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Call for Paper – Closing conference: Emergencies and Borders
The conference on 20–21 November 2025 at the University of Lorraine (Metz) marks the conclusion of the series “Emergencies and Border: Franco-German Perspectives”, which is part of the Program-Training-Research of CIERA (2023–2025).
Emergencies and borders: study of polycrisis: (post-)migration, pandemics and climate/energy
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Symposium Review – Literature, Geography and the Destinies Shaped by Borders
To what extent do individuals, social groups or cultures claim a destiny shaped by borderings?
This question was at the heart of the international and interdisciplinary symposium held at the Université de Lorraine in Metz on 20–21 March 2025. Organised by UniGR-CBS members Daniel Kazmaier (CEGIL), Frédérique Morel--Doridat (CEGIL – LOTERR) and Grégory Hamez (…
New book release – Ocean Governance (Beyond) Borders
In their newly published Open Access book “Ocean Governance (Beyond) Borders“, Kimberley Peters and UniGR-CBS member Jennifer Turner bring together 12 chapters that explore the persistence of bordering in ocean space and the possibilities that might arise from thinking beyond borders for modes of oceanic management.
At a moment where ocean governance is a…
10th Forum Greater Region: Cross-border training in the Greater Region: Benefits, Challenges and Perspectives
Dual education is becoming increasingly important at universities and educational institutions in the Greater Region. This model allows students to combine theoretical knowledge with paid professional experience. The result is stronger regional connections and better employment opportunities. At the same time, this form of education proves to be an effective tool for acquiring technical,…
Concluding Lecture – Border Realities: Beyond Nature and Culture
In this concluding lecture, the academic chairs and organizers of the series “Border Realities: Beyond Nature and Culture”, Lola Aubry and Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary, will reflect on the origins of their inquiry into this topic and the motivations that have guided it. They will examine the contributions of previous lectures, exploring their connections to their own…
New book release – Resituating Crisis
In their recently published book, editors Lola Aubry (UniGR-CBS) and Dorte Jagetic Andersen (Centre for Border Region Studies) bring together 14 contributions that ethnographically examine and critically analyze contemporary crises and the discourses surrounding them.
Drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, geographers, and cultural studies scholars, the volume offers insights…
New UniGR-CBS Working Paper – Towards a New Departure in Border Studies? A Comment on the Increasing Talk of Complexity
The idea of borders as a complex phenomenon is now established in border studies. However, there is still little discussion of what exactly can be considered complex about borders, and there are only a few works that explore complexity thinking and its possible links to border studies.
Rather, border studies are characterized by a diffuse understanding of complexity without much…
Lecture – The political agency of terrain in bordering
This lecture explores the conception of borders as a process co-constituted by the entanglement and interaction of multiple material entities, whether human or non-human. This perspective differs from the deterministic understanding of “natural borders”, as well as from the understanding of borders (and its materialization) as socially constructed and produced.…