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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Border Realities: From “Humanitarian Interventions” to Migrant Deaths: The Legitimation of Violence through LawIn this online lecture, Shoshana Fine examines how liberal democracies legitimise violence through law. From so-called “humanitarian interventions” to migrant deaths at… -
Border Realities: Protecting migrants or keeping them in their place? Migrant deaths, information campaigns and humanitarian dilemmas at the borderIn this online lecture, Antoine Pécoud explores two forms of political interventions that are characteristic of the humanitarian dilemmas raised by contemporary border control.… -
Atelier Bordertextures – Poetik der RelationalitätThe Bordertextures Working Group would like to invite you to the next Bordertextures Atelier. 8 December 2025 | 5:00 p.m. (CET),… -
Emergencies and Borders. Studies of polycrises in the Franco-German space: (post-)migration and climate-ecologyThe international and interdisciplinary conference marks the conclusion of the series “Emergencies and Border: Franco-German Perspectives”, which is part of the Program-Training-Research of CIERA… -
ON AIR – The UniGR Centre for Border Studies podcastFollowing the success of the first season, which provided insights into border research and the work of the UniGR-CBS working groups, the podcast is now entering its… -
Border Realities: Humanitarianism in times of border militarizationThe answer to suffering and deaths at borderlands has been humanitarian interventions, based on international law and compassion for people on the move. Various…