Hans Westlunds CV (exkl. publikationer)
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Westlund, Hans Gustav |
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Vallsjön 150, SE-844 88 Kälarne, Sweden |
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Office: +46(0)8 790 92 42; Home: +46 (0) 696 40622 |
Mobile: +46 (0)70 660 27 90 |
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+46 (0)8 790 67 61 |
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Swedish |
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22 .06. 1957 |
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From September 2017 - |
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Guest Professor Research on sustainable rural development |
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Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China |
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National Academy of Science |
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From February 2015 - |
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Professor of Urban and Regional Studies Responsible for teaching and research on urban and regional planning |
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Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Drottning Kristinas väg 30, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden |
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From September 2007 - Professor of Entrepreneurship Research Jönköping International Business School, Box 1026, SE-551 11 Jönköping, Sweden University
From January 2011 - Visiting Professor Research IRSA, Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analysis, Dunajska 104, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Private, non-profit research institution
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January 2013 – November 2016 |
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Head of Department of Urban Planning and Environment Administrative Director |
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Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Drottning Kristinas väg 30, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden |
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July 2007 – January 2015 |
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Guest Professor of Regional Planning Responsible for research on regional development and planning |
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Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Drottning Kristinas väg 30, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden |
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November 2008 Visiting Professor Research and lectures Kyoto University’s Center of Excellence Program on Human Security Engineering for Asian Megacities University
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From January 2006 to June 2007 |
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Associate Professor / Senior Researcher |
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Research leader on social capital, civil society and social economy |
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National Institute of Working Life (ALI), Studentplan 1, CAMPUS Hus A, SE-831 40 Östersund, Sweden |
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National Research Institute |
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September 2005 – December 2005 |
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Visiting Professor |
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Research on the Japanese economy |
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Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy (CIRJE), Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1-Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, JAPAN |
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From 2001 to 2005 |
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Senior Researcher and Project Leader |
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Responsible for various research programs and evaluations |
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Swedish Institute for Growth Policy Studies (ITPS), Studentplan 3, SE-831 40 Östersund, Sweden. |
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National Research Institute |
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From March 2005 to August 2005 |
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Senior Researcher and Project leader |
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Leader of the project “Driving forces and obstacles in the social economy’s long-term development”. (part-time) |
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National Institute of Working Life (ALI), Studentplan 1, CAMPUS Hus A, SE-831 40 Östersund, Sweden |
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National Research Institute |
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From 1993 to 2000 |
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Senior Researcher and Project Leader |
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Various research and evaluation projects |
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Swedish Institute for Regional Research (SIR), Östersund |
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National Research Institute |
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From 1997 to 1998 |
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Researcher |
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Research and project management |
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Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), Oslo, Norway. |
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National Research Institute |
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From 1994 to 1995 |
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Research Fellow |
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Research and project management |
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Dept. of Infrastructure and Planning, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm |
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From 1993 to 1994 |
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Communication Official |
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Planning of transportation and communication infrastructure |
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Jämtland County Administration, Östersund |
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Public authority |
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From 1987 - 1992 |
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Doctoral Candidate Post |
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Dept. of Economic History, University of Umeå, Umeå. |
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From 1987 to 1992 |
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Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D. |
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Economic History |
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University of Umeå |
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From 1983 to 1986 |
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Bachelor of Arts (BA) |
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Economic History |
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University of Umeå |
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Swedish |
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Current Commissions and affiliations:
Member of the Scientific Council of the National Agency for Growth Analysis (appointed by the Swedish government) 2017-
Member of the International Geographical Union’s (IGU) Commission for Agricultural Geography and Land Engineering, 2016-
President of the Regional Science Academy 2015-
Editor of the Springer book series Advances in Spatial Science, 2013-
Member of the Charles M Tiebout Prize Reading Committee of the Western Regional Science Association 2014-18, and Chair of the Committee 2015/16.
Chairman and founder (together with Professor Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kyoto University) of the International workshop “Social Capital and Development Trends in Japan’s and Sweden’s Countryside”, 2004-
Editorial board member of peer reviewed scientific journals: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2004-; Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, 2009-2016; Studia Regionalia 2011-; Journal of Comparative Asian Studies, 2011-; SAGE Open 2013-, Annals of Regional Science 2015-.
