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 publication – Border RenaissanceThe UniGR-CBS members Astrid M. Fellner, Eva Nossem and Christian Wille have published an interdisciplinary "special section" in the latest issue of Borders in…
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Call for Papers – The Return of Imperial Borders? Practices, Representations, ContestationsThe UniGR-Center for Border Studies (UniGR-CBS) and the Institut franco-allemand de sciences historiques et sociales (IFRA-SHS) are organizing a multilingual study day at Goethe University…
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New Book – Border Complexities and Logics of Dis/OrderThe interdisciplinary open access anthology, to which five UniGR-CBS members contributed, deals with the still recent trend of considering and investigating borders as…
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UniGR-CBS Border Studies Seminar : Covid-19 - A Pandemic and its Implications for BordersThe new millennium is regularly marked by new crises, whether it be the financial crisis, the so-called "refugee crisis," the energy crisis, the crisis in Ukraine, the re-emergence of conflict in…
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New UniGR-CBS Working Paper: Borderland Dynamics Between North Park and Mid-CityThe central areas of San Diego are undergoing a gradual redevelopment by the combined efforts of the municipality and the private sector, transforming low-income…
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Lecture – Silencing Crises/Making Crises speak: Concluding Lecture/PerformanceIn the culminating session of this lecture series, academic chairs Lola Aubry and Dorte Jagetic Andersen will synthesise key insights from preceding talks while offering…