The UniGR-CBS is an Interdisciplinary Center of Expertise of the University of the Greater Region (UniGR) and combines the expertise of the border researchers of its partner universities. It has been shaping the Greater Region since 2014 and works across borders and border spaces in Europe and beyond. The involved border researchers investigate socioeconomic and sociocultural issues and provide practice-oriented solutions for challenges in border regions.
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New UniGR-CBS Policy Paper – Resilience in European Cross-Border RelationsThe Covid pandemic has shown after spring 2020 how fragile cross-border relations and cooperation can be. Poor cross-border communications and inadequate…
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Workshop – Cross-border Inequalities. An Exploration in the Greater RegionWhen inequalities continue to be studied and debated primarily at the national level, it is crucial to further consider their cross-border implications and dimensions.…
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New UniGR-CBS Working Paper: Komplexitätsdenken und GrenzforschungDespite the increased discourse on the complexity of borders, there are hardly any references in the academic debate as to what exactly complex borders mean or…
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New publication – Border RenaissanceThe UniGR-CBS members Astrid M. Fellner, Eva Nossem and Christian Wille have published an interdisciplinary "special section" in the latest issue of Borders in…
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Call for Papers – The Return of Imperial Borders? Practices, Representations, ContestationsThe UniGR-Center for Border Studies (UniGR-CBS) and the Institut franco-allemand de sciences historiques et sociales (IFRA-SHS) are organizing a multilingual study day at Goethe University…
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New Book – Border Complexities and Logics of Dis/OrderThe interdisciplinary open access anthology, to which five UniGR-CBS members contributed, deals with the still recent trend of considering and investigating borders as…