The ‘pandemic play’ themed issue of global studies of childhood: An editorial

This themed issue of Global Studies of Childhood on ‘Pandemic Play’ draws mainly on the ‘Play Observatory’ project, 2020–2022, a 17-month exploration of children’s playworlds during the COVID-19 pandemic. Four articles in the issue are written by researchers from that project. We have also been able to include a further two articles which have come from the UK and Poland respectively, employing arts-based methods which are complementary to the Play Observatory. In this editorial