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ON AIR – The UniGR Centre for Border Studies podcast
Following the success of the first season, which provided insights into border research and the work of the UniGR-CBS working groups, the podcast is now entering its next phase: from 15 October 2025, UniGR-CBS will once again invite listeners to discover current research topics and collaborations in audio format.
The second season will focus on collaborations…
Emergencies and Borders. Studies of polycrises in the Franco-German space: (post-)migration and climate-ecology
The international and interdisciplinary conference marks the conclusion of the series “Emergencies and Border: Franco-German Perspectives”, which is part of the Program-Training-Research of CIERA (2023–2025).
20th and 21st November 2025 Université de Lorraine (Metz) Campus du Saulcy, Espace Rabelais, Room "thèses"
Program (German and French) available here
Among the…
Border Realities: Humanitarianism in times of border militarization
The answer to suffering and deaths at borderlands has been humanitarian interventions, based on international law and compassion for people on the move. Various humanitarian actors, citizens, IOs, and NGOs attempt to save lives at sea or on land. What happens when humanitarian reason is used to justify more control or to depoliticize these acts of solidarity,…
11th UniGR-CBS Forum Greater Region: The cross-border dimension of climate change adaptation policies
Climate adaptation is a major challenge for regions across the globe, including the Greater Region. But how can this adaptation process be managed within a space defined by national borders and various political systems? What role do coordination, cooperation, and commun strategies play? How can actors from different levels collaborate to address specific climate…
13th UniGR-CBS Seminar Border Studies: Collaborations
The 13th UniGR-Center for Border Studies seminar will be held this year at the University of Trier on 13 and 14 November 2025. It is addressed to the members of the UniGR-CBS and was not open to the public. Under the motto of ‘Collaborations’, the seminar wants to provide a platform for the diverse initiatives in border research in the Greater Region. It also aims to encourage future…
New UniGR-CBS thematic issue release: Cross-Border Inequalities in the Greater Region
European integration has strengthened border regions, transforming them from peripheral areas into spaces of cooperation. However, the social and economic inequalities in these regions have not been widely studied from a cross-border perspective.
This special issue addresses this gap by focusing on the Greater Region, which comprises Luxembourg, Wallonia (BE), Grand Est (FR), Saarland…
New UniGR-CBS Working Paper – 40 Years of Schengen: People, Borders, Politics
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Schengen Agreement, the UniGR-CBS and the European Migration Network Luxembourg organized the conference “40 Years of Schengen: People, Borders, Politics” on 11 June 2025 in Luxembourg.
The discussions focused on the free movement of people in border regions, particularly in the SaarLorLux region, as well as on the socio-…
Atelier Bordertextures – Haïti (2010-2025) : penser une sortie de crise sécuritaire par la bordertexture
The UniGR-CBS working group “Bordertextures” continues the “Atelier Bordertextures” series with a public lecture by Jean Hérald Legagneur (State University of Haiti; KHK CURE Fellow, Saarland University) focusing on the crisis dynamics in Haiti between 2010 and 2025.
Drawing on the concept of bordertextures, the speaker examines how Haiti’s borders have been…