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Working Paper Vol21

Working Paper Vol. 21: Euroscepticisme et effet frontière : Le cas de la région française du Grand Est, lors des élections européennes de 2024

The scientific literature on the Euroscepticism of border populations provides contradictory results. This Working Paper takes a spatial approach, to show that the level of support for the EU among border populations should be surveyed on a local scale, and not on a regional scale. Euroscepticism is estimated on the basis of the vote in the European elections of June 2024, in the case of the…

euroscepticismeBorderlandsEuropean electionsGrand Est
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Policy Paper Vol. 6: L’attachement au lieu : levier pour un aménagement plus juste dans l’espace transfrontalier Alzette Belval | Ortsverbundenheit: Ansätze für eine gerechtere Raumplanung im grenzüberschreitenden Raum Alzette Belval

Abstract -  With 130,000 workers commuting across the Franco-Luxembourg border daily and national policies to transform former steel wastelands into new urban neighbourhoods - Belval in Luxembourg and Micheville in Lorraine - the Franco-Luxembourg border is one of the most functionally integrated borders in the European Union. This functional specialisation of the Greater Region (GR) area -…

Border regionCross-Border
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Working Paper Vol. 22: Towards a New Departure in Border Studies? A Comment on the Increasing Talk of Complexity

Since the mid-2010s at the latest, there has been discussion of the border as a complex phenomenon, aimed at a more comprehensive and differentiated understanding of b/orderings. However, there seems to be an imprecise use of the term ‘complexity’ in the academic debate, and sometimes, still, an everyday understanding of complexity prevails. To sharpen the debate around a border’s complexity, in…

Border studiesBordering TurnComplexity ShiftComplexity Theory
working paper 23

Working Paper Vol. 23: Die Stärkung grenzüberschreitender Kooperation „von unten” – Perspektiven für die Region SaarLorLux im gelebten Europa | Le renforcement de la coopération transfrontalière « par le bas » – Perspectives pour la région SaarLorLux dans l’Europe vécue

Widespread cross-border activities and relations have moved European integration step by step from what was once the European periphery towards the centre. This Working Paper spotlights the SaarLorLux region and describes cross-border cooperation at grass-roots level, as realized in specific activities in 2024. Relevant data is derived from quantitative surveys at the communal (urban and rural…

Coopération transfrontalièrerégion frontalière SaarLorLuxEuropeperspectives communalespandémie de Covid-19laboratoires vivants
working paper 24

Working Paper Vol. 24: On the Reintroduction of Temporary Controls at EU Internal Borders. Developments and Challenges 40 Years After the Schengen Agreement

Schengen countries are increasingly relying on the Schengen Borders Code to make internal borders less permeable. This Working Paper focuses on the ongoing reintroduction of temporary internal border controls within the EU between 2015 and 2024, as well as the justifications provided by Schengen countries for these measures. The analysis identifies four phases, reflecting a gradual displacement…

SchengenborderborderingEuropecrisis
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Working Paper Vol. 25: Dringlichkeit(en) und Grenzziehung(en): Klima- und Energiekrise im deutsch-französischen Sprachraum. Bericht vom 12. UniGR-CBS-Seminar Border Studies

This working paper provides a synthesis of the findings of the 12th UniGR-CBS Border Studies Seminar on the concept of “urgency” in the context of the climate and energy crisis. The seminar focused on research perspectives concerning the relationship between urgency and border delineations, as explored within an interdisciplinary working space from a Franco-German perspective. A key outcome of…

Climate CrisisTransformationBoundary workBoundary workUrgencyAffectivityAnthropocene
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Borders in Perspective Vol. 10: Grenzüberschreitende Ungleichheiten in der Großregion | Inégalités transfrontalières dans la Grande Région

European integration has redefined border regions from national peripheries to spaces of opportunity and cooperation. However, social and economic inequalities in their cross-border dimension remain marginal in research on these regions. This thematic issue addresses this gap through the case study of the Greater Region, encompassing Luxembourg, Wallonia, Grand Est, Saarland, and Rhineland-…

Région frontalièreinégalitésmobilité du travailaccès au logementCohésion socialeGrande Région
Policy Paper Vol. 1

Policy Paper Vol. 1: Grenzüberschreitende Raumplanung in der Praxis: Reflexionen zu einem Dialog zwischen Forschung und Praxis in der Großregion/ L’aménagement du territoire transfrontalier en pratique : Réflexions pour un dialogue entre chercheurs et pra

The Greater Region belongs to the most important regions in the European Union in terms of cross-border cooperation. After a start in the 70ies the cooperation in the field of spatial planning arose to an important pillar of cooperation. However, concrete evidence on the high relevance of cross-border spatial planning is scarce. This issue is mostly picked up in relation to the legal and…

Grenzüberschreitende RaumplanungGroßregionPlanspielPlanungspraxisAménagement du territoire transfrontalierGrande Régionjeu de simulationpratique d'aménagement
Borders in Perspective Vol. 2

Borders in Perspective Vol. 2: Les travailleurs frontaliers au Luxembourg et en Suisse : Emploi, Quotidien et Perceptions

Small countries with significant labor needs, Luxembourg and Switzerland both attract a large number of cross-border workers. To compare the two, the 19 authors contributing to this thematic issue analyzed the situation of border workers in the main cross-border employment areas (Luxembourg, Basel, Geneva), and also in Ticino. In considering the contextual and methodological elements the…

Luxembourg SuisseTravailleurs frontaliersMarché de l’emploi transfrontalierPratiques du quotidien
Working Paper Vol. 1

Working Paper Vol. 1: Territorial Science Echo: Demographie und Migration: Anziehung versus Schrumpfung/ Territorial Science Echo: Démographie et migration: Attractivité versus contraction

The working paper examines the theme of demography and migration and addresses the challenges of spatial development in the Greater Region. It focuses in particular on cross-border residential mobility on the borders of the Grand Duchy, the ageing population and the protection of health services in rural areas.

Öffentlicher DienstDémographieGrenzüberschreitende WohnmobilitätMigrationGroßregionServices publics DémographieMobilité résidentielle transfrontalièreMigrationGrande Région
Working Paper Vol. 2

Working Paper Vol. 2: Territorial Science Echo: Mobilität, Verkehrsinfrastrukturen und öffentlicher Verkehr/ Territorial Science Echo: Mobilité, infrastructures de transports et des transports publics

The working paper examines the theme of mobility and transport and addresses the challenges of spatial development in the Greater Region. It focuses in particular on the territorial distribution of cross-border worker flows and their dependence on the car within the Greater Region, as well as on the influence of European policy on the challenges of cross-border transport.

Coopération territoriale européenne Grande RégionNavetteurTransportRéseaux transeuropéens de transportEuropäische Territoriale ZusammenarbeitGroßregionPendlerTransport Transeuropäische Verkehrsnetze
Working Paper Vol. 3

Working Paper Vol. 3 : Territorial Science Echo: Beschäftigung und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in der Großregion/ Territorial Science Echo: Emploi et développement économique au sein de la Grande Région

The working paper examines the themes of employment and economic development and addresses the challenges of spatial development in the Greater Region. It focuses in particular on industrial history, employment and cross-border work in the Greater Region.

ArbeitsmarktGrenzgängerGrenzüberschreitende BeschäftigungGroßregionStrukturwandelpôle d'emploiTravailleurs transfrontaliersEmploi transfrontalierGrande RégionChangement structurel
Working Paper Vol. 4

Working Paper Vol. 4: Territorial Science Echo: Raum, Gesellschaft und Energie in der Großregion/ Territorial Science Echo: Espace, société et énergie dans la Grande Région

The working paper examines the theme of energy and addresses the challenges of spatial development in the Greater Region. It addresses the concept of energy system transformation and focuses on energy systems and carriers, in particular the expansion of wind energy and biomass energy production in relation to  the development of nuclear fossil energy sources in Germany and France.

Biomasse Transformation des EnergiesystemsGroßregionAtomkraftWindenergiebiomasseTransformation du système énergétiqueGrande RégionÉnergie nucléaireÉnergie éolienne
Working Paper Vol. 5

Working Paper Vol. 5: Les pratiques du quotidien transfrontalières dans la Grande Région SaarLorLux

This paper analyses everyday practices carried out by the residents of the Saarland, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Wallonia in the neighbouring regions abroad. The key assumption is the consideration that the inhabitants of the Greater Region SaarLorLux define the transborder reality of life of this region through their cross-border performance of everyday practices. Such a socio…

Pratiques du quotidienGrande RégionSaarLorLuxFrontièremobilité
Working Paper Vol. 6

Working Paper Vol. 6: Grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit als Praxisformation: Perspektiven für eine alternative Kooperationsforschung

The paper presents a practice-sociological approach to the description and analysis of cross-border cooperation. For this purpose, the development of cooperation research, its characteristic orientations as well as the fundamentals of practical theoretical thinking will be outlined. Based on this, the heuristic figure of thought of cross-border practice formation is developed, which breaks with…

KooperationsforschungpraxéologieKultursoziologiegrenzüberschreitende KooperationGrenze