Educare at Twenty: Sustaining local vision in a wider world

This landmark special issue proudly marks twenty years of Educare. It unites the journal’s founding story, as told by its first editor‑in‑chief, with a twentieth‑anniversary editorial from the current editor‑in‑chief, charting a remarkable journey from a local experiment in Malmö to a recognised Nordic education journal. From fragile beginnings in a context without an established publication culture, these reflections show how a small, determined editorial team built an article‑based, peer‑reviewed platform that now makes a substantive contribution to educational research in Sweden and beyond. They spotlight bold, creative responses to challenges of identity, peer review, and financing, and the deliberate shaping of a multilingual, open‑access profile that positions Educare at the intersection of local practice and global debate. This issue is both a celebration of what has been achieved and an invitation to what comes next.