Marit Honerød Hoveid is professor of pedagogy at department of education and lifelong learning at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Lucian Ciolan, PhD is professor of Educational Research & Policy at University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, where he is also serving as dean. Angelika Paseka is Professor for Educational Science with a bias on school education and professionalism at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Sofia Marques da Silva is Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal, in the field of Research Methodologies and Sociology of Education and member the Educational Research and Intervention Centre and INESC-TEC.

PART I: Getting Ready for the Unexpected
An Introduction to Challenges in Educational Research - Sofia Marques da Silva and Lucien Ciolan
Chapter 1: Doing Educational Research - Marit Honerød Hoveid and Angelika Paseka
PART II: Negotiating Research Contexts and Demands from the Field
Chapter 2: Entering a Fluid Research Field - Maria P. Figueiredo and Nelson Gonçalves:
Chapter 3. Using Photo-Elicitation Interviewing to Bridge Social Gaps - Karin Doolan and Linda Liebenberg
Chapter 4. Producing and Sharing Knowledge with a Research Field - Anja Sieber Egger, Gisela Unterweger and Christoph Maeder
PART III: Exploring Other Paths for Interpretation
Chapter 5: Doing Systematic Literature Reviews - 'Net-Fishing' or 'Whale Hunting'? - Gábor Halász
Chapter 6: Doing Participatory Stories Research - Detoxing Narratives, - Sabine Krause, Gertraud Kremsner, Michelle Proyer and Raphael Zahnd
Chapter 7: Doing Multi-Level Statistical Modelling with Hierarchically Nested Samples - Tim Mainhard, Theo Wubbels and Perry den Brok.
Chapter 8: Doing Data Analysis - Collaboration, Creativity and Critique - Liselott Aarsand and Pål Aarsand
PART IV: Building a Common Ground for Understanding
Chapter 9: Discussing Sociological Gaps and Power Relations in an International Setting - Sarah Désirée Lange
Chapter 10: Addressing the Context in Cross-National Comparative Research - Herbert Altrichter, Miriam Galvin, Gerry McNamara and Joe O'Hara
Chapter 11: Organising International Collaborative Research for Social Inclusion - Rocío García-Carrión, Aitor Gómez & Javier Díez-Palomar
PART V: Bridging Research and Policy
Chapter 12: Shaping the Research Puzzle in an Intervention Project - Lucian Ciolan, Romita Iucu, Anca Nedelcu and Catalina Ulrich Hygum
Chapter 13: Navigating a Multi-Perspective, Multi-Level and Longitudinal Research - Tamara Katschnig, Corinna Geppert, Mariella Knapp, Michaela Kilian, Sonja Bauer-Hofmann and Tanja Werkl
Chapter 14: Meeting the Expectations of Different Actors at the Science-Policy Interface - Monitoring of Education for Sustainable Development in Germany - Mandy Singer-Brodowski, Antje Brock and Nadine Etzkorn
PART VI: Getting Ready for an Open Future
Chapter 15: Educational Research - a Space of Risk and Uncertainty - Angelika Paseka, Marit Honerød Hoveid, Lucian Ciolan, Sofia Marques da Silva