Guest editorʹs introduction

This chapter examines the “field” of international Traveller and nomadic education research and argues for the need to extend significantly the boundaries of that “field.” A chief characteristic of Traveller and nomadic education research is its mobility; it shifts and flows as it engages with broader developments in educational provision and research. The approach adopted in this special issue — the mapping and celebration of international diversity — is needed if contemporary understandings of the multiple experiences of itinerancy, especially as they relate to education, are to be expanded.