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Retrospective Spring 2020: The Covid-19 Border Closures
A year ago, the Covid-19 pandemic led to massive and abrupt border closures. Especially the Greater Region with its close interconnections was affected: students, cross-border workers, families or other commuters at the border experienced the separation as a significant cut in their professional and everyday life. Currently, the border is again becoming perceptible, particularly in the Franco…
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Call for Papers – Cross-Border Work in Europe: Regional Practices and Realities
Living in one country and working in another is a daily reality for thousands of people in Europe. The main countries of residence of cross-border commuters are France (405,000 or 21% of the total number of cross-border commuters), Germany (249,000 or 13%) and Poland (202,000 or 11%).
The flow of workers between the various European countries has not only…
Call for Papers: Commerce et frontières
The connection between retail and space is subject of numerous multidisciplinary studies that focus on the deployment of the commercial offer in space (organization of distribution channels, logistics, geomarketing) as well as on consumer purchasing travel behaviours (selection of shopping locations, optimization of travel time in the purchasing process). But as soon…
Call for Papers: Strategies and concepts of cross-border spatial development and planning
In the cross-border context, spatial development and planning are of particular importance. Due to the great dynamics of the economic, ecological and social framework conditions, as well as due to divergent spatial developments, there is a special need for coordination of spatially relevant concerns, especially in border areas. The required cross-border cooperation…
1st edition of the Borders Literary Prize – Leonora Miano
In cooperation with the UniGR-Center for Border Studies, the University of Lorraine and the University of the Greater Region launch the first edition of the "Borders" literary prize. The prize is dedicated to the Cameroonian author Leonora Miano. The author and ambassadress of the prize will speak at the opening event on the 2nd February 2021at 5pm live on Youtube on…
New UniGR-CBS Publication – Identities and Methodologies of Border Studies
In recent decades, Border Studies have gained importance and have seen a noticeable increase in development. This manifests itself in an increased institutionalization, a differentiation of the areas of research interest and a conceptual reorientation that is interested in examining processes.
So far, however, little attention has been paid to questions about an integrated…
Guest Lecture – What happened to the Balkan route? An anthropological view of the European migration regime from the borders of the EU
The lecture focuses on different phases of migration to and through the so-called Balkan countries, which have been transformed continuously due to the changing European migration policy. In addition to the European level, Carolin Leutloff-Grandits will also consider national and local strategies for managing mobility and the associated self-empowerment, and will point out some consequences of…