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Nested Hybridity in International Higher Education Collaboration during the Times of War. A Comparative Study of Finland and Sweden.

Henna Juusola (2026)

In: Pekkola, Elias/de Andrade, Luiz Alonso/Kettunen, Kerttu/Lundborg, Stefan (eds.), Hybridity Through Transitions. Crisis and Resilience in Nordic Universities. Leiden: Brill, pp. 129-146. Open access.

Abstract. This research explores the nested hybridity and moral justification of international higher education collaboration (IHEC) in Finland and Sweden, in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Based on 16 semi-structured interviews conducted in 2023 with representatives with strategic responsibility for IHEC from Finnish and Swedish higher education institutions, as well as national documents, the findings show that IHEC operates as a nested hybridity, where national policies, organisational strategies and practical operations dynamically interact. However, these interactions are partly emphasised differently in Finland and Sweden, with distinct justification frameworks at different levels of hybridity, shaped by national characteristics and geopolitical contexts.

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