Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on international academic study exchange and research mobility programs

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https://doi.org/10.15451/ec2021-02-10.17-1-7

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COVID-19, Corona, Students, Scholars, Culture

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, international exchange students and mobility researchers are probably the most neglected group within academia. We highlight their challenges within academia and society and we propose solutions towards academic flexibility, mobility preparedness and cultural immersion in host communities.

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Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB

Prof. Dr. Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS
Systems Ecology and Resource Management Research Unit
Unité de Recherche Écologie des Systèmes et Gestion des Ressources
Département de Biologie des Organismes
Faculté des Sciences
Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB
Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CPi 264/1, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium.
Tel. ++ 32 2 6502137 (Campus de la Plaine, Bureau O3.204)

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Dahdouh-Guebas, F., & Vandebroek, I. (2021). Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on international academic study exchange and research mobility programs. Ethnobiology and Conservation, 10. https://doi.org/10.15451/ec2021-02-10.17-1-7

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