This book discusses the local effects of globalisation, especially in the context of social work, health and practical theology, as well as the challenges of higher education in a troubled world. The more globalised the world becomes, the more important local identities are. The global becomes effective in the local sphere. This phenomenon, called ‘glocalisation’ since the 1990s, poses many challenges to people and to the social structures in which they operate.

Contributions by: Stefan Sjöberg, Ilona Błaszczyk, Piotr Kostyło, Harri Mäkinen, Tuija Suikkanen-Malin, Sven Trygged, Sabine Schäper, Lars Wissenbach, Yoko Okamoto, Peter K.A. Cardinal Turkson, Hidemi Sasaki, Yumi Iwamoto, Joachim Söder, Svetlana Trbojevik, Kyoko Okada, Shigeko Kato, Maureen Porter, Maureen McClure, Abraham V. Mani, Armin G. Wildfeuer, Heiner Bielefeldt, Regine Müller, Norbert Frieters-Reermann, Monika Nová, Carlos Ignacio Man-Ging, Mónica Sáenz Amaguaya, Yoko Kato, Monika Többe-Schukalla, Skaidrīte Gūtmane, Silvie Treterová, Jaroslava Pavelková, Kateřina Šámalová, Tobias Hölterhof, Dirk Johann, Lourthu Mary FFM, Heinz Theisen, Tado Jurić, Werner Schönig