“Prague Tends to be a Place Where Expats Ask to Extend Their Stay,“ Says University Academic

Jerome Dumetz, Vice-president for International Affairs at Unicorn University, has spent decades at the intersection of management and cross-cultural communication. Teaching, consulting, and writing about why cultural differences still matter more than we assume. We sat down with him to talk about international education in Prague, what makes Czech culture distinctive, and why learning never really stops. You’ve dedicated most of your career to cross-cultural communication. What drew you to this field? It all started with my own background – studying and working across different countries, including humanitarian projects and plenty of travel for its own sake. After business school in France, I continued in the Netherlands, which is actually where many of the key authors in this field come from. I discovered it as a student, when it was still quite new, and it stuck with me. It sits at the crossroads of management and sociology, which I find endlessly interesting. And why does it still matter today? Because the world is not as international as we like to say. It is a bit of a cliché to say so. Regional and national cultures are still very strong. Just look at the top songs on Spotify per country –... The post “Prague Tends to be a Place Where Expats Ask to Extend Their Stay,“ Says University Academic appeared first on Prague Morning .

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