Transnational research capacity building: Whose standards count? Construction de capacité de recherche transnationale: les normes de qui comptent?

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Transnational research capacity building: Whose standards count? Construction de capacité de recherche transnationale: les normes de qui comptent? / Madsen, Lene Møller; Adriansen, Hanne Kirstine Olesen.

In: Critical African Studies, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2021, p. 49-55.

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Madsen, LM & Adriansen, HKO 2021, 'Transnational research capacity building: Whose standards count? Construction de capacité de recherche transnationale: les normes de qui comptent?', Critical African Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 49-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2020.1724807

APA

Madsen, L. M., & Adriansen, H. K. O. (2021). Transnational research capacity building: Whose standards count? Construction de capacité de recherche transnationale: les normes de qui comptent? Critical African Studies, 13(1), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2020.1724807

Vancouver

Madsen LM, Adriansen HKO. Transnational research capacity building: Whose standards count? Construction de capacité de recherche transnationale: les normes de qui comptent? Critical African Studies. 2021;13(1):49-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2020.1724807

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Madsen, Lene Møller ; Adriansen, Hanne Kirstine Olesen. / Transnational research capacity building: Whose standards count? Construction de capacité de recherche transnationale: les normes de qui comptent?. In: Critical African Studies. 2021 ; Vol. 13, No. 1. pp. 49-55.

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