Organisation: Department of Geography and Spatial Planning

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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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    Evan McDonough defended his Doctoral thesis

    On January 9, 2018, Evan McDonough successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled „Global flows, local conflicts and the challenge of urban governance: managing the urban‑airport interface in London and the South East” (Supervisor: Markus Hesse). Based on case study research on Heathrow and Gatwick airports, he developed a conceptual framework to scrutinize the relational and…

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