century have been characterised by conflict, displacement, growing economic insecurity and austerity. Increasing social polarisation has meant that contemporary societies are becoming more unequal with smaller segments of the population having access to the most wealth. Ongoing conflicts around the world and the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe has only intensified calls for justice, equity, compassion and understanding. We live in times of despair and conflict, but also times of hope and action.Social Justice in Times of Crisis and Hope examines the possibilities and consequences of the relationship between young people, well-being, education and social justice in times of crisis and hope. Drawing together contributions from around the globe, the chapters examine the role of young people in contemporary social movements, the kinds of demands that are being made by the world¿s young people and the spaces within which they are making such demands. Authors engage with notions of justice and well-being, what this means in the contemporary moment and for whom. They interrogate the politics of increasingly global education to think about the limits and possibilities, challenges and opportunities, for education to play a role in delivering on the promise of social justice.

Peter Kelly: Introduction: Neo-Liberal Capitalism in Crisis: Individualisation and the Problem of the "Social" in Social Justice - Anne-Sofie Nyström/Carolyn Jackson: Chapter One: Coping with Higher Education Expectations: Wellbeing and Prestige-related Stress in Medicine and Law - Alejandro Montes/Aina Tarabini: Is Unversity for Everybody?: Deconstructing the Pathways to Access Higher Education in Catalonia - Amal Abou-Setta: Social Justice and Education in Egypt: The Case of Access to Higher Education - Shane Duggan: Fixing Futures: Politics, Citizenship, and Aspirational Policy Interventions in Chicago Public Schools - Kirsty Finn: Negotiating Crisis and Hope through Everyday Im/mobilities: Theorising Wellbeing and Belonging for Live-at-Home Students in an English University - Jessica Gagnon: Designated "Dangerous": Student and Academic Dissent against the Prevent Duty in the United Kingdom and theProfessor Watchlistin the United States - Valentina Cuzzocrea: Youth, Peripherality and the Mobility Discourse - Navid Sabet: "Spreading Expecto Patronuses": Community-based Arts and Pathways to the Cultural Industries - Jasmin Immonen: "Love" and Slippery Borders in New Peruvian Cities - Matthew P. Sinclair/Emily M. Gray: Australian Educational Policy, School Funding, and Equity: A Neoliberal Governmentality Study - James Goring: Critical and Creative Young People: Making the Individual Responsible for the Management of Social Change - Simon Copland/Mary Lou Rasmussen: Safe Schools, Marriage Equality, and LGBTQ Youth Suicide - Roz Ward: Seeking Justice for LGBTI Young People in AustralianSchools: The Queer Relationship Between Safe Schools and Marxism - Marta Luxán-Serrano/Jokin Azpiazu-Carballo/Mila Amurrio-Velez: Tackling Sexual Violence in Higher Education: Reflections and Learnings from Basque Country - Contributor Biographies.