Previous commissions and affiliations:
Councillor-at-large (board member) of the Regional Science Association International, RSAI, 2013-16
Chairman of the Epainos Committee of the European Regional Science Association, with the task of rewarding best papers of young regional scientists, 2012- 16
President of the Western Regional Science Association (US) 2013/14
Member of the board of directors of the Western Regional Science Association (US) 2005-15
Member of the European Organising Committee of the European Regional Science Association 2006-2015
Personal replacement of the national research council Formas’ Scientific Council (Board) 2010-12
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy for Agriculture and Forestry’s (KSLA) Committee for Rural Development, 2009- 14
Member of the Swedish Academy of Engineering’s working group on “The Good City of the Future” 2016-17
Member of the Swedish Rural Development Network’s and Formas’ scientific council for rural development, 2008-13
Chair of the Local Organizing Committee for the European Regional Science Association’s (ERSA) 50th Anniversary Congress, Jönköping, Sweden, August, 19-23, 2010.
Keynote speaker and invited lecturer at a large number of national and international conferences and seminars on regional development, infrastructure and communications, social economy, social capital and on cross-border cooperation. Latest:
Invited keynote speaker at the Nordic Section of the Regional Studies Association’s Conference in Grimstad, Norway, January 2015.
Invited keynote speaker at the International Workshop of the BBVA Foundation - Ivie 2014: Social capital, institutions and economic performance in times of crisis, Valencia, October 24th 2014
Invited keynote speaker at the Regional Science Association of the Netherlands 30th Anniversary meeting, Utrecht, November 28, 2013.
Keynote speaker at the workshop "Mapping smart specialisation: Do rural regions count?” Paris, France, November 28, 2012.
Keynote speaker at THE WEALTH OF NATIONS - THE WEALTH OF CITIES, Open Workshop, Naples, Italy, September, 6-7, 2012.
Keynote speaker at the Uddevalla Symposium, University of Bergamo, Italy, June, 16-18, 2011.
Presentations of scientific papers at about 60 international seminars and conferences.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Regional Science Association’s 56th Congress, Vienna, Austria, August 2016
Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Regional Science Association’s 55th Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, August 2015
Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Regional Science Association’s 54th Congress, S:t Petersburg, Russia, August 2014
Expert for Norway’s Research Council, November 2013
Member of the Scientific Committee of the 9th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International 2012
Invited speaker at the “International Forum on Social Capital for Economic Revival“, held by the Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, in Tokyo, 24 and 25th March 2003.
Invited speaker at the conference “Towards Lisbon 2.1.” organized by the Slovenian Government Office for Growth, Ljubljana, September 28, 2007.
Associate Professor in Regional Planning, the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden 2001-2007
Member of the Rural Council of the Swedish Board of Agriculture (Jordbruksverket) 2008-10
Member of the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation’s Sector Committee for Research on the Civil Society 2003-2009
Member of the scientific council of the National Agency for Rural Development (Glesbygdsverket) 1999-2005
Evaluator of the Swedish Ministry of Education’s Cooperation Delegation (Samverkansdelegationen), January-August 2005.
President of the scientific council for the 4th National HSS Conference on cooperation between universities and society 7-8 April 2005, Östersund, Sweden.
Director of postgraduate studies. Unit for urban and regional studies. Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) 2008-2009.
ITPS’ representative in the National Government’s Coordination Commission, 2002-2003.
Expert in the National Ministry of Agriculture’s Commission of Inquiry on the European Union’s Programme for Environment and Countryside, 2002- 2003.
Expert referee for the Netherlands’ Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), 2008.
Expert referee for Utrecht University’s High Potentials Programme, 2006.
Expert referee for Qatar National Research Fund, 2009.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Regional Science Association’s 44th Congress, Jyväskylä, Finland, August 2003 and of the 49th Congress, Lodz, Poland, August 2009.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the 2nd International CIRIEC Research Conference on the Social Economy, October 1-2, 2009, Östersund, Sweden.
