The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected all aspects of professional and private life
worldwide including the field of early childhood education and care (ECE). This volume sheds
light on leadership in ECE: How did leaders experience the challenges they were facing and what
coping strategies did they apply in order to deal with the changes in everyday life and
practices in ECE centres? Authors from twelve countries present empirical findings gaining
information on different crisis management mechanisms in ECE systems around the world.
