The UniGR-CBS is an Interdisciplinary Center of Expertise of the University of the Greater Region (UniGR) and combines the expertise of the border researchers of its partner universities. It has been shaping the Greater Region since 2014 and works across borders and border spaces in Europe and beyond. The involved border researchers investigate socioeconomic and sociocultural issues and provide practice-oriented solutions for challenges in border regions.
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New UniGR-CBS Working Paper: Grenzüberschreitendes Placemaking – eine konzeptuelle Annäherung mit Einblicken am Beispiel des Grenzraums Saar-MoselleThe concept of “placemaking” is well established in architectural, urban, and regional planning discourse. It refers to processes through which localities become identity-forming – through spatial… -
Podcast UniGR-CBS – Stories of Czech-Bavarian cross-border workSince the early 1990s, large numbers of workers have crossed the Czech-German border daily to work in Bavaria. Today, around 23,500 cross the border for work each day, including almost 22,000… -
Border Realities: From “Humanitarian Interventions” to Migrant Deaths: The Legitimation of Violence through LawIn this online lecture, Shoshana Fine examines how liberal democracies legitimise violence through law. From so-called “humanitarian interventions” to migrant deaths at… -
Border Realities: Protecting migrants or keeping them in their place? Migrant deaths, information campaigns and humanitarian dilemmas at the borderIn this online lecture, Antoine Pécoud explores two forms of political interventions that are characteristic of the humanitarian dilemmas raised by contemporary border control.… -
Atelier Bordertextures – Poetik der RelationalitätThe Bordertextures Working Group would like to invite you to the next Bordertextures Atelier. 8 December 2025 | 5:00 p.m. (CET),… -
ON AIR – The UniGR Centre for Border Studies podcastFollowing 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…