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Training in intercultural mediation in a multicultural university: contributions for fostering international stability

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In a global context where cultural interaction and exchange expands to every professional domain, a demand for cultural sensitive education is articulated more and more widely. This paper analyses a pattern of university organisation and governance opened to multiculturalism and stresses the advantages of studying in such an institution. It aims to provide a sound argumentation in favour of multiculturalism in the field of academia and lists the subsequent benefits for graduates who are expected to enter a labour market continuously shaped and transformed by cultural permeations. The paper also examines the impact of such training for the consecration of international stability.

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Mecea, M. Training in intercultural mediation in a multicultural university: contributions for fostering international stability. AI & Soc 31, 393–399 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-015-0602-y

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