Two million euros raised for border research

The border closures and increased controls in the course of the pandemic have made clear, especially in border regions, how closely the European Union is already interconnected at its territorial interfaces. Two of these interconnected areas are in the center of this research project that just got an external funding.

The three-year project "Linking Borderlands: Dynamics of Border Peripheries" is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with approximately two million euros and makes a practical contribution to cross-border cooperation in five fields of analysis.
 

The interdisciplinary project is carried out by the UniGR-CBS network partners Saarland University and the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern together with University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg and the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). The project collaboration strengthens the cooperation between the UniGR-Center for Border Studies and the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION.

The project leader Florian Weber (Saarland University) presents the project in an interview.

More information about the project here