Recherche publications
Policy Paper Vol. 1: Grenzüberschreitende Raumplanung in der Praxis: Reflexionen zu einem Dialog zwischen Forschung und Praxis in der Großregion/ L’aménagement du territoire transfrontalier en pratique : Réflexions pour un dialogue entre chercheurs et pra
The Greater Region belongs to the most important regions in the European Union in terms of cross-border cooperation. After a start in the 70ies the cooperation in the field of spatial planning arose to an important pillar of cooperation. However, concrete evidence on the high relevance of cross-border spatial planning is scarce. This issue is mostly picked up in relation to the legal and…
Grenzüberschreitende RaumplanungGroßregionPlanspielPlanungspraxisAménagement du territoire transfrontalierGrande Régionjeu de simulationpratique d'aménagement
Borders in Perspective Vol. 2: Les travailleurs frontaliers au Luxembourg et en Suisse : Emploi, Quotidien et Perceptions
Small countries with significant labor needs, Luxembourg and Switzerland both attract a large number of cross-border workers. To compare the two, the 19 authors contributing to this thematic issue analyzed the situation of border workers in the main cross-border employment areas (Luxembourg, Basel, Geneva), and also in Ticino. In considering the contextual and methodological elements the…
Luxembourg SuisseTravailleurs frontaliersMarché de l’emploi transfrontalierPratiques du quotidien
Working Paper Vol. 1: Territorial Science Echo: Demographie und Migration: Anziehung versus Schrumpfung/ Territorial Science Echo: Démographie et migration: Attractivité versus contraction
The working paper examines the theme of demography and migration and addresses the challenges of spatial development in the Greater Region. It focuses in particular on cross-border residential mobility on the borders of the Grand Duchy, the ageing population and the protection of health services in rural areas.
Öffentlicher DienstDémographieGrenzüberschreitende WohnmobilitätMigrationGroßregionServices publics DémographieMobilité résidentielle transfrontalièreMigrationGrande Région
Working Paper Vol. 2: Territorial Science Echo: Mobilität, Verkehrsinfrastrukturen und öffentlicher Verkehr/ Territorial Science Echo: Mobilité, infrastructures de transports et des transports publics
The working paper examines the theme of mobility and transport and addresses the challenges of spatial development in the Greater Region. It focuses in particular on the territorial distribution of cross-border worker flows and their dependence on the car within the Greater Region, as well as on the influence of European policy on the challenges of cross-border transport.
Coopération territoriale européenne Grande RégionNavetteurTransportRéseaux transeuropéens de transportEuropäische Territoriale ZusammenarbeitGroßregionPendlerTransport Transeuropäische Verkehrsnetze
Working Paper Vol. 3 : Territorial Science Echo: Beschäftigung und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in der Großregion/ Territorial Science Echo: Emploi et développement économique au sein de la Grande Région
The working paper examines the themes of employment and economic development and addresses the challenges of spatial development in the Greater Region. It focuses in particular on industrial history, employment and cross-border work in the Greater Region.
ArbeitsmarktGrenzgängerGrenzüberschreitende BeschäftigungGroßregionStrukturwandelpôle d'emploiTravailleurs transfrontaliersEmploi transfrontalierGrande RégionChangement structurel
Working Paper Vol. 4: Territorial Science Echo: Raum, Gesellschaft und Energie in der Großregion/ Territorial Science Echo: Espace, société et énergie dans la Grande Région
The working paper examines the theme of energy and addresses the challenges of spatial development in the Greater Region. It addresses the concept of energy system transformation and focuses on energy systems and carriers, in particular the expansion of wind energy and biomass energy production in relation to the development of nuclear fossil energy sources in Germany and France.
Biomasse Transformation des EnergiesystemsGroßregionAtomkraftWindenergiebiomasseTransformation du système énergétiqueGrande RégionÉnergie nucléaireÉnergie éolienne
Working Paper Vol. 5: Les pratiques du quotidien transfrontalières dans la Grande Région SaarLorLux
This paper analyses everyday practices carried out by the residents of the Saarland, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Wallonia in the neighbouring regions abroad. The key assumption is the consideration that the inhabitants of the Greater Region SaarLorLux define the transborder reality of life of this region through their cross-border performance of everyday practices. Such a socio…
Pratiques du quotidienGrande RégionSaarLorLuxFrontièremobilité
Working Paper Vol. 6: Grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit als Praxisformation: Perspektiven für eine alternative Kooperationsforschung
The paper presents a practice-sociological approach to the description and analysis of cross-border cooperation. For this purpose, the development of cooperation research, its characteristic orientations as well as the fundamentals of practical theoretical thinking will be outlined. Based on this, the heuristic figure of thought of cross-border practice formation is developed, which breaks with…
KooperationsforschungpraxéologieKultursoziologiegrenzüberschreitende KooperationGrenze
Working Paper Vol. 7 : Territorial Science Echo: Grenzüberschreitende Governance in der Großregion – Schwerpunkt Raumplanung/ La gouvernance transfrontalière en Grande Région – Focus sur l’aménagement
This Territorial Science Echo highlights essential facets of governance that may prove relevant for the future development of the Greater Region. In particular, it shows how thematic cooperation and conflicts contribute to the establishment of governance structures. The paper deals with the topics of governance in general, participation and housing as well as the external relations of the Greater…
Grande RégionCoopération transfrontalièreGouvernance transfontaliéreParticipationAménagement du territoire transfrontalierGroßregiongrenzüberschreitende KooperationGrenzüberschreitende GovernancePartizipationgrenzüberschreitende Raumentwicklung
Borders in Perspective Vol. 3: Borders and Cross-Border Labor Markets: Opportunities and Challenges
The object of the current Thematic Issue is not to focus on the individuals (the cross-border commuters) but on the organization of the cross-border labor markets. We move from a micro perspective to a macro perspective in order to underline the diversity of the cross-border labor markets (at the French borders, for example) and shed light on the many aspects that impact cross-border supply…
Cross-border labor market Greater Region SaarLorLuxFormation in Cross-border contextCross-