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6th Greater Region Forum – Current challenges of spatial development in the Greater Region
In a cross-border context, the large dynamics of the economic, ecological and social conditions create a special need for coordination with regard to spatial development. The forum focuses on the cross-border future vision of the Greater Region which was adopted at the 6th Conference of the regional Ministers responsible for spatial planning.
21st October…
The working group Bordertextures at the 6th KWG annual conference
The working group Bordertextures will organize the panel "B/Ordering processes as border textures: empirical contributions of cultural border studies" at the 6th annual conference of the Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (KWG). In their talks, the panelists will present their practice on the border textures approach with the aim of grasping and analyzing b/…
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…