Conflicts and Mediation in a Multicultural Society: Psychological, Pedagogical and Sociological Aspects

Abstract

This article presents an analytical review of psychological, pedagogical and sociological aspects of conflict resolution with implementation of mediation in a multicultural society, which is based on the analysis and summary of the research presented in the articles of this issue. The theory and practice of conflict resolution, personality determinants of youth’s behaviour, formats and models of training mediators for the system of education are analysed in multi-paradigm and interdisciplinary contexts and are the result of mutual efforts of teachers, practicing mediators, lawyers, psychologists and sociologists. The materials of this issue present research in several areas: models of training mediators, online mediation practices; professional and ethical standards of a mediator; sociological studies of social identities in the regions of the Russian frontier, sociological studies of the communicative and linguistic space of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of multilingualism; psychological and pedagogical studies of the personality determinants of young people; analysis of digital competencies of a mediator and a model of electronic support for undergraduates in the context of digital transformation