Organisation: Department of Geography and Spatial Planning

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    Petite Maison: Guided Visits

    Petite Maison is a curating and performance act of construction, operation, and deconstruction, taking place within the timeframe of Esch2022.

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    REMIX PLACE – AGORA Café

    For REMIX PLACE, a group of researchers, a photographer, a playwright, and a sound artist have been exploring the Terres Rougeson both sides of the Franco-Luxembourg border.

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    The UniGR-Center for Border Studies: Border Researches from Ukraine

    May 9 is Europe Day, which is even celebrated as a holiday in Luxembourg! On this emblematic date in 1950, French Foreign Minister Robert Schumann presented his ideas for a new political and economic cooperation to prevent war between the nations of Europe. The speech known as the Schumann Declaration is now – 72 years…

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    INURA Conference 2022

    The Urban Group at the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO) at the University of Luxembourg is hosting the ‘Small State Big Transitions – the 30th Conference of the International Network of Urban Research and Action (INURA)’.

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    Keynote : Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure

    We are delighted to invite you to the public keynote lecture by Professor Andy Pike (Newcastle University, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies) on ‘Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure’.

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    Cross-Border Work in Europe: Regional Practices and Realities

    Two million cross-border commuters work in Europe, most of them in Switzerland and Luxembourg. Despite the growing importance of the phenomenon, no European research on cross-border workers has been established yet.

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    Red Luxembourg: Exhibition and publication

    From 24th March until 20th May 2022 you can visit the exhibition RED LUXEMBOURG at Kulturfabrik (Wed-Sat, 3pm-8pm) as part of the Esch2022 – European Capital of Culture.

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    Opening of LUCA with exhibition on Common Ground

    The question of land is one of the most important keys to address climate protection and social change.

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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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