Capacity-building projects in African higher education: Issues of coloniality in international academic collaboration

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Capacity-building projects in African higher education : Issues of coloniality in international academic collaboration. / Adriansen, Hanne Kirstine; Madsen, Lene Møller.

I: Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, Bind 12, Nr. 2, 2019, s. 1-23.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Adriansen, HK & Madsen, LM 2019, 'Capacity-building projects in African higher education: Issues of coloniality in international academic collaboration', Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, bind 12, nr. 2, s. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2019.120202

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Adriansen, H. K., & Madsen, L. M. (2019). Capacity-building projects in African higher education: Issues of coloniality in international academic collaboration. Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 12(2), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2019.120202

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Adriansen HK, Madsen LM. Capacity-building projects in African higher education: Issues of coloniality in international academic collaboration. Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences. 2019;12(2):1-23. https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2019.120202

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Adriansen, Hanne Kirstine ; Madsen, Lene Møller. / Capacity-building projects in African higher education : Issues of coloniality in international academic collaboration. I: Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences. 2019 ; Bind 12, Nr. 2. s. 1-23.

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