Category: Research

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    Guest researchers from Poland and Finland

    The UniGR-Center for Border Studies (UniGR-CBS) in the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning will host two international guest scholars in September and October 2021. During their stay, they will conduct research on the Covid-19 border closures at the German-Polish border and on Europeanization processes in the context of the resurgence of borders.

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    UniGR-Center for Border Studies received 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…

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    Lecture series, Nov. 5th: The Rights to Land …

    Lecture series of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning “Our Common Ground”Dr Brigitta Gerber/Klaus Hubmann: “The Rights to Land through participatory instruments”Tuesday, November 5th, 12:30-14:00h, MSH BlackBox

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    New H2020 project at FLSHASE

    Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Birte Nienaber and her team who have been awarded European funding for their H2020 proposal MIMY – Empowerment through liquid integration of Migrant Youth in vulnerable conditions. It is a 3-year project which is starting shortly, and will be a collaboration between 12 partners across 9 countries. The project aims to empower young migrants and to support integration strategies…

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    Call for Papers – Xth Conference of the World Mediation Forum

    Campus Belval – Maison du Savoir – 9 to 11 July 2019

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    CfP JSSJ: Territorial development+local autonomy=spatial (in)justice?

    This call for papers intends to critically question the links between local autonomy and spatial justice in the context of territorial development policies that aim to strengthen the room for manoeuvre conferred on the local. In particular, this call invites contributions presenting concrete examples of application of or resistance to these policies. The envisaged policies…

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    Guest Lecture: WHICH SUBURBS IN AN URBAN AGE?

    WHICH SUBURBS IN AN URBAN AGE?by Nick Phelps (University of Melbourne)Thursday 4th of Oct. 14h30-15h30, MSH, Black BoxAttendance is free. No registration required.

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    EMN Yearly Conference

    10 Years EMN – European Migration NetworkYearly ConferenceAttracting and retaining third-country national students and researchers  28 september 2018

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    UniGR-Center for Border Studies at the World Conference Border Studies

    17 researchers from the UniGR-Center for Border Studies attend the World Conference Border StudiesFor the second time, the Association for Borderland Studies, the world’s largest network of researchers in border studies, is organizing the World Conference Border Studies. The conference with the main focus on “Border Making and its Consequences” will take place in two…

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    Call for Papers: RGS-IBG 2018 Annual International conference, Cardiff

    CfP: RGS-IBG 2018 Annual International conference, Cardiff (UK), 28-31 August 2018Cross-border areas, macro-regions: rethinking the EU spatiality? Session sponsored by the Political Geography Research GroupConveyors: Estelle Evrard (University of Luxembourg) and Franziska Sielker (University of Cambridge/University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) 

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