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Higher Education

Global encounters, local identities: autoethnographic reflections on University of Jyväskylä’s internationalization policies and practices

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Article: 2369972 | Received 13 Feb 2024, Accepted 13 Jun 2024, Published online: 06 Jul 2024

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