Dr. Pirkko Pitkänen is Professor of Educational Policy and Multicultural Education at the University of Tampere (School of Education), Finland. The areas of her expertise include transnationalism, multicultural education, cross-cultural work, and multiple citizenship. Professor Pitkänen has managed several international and national research projects and published widely in national and international fields. Among the international publications there are: Pitkänen, P., İçduygu, A. & Sert D. (eds. 2012) Migration and Transformation: Multi-Level Analysis of Migrant Transnationalism. Book Series: International Perspectives on Migration. Springer Science-Business Media. Pitkänen, P., et al. (eds. 2002): Education and Immigration: Settlement Policies and Current Challenges. RoutledgeFalmer; Kalekin-Fishman, D. & Pitkänen, P. (eds. 2006) Multiple Citizenship as a Challenge to European Nation-States. Sense Publishers; Pitkänen, P. & Kalekin-Fishman, D. (eds. 2007) Multiple State Membership and Citizenship in the Era of Transnational Migration. Sense Publishers; Kalekin-Fishman, D. & Pitkänen, P. (eds. 2007) An Emerging Institution? Multiple Citizenship in Europe – Views of Officials. Peter Lang.