Asia/Europe Inter-University Cooperation in Higher Education: The Case of Tuning Central Asian Higher Education Area (TuCAHEA)

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I hereby acknowledge the activities of the Tempus Public Foundation, Hungary, whose funding in the frame of the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme made this dissertation possible. The Stipendium Hungaricum Programme brought me to Budapest, the beautiful capital of Hungary, on the river Danube. This historical city's great atmosphere positively influenced my development as an early career researcher. I want to express my most profound appreciation to my Ph.D. advisor and head of the EDiTE Programme, Professor Gábor Halász, whose knowledge and experience significantly impacted my research and professional development. Studying the complex topic of the EU-Central Asia higher education inter-regionalism would not have been possible without Professor Halász. Furthermore, this dissertation is not the only result of my doctoral studies in Hungary. In the frames of the EDiTE Programme, led by Professor Halász, I had great collaborations with members of the EDiTE community, including the regular EDiTE workshop series. I want to thank all the students of the EDiTE community and students from other ELTE Doctoral School of Education programs whom I had the pleasure to meet. I want to congratulate EDiTE ELTE program manager Judit Saad for being a great support to the program and all students. Special thanks to Abdelhamid Ahmed, Richard Baafi, and Tatjana Stamenkovska, with whom we ran a course "International Education and Development" for Master's students together. It was an inspiring team-teaching experience. During my Ph.D. journey at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University,I had great encounters with great teachers and students. I want to thank them for sharing their experiences and being a great example for future educators. Among them, I would like to thank