Round Table Participant concerning “Public Infrastructures in the Context of Globalisation” at the 26th International Congress of CIRIEC, Istanbul, June 19-21, 2006.
Key-note speaker at the meeting of the International Academy of Regional Development and Cooperation, St Petersburg, Russia, 6-8 April 2000.
Member of the Local Organising Committee of, and lecturer at, the European Regional Science Association’s Summer Institute, June 1997.
Referee commissions for the following scientific journals: American Sociological Review, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Annals of Regional Science, Applied Energy, Asia Pacific Management Review Asian Journal of Social Psychology Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Economic and Industrial Democracy, Environment and Planning A, European Planning Studies, Geografiska Annaler, Habitat International, Human Ecology Review, Human Relations, Industry and Innovation, Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business International Journal of Simulation Modelling, International Journal of Social Economics, International Regional Science Review, International Small Business Journal, Island Studies Journal, Journal of Borderland Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Rural Studies, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Land Use Policy, Manchester School Papers in Regional Science, Planning Theory, Regional Science Policy and Practice, Regional Studies, Research Policy, Review of Social Economy, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, Scandinavian Economic History Review, Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, Small Business Economics, Studia Regionalia, Sustainability, Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Edward Elgar Publishing, Springer Publishing. . Consultancy for, among others, the Swedish Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality, the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis and Evaluations, Stockholm County Council’s Office of Regional Planning, the Dahmén Institute, The International Centre for Research on Public and Cooperative Economics (CIRIEC), the Mid-Nordic Committee, Jämtland County Administration and Jämtland County Labour Market Administration.
Evaluator of the Swedish-Norwegian Interreg IIA program Nordens Gröna Bälte, between North- and South-Trøndelag and Jämtland counties, 1997-98.
Member of the National Ministry of Culture’s Expert Group on Social Economy 1998 – 1999.
Responsible for one part (of three) of SIR’s research program 1997-2000 on regional consequences of the Swedish membership of the European Union.
Program director for the yearly conference on local and regional development Forskarforum 1996-99. Forskarforum collected 300-400 researchers and research users (politicians, officials, local developers, etc) from different levels in the Nordic countries.
Member of the programme committee of the 2001 Annual Conference of the International Geographical Union’s Commission on Evolving Issues of Geographical Marginality in the Early 21st Century World.
Analyst of official statistics of the social economy in Sweden, including satellite accounts, commissioned by the National Ministry of Industry 2002.
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University teaching experiences
In Sweden 1987-1992: Lecturer in Economic History at undergraduate level. Department of Economic History, University of Umeå. In total ca 250 hours. 1992-1994: Lecturer in Economic History, Östersund University College. In total ca 90 hours. 2002- : Lecturer in courses in Urban Geography and Economic Geography, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. In total ca 100 hours. 2008- 2010: Responsible teacher for master course in Regional Planning, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. 2013-: Responsible teacher for undergraduate course in Economic Geography, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. 2015- : Responsible teacher for masters course ‘City Networks in Regional Contexts’, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
Internationally Visiting professor, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia, March 2017. Lecturer at the Summer University of the University of Graz, Austria, September 1999. Guest lecturer at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass, USA, April 2000. Guest lecturer at the Tokyo University, Kyoto University and Toyo University, Japan, September-December 2005 and at Kyoto University in November 2008.
Supervising of doctoral students Department of Infrastructure and Planning of the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. 2000-2003, Assistant supervisor of Eva Liljegren (defended her thesis in December 2003). 2006-2010 Assistant supervisor of Maria Johansson (Ljunggren) 2008-2010 Assistant supervisor of Yuheng Li 2011 Supervisor of Yuheng Li (defended his thesis in September 2011) 2011-13 Supervisor of Maria Ljunggren (defended her thesis in September 2013) 2010-14 Supervisor of Iréne Bernhard (defended her thesis in October 2014) 2011-13 Supervisor of Elin Berglund (defended her thesis in September 2013) 2011-13 Supervisor of Simon Falck (defended his thesis in September 2013) 2012-17 Supervisor of Sandra Karlsson (defended her thesis in January 2017) 2012-16 Supervisor of Luciane Borges (defended her thesis in June 2016) 2013-17 Supervisor of John Odhage (defended his thesis in June 2017) 2013-17 Supervisor of Anna Lundgren (defended her thesis in October 2017) 2013- Supervisor of Asli Tepecik Dis 2014- Supervisor of Marie Wahlgren (defended her thesis in October 2017) 2014- Supervisor of Nelson Ekane 2014- Supervisor of Peter Brokking 2016- Supervisor of Kyle Farrell 2016- Supervisor of Erica Eneqvist
Commissions as opponent, expert and similar Opponent on Richard Österberg’s licentiate thesis Konkurrensutsättning och dess samhälleliga konsekvenser – fallet drift och skötsel av vägar. Dept. of Planning and Infrastructure, Royal Institute of Technology, March 2000. Opponent on Eva Lindgren’s licentiate thesis Bilism för regional utjämning? Studier av privatbilismens geografiska och socioekonomiska spridningsmönster 1950-2000, Dept. of Economic History, Umeå University, January 2008. Opponent on Christopher Lagerqvist’s PhD thesis Kvarboende vid vägs ände: Människors försörjning i det inre av södra Norrland under svensk efterkrigstid. Dept. of Economic History, Uppsala University, April 2008. Opponent on Johan Johansson’s PhD thesis Essays on collaborative processes among SMEs for competitiveness development. Dept. of Business Administration and Social Sciences, Division of Entrepreneurship, Luleå University of Technology, May 2008.
Member of grading committee for Niclas Lavesson’s PhD thesis. Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University, June 2017. Member of grading committee for Emelie Värja’s PhD thesis. Department of Economics, Örebro University, November 2016. Member of grading committee for Aradom Gebrekidan Abbay’s PhD thesis. School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, November 2016. Member of grading committee for Fikri Zul Fahmi’s PhD thesis. Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, November 2016. Member of Grading Committee for Gulzat Zhetibaeva Elvung’s PhD Thesis. School of Engineering and Management, KTH, October 2016. External, Overseas Examiner of Matthew Roskruge’s PhD thesis, University of Waikato, New Zealand, September 2013. Member of grading committee for Bart Sleutjes’ PhD thesis. Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, September 2012. Member of grading committee for Felician Komu’s PhD thesis, Dept. Real Estate Economics, KTH, February 2011. Member of grading committee for Malin Eriksson’s PhD thesis, Dept. of Epidemiology, Umeå University, June 2010. Member of grading committee for Lars Fredrik Andersson’s PhD thesis, Dept. of Economic History, Umeå University, April 2005. Chairman of Interim PhD Seminar for Malin Eriksson, Dept. of Epidemiology, Umeå University, May 2008. Expert advisor on Lars Fredrik Andersson’s application for becoming Associate Professor (Docent), Dept. of Economic History, Umeå University, February 2010. Expert advisor on the Professor chair in social science with focus on rural research, Åbo Akademi, Finland, spring 2011. Expert advisor on post as Associate professor (universitetslektor) in Urban and regional studies, Malmö University College, spring 2014 Expert advisor on post as Associate professor in Real Estate Economics, Malmö University College, 2017.
Recognitions
Fellow of the Western Regional Science Association, February 2018 Honorary Professor of Yulin University, Yulin, Shaanxi, China, August 2017. Listed in Who’s Who in the World, 16th edition, 1999; 17th edition, 2000 and 18th edition, 2001. Listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 5th edition 2000-2001
Grant situation
Research council funds· Financier: Formas. Project: Social capital, local policy and entrepreneurship in Sweden’s municipalities and regions. Lead applicant: Hans Westlund. Period of time: 2015-2017. Amount: 7 018 780 SEK. · Financier: Formas. Project: TASTE - Towards A Smart Rural Europe. Applicant: Hans Westlund. Period of time: 2013-2016. Amount: 3 136 500 SEK. (European coordinator: Prof. André Torre, Agro ParisTech)
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