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Kick-off Conference – Border Studies – Towards a research network of excellence
“Border Studies – Towards a research network of excellence” - under this heading, the University of the Greater Region and its member universities presented the project “UniGR-Center for Border Studies” for the first time to the public at the University of Luxembourg on 24 October 2018. The project is funded by the INTERREG VA Greater Region program with €2M ERDF until 2020. “I am very…
2nd Greater Region Forum: Cross-border mobility in the educational sector
The second “Greater Region Forum”, under the heading “Realities and Visions of Cross-Border Mobility in the Educational Sector”, took place on 7 November 2018 in the House of the Greater Region (Esch-sur-Alzette) under the high patronage of Ms Corinne Cahen, President of the Summit of the Greater Region during the Luxembourg Presidency (2017-2018). The podium participants themselves were…
Guest lecture in the Workshop Border Textures
Dr. Hannes Krämer of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) was guest lecturer in the Workshop Border Textures on 22 February 2018. In his lecture entitled “Border infrastructures”, the Divisional Head for Border Research at the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION illuminated innovative approaches to border region issues. Following on from the recent development in Border Studies of…
The first UniGR-CBS Border Studies Seminar
The first Border Studies Seminar on the topic of “Spatial, Social and Linguistic Borders” directed by Grégory Hamez was organized by the Université de Lorraine. It took place on 11-12 June 2018 in the Premonstratensian Abbey in Pont-à-Mousson and united around 40 border scholars from the Greater Region and beyond. On the first day, Border Studies as a joint field of work was of paramount…
"Borders and Planning Cultures" Workshop 2017
Every geographical unit in the Greater Region has its own spatial planning models, traditions and provisions, i.e. various planning “cultures”. Work, study and participation in cultural events are a few such cross-border activities, which attest to the vibrancy of the Greater Region while also posing challenges to the planners.
How can cross-border spatial development be efficiently…
UniGR-CBS at the World Conference Border Studies
For the second time, the Association for Borderland Studies, the world’s largest network of researchers in border studies, organised the World Conference Border Studies from 10–14 July 2018. The 5-day-conference with the main focus on “Border Making and its Consequences” took place in two countries and was co-organised by the University of Vienna (AT) and the Central European University in…
Second UniGR-CBS Border Seminar
The second UniGR-CBS Border Seminar on the topic of “Inter- and Transdisciplinarity: A B/ordering Process?” and directed by Prof. Dr. Antje Bruns was organized by Trier University. It took place from 5-6 November 2018 at Trier University and in the Hotel Deutscher Hof in Trier and gathered 28 CBS border scholars as well as another 21 interested researchers of Trier University as well as…
UniGR-Chair in Border Studies
In 2019, six researchers will have the opportunity to spend a two-month research stay at another university from the UniGR network in order to develop a specific research project in close collaboration with the partners of their respective host universities and to strengthen research on border studies. Accommodation and travel expenses (max. 4000 EUR) are covered by the EU program Interreg V A…