The Europe Conference 2016 of the Association for Borderlands Studies was organised from 4-7 October 2016 by the University of Luxembourg in conjunction with the UniGR-Center for Border Studies on the overall theme "Differences and discontinuities in a 'Europe without borders'".
Rachid Belkacem of the University of Lorraine and the UniGR-Center for Border Studies organised a study day on the cross-border area in the Greater Region on 12 July 2019. The event held at the University Institute of Technology (IUT) was attended by researchers and practitioners and focused on the mobility of cross-border workers, regional development and other important subjects relating to the France-Luxembourg border.
Every geographical unit in the Greater Region has its own spatial planning models, traditions and provisions, i.e. various planning “cultures”. How can cross-border spatial development be efficiently managed to react to social, economic and ecological challenges in the future? On 18 and 19 May, approximately thirty researchers and planning practitioners from the border region met in the House of the Greater Region, on the initiative of the “Spatial Planning” working group members of the UniGR, to jointly seek answers to these questions.
The "Crossing Borders - GRETI Border colloquiums" consisted of the organisation of a several two-day colloquiums (2015-2016) under the aegis of the GRETI (interdisciplinary cross-border research group). The aim was to develop, within the scope of the UniGR-Center for Border Studies, interdisciplinary perspectives on border-related issues and to generate cooperation between academics from the UniGR partner universities.
