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‘From Excellence to Relevance?’ A Review of Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Robert Tijssen, Matthew L. Wallace and Robert McLean (eds.), Transforming Research Excellence: New Ideas from the Global South

Somerset West, South Africa: African Minds, 2020

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Muller, J. ‘From Excellence to Relevance?’ A Review of Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Robert Tijssen, Matthew L. Wallace and Robert McLean (eds.), Transforming Research Excellence: New Ideas from the Global South. Minerva 58, 485–488 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-020-09415-4

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