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The UniGR-Center for Border Studies receives additional European funding
The UniGR-Center for Border Studies network has received additional funding of around 570,000 EUR for the project “European Center for Competence and Knowledge in Border Studies”. With the support from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) the border scholars from the University of the Greater Region (UniGR) will start a further project phase of cross-border scientific cooperation from…
New UniGR-CBS Working Paper: "Doing as over there?" Attempt to transpose a Swiss public utility housing model into the French context
Cross-border regions are often laboratories for the circulation of ideas and practices. The new UniGR-CBS Working Paper examines the question whether in the Greater Geneva region it is possible to transpose the cooperative housing model, fairly developed in Switzerland into the French context, where this type of housing is less common.
Using the example of Viry, which is a French…
5th Greater Region Forum – Climate change and sustainability in the Greater Region
Climate change and its consequences represent one of the major cross-border challenges of our time. In recent years, the local and regional levels of action in particular have emerged as central territorial units for managing the consequences of climate change. By looking at the municipal level and its strategies for action, we would like to encourage a productive cross-border dialogue on…
New UniGR-CBS release: Bordering in Pandemic Times
In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, borders have become relevant (again) in political action and in people's everyday lives within a very short time. This was especially true for the inhabitants of border regions, whose cross-border life worlds were suddenly irritated by closed borders and police controls. However, the COVID-19 pandemic also led to an increased evidence of social, cultural…
Lecture – Language realities in the border zone: policies and practices
The virtual lecture focuses on the tension between language policies and linguistic practices, which is especially noticeable in border zones.
Claudia Polzin-Haumann is Professor of Romance Linguistics and Vice-President for Europe and International Affairs at Saarland University. The language concept "Saarland 2019" was developed under her direction, which is setting the…
Guest Lecture – The Brexit and its limits: borderline realities, borderline fictions
Borders are a central topic in Brexit. Concepts of rebordering and debordering were an important part of the referendum campaign in 2016 and since then have played a decisive role in negotiations with the EU. The conflict related to the border within Ireland shows how historically embedded this issue is.
The lecture discusses border realities and border fictions of…
Review: virtual roundtable – Border realities in the Greater Region in times of the pandemic
Border closures and controls gave rise to the online roundtable discussion on 28 May 2020, which was organized with the support of the University of the Greater Region as part of the conference series "Border Realities: Challenges and Perspectives in Uncertain Times".
Together with almost 100 participants the six experts discussed, among other things, the initiatives that came to light…
6th Seminar UniGR-CBS "Long-term challenges of cross-border mobility in the Greater Region" - June 8th and 9th 2020
The next UniGR-CBS seminar "Border Studies" is entitled "Long-term challenges of cross-border mobility in the Greater Region" and is organized by the University of Liège.
Seminar "Long-term challenges of cross-border mobility in the Greater Region” 8 and 9 June 2020, Webinar
The Greater Region has the highest rate of cross-border workers within the European economical…