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Doing methodological cosmopolitanism in a mobile world. / Tyfield, David Peter; Blok, Anders.
In: Mobilities, Vol. 11, No. 4, 01.12.2016, p. 629-641.

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Tyfield DP, Blok A. Doing methodological cosmopolitanism in a mobile world. Mobilities. 2016 Dec 1;11(4):629-641. Epub 2016 Oct 31. doi: 10.1080/17450101.2016.1211829

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Tyfield, David Peter ; Blok, Anders. / Doing methodological cosmopolitanism in a mobile world. In: Mobilities. 2016 ; Vol. 11, No. 4. pp. 629-641.

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