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UniGR-CBS at the first Congress of the Researchers of Borders and Borderlands in Poland
This week, the first Congress of the Polish Border and Borderland Researchers took place at the University of Opole and the University of Wrocław. The three-day conference, entitled "(De)Constructing Borders in Borderlands Studies", provided for the more than 100 attendees an international platform for exchange with the Polish border scholar community.
The…
Online Lecture Series: Border Realities
Border Realities: Beyond Nature and Culture
Anthropogenic climate change and its consequences have eroded the Western paradigm of separating humans from Nature and Nature from Culture. In this context, it becomes imperative to reconsider the interdependencies between humans and the living world.
The lecture series will…
New book – Transformation Processes in Europe and Beyond
The book, which was published in July, provides insights into current transformation processes in Europe via 34 chapters. The authors include ten UniGR-CBS members whose research covers a wide range of topics from a transnational and cross-border perspective: from pandemic experiences and criminal law to energy management or urban borderlands to skills shortages and…
Call for Papers – Border Struggles and (Cross-)Border Alliances
UniGR-CBS Jubilee conference: 10 years of Border Studies in the Greater Region 17-18 October 2024 Saarland University, Innovation Center
We invite panel (up to 3 papers) and paper (20 minutes max.) submissions focusing on “Border Struggles and (Cross-)Border Alliances” in their complexity, zooming in on:
Geopolitical Contestation and Cooperation Migration and Mobility Social…
Workshop Review: Cross-border Inequalities
On May 27 and 28, researchers from the member universities of UniGR-CBS met in Saarbrücken for a workshop. Organised by Ulla Connor (Saarland University) and Lola Aubry (University of Luxembourg), this academic event aimed to deepen understanding of cross-border inequalities. Participants explored the definition, multidimensionality and specificities of these…
New Book Release – Linking Borderlands
The new edited book with contributions from more than ten UniGR-CBS members analyses the Greater Region and the German-Polish border region and links the results using its own linking method.
This open access book shows the complexity and dynamics of European border regions as zones of contact and transition. It is the result of the joint interdisciplinary…
Call for Papers – Emergencies and borders
The 12th UniGR-CBS Seminar Border Studies will take place at the University of Lorraine (Metz) on November 21-22, 2024.
Emergencies and borders: different perspectives on the “energy-climate” emergency in the Franco-German cultural area
The current times are shaped by a number of different crises, the succession or convergence of which can give rise to a sense of permanence and…
New UniGR-CBS Policy Paper – Resilience in European Cross-Border Relations
The Covid pandemic has shown after spring 2020 how fragile cross-border relations and cooperation can be. Poor cross-border communications and inadequate foresight as to their effects exacerbated the problems – old and new – caused by re-erecting long disused checkpoints and closing borders. In the present time of polycrisis it is more than ever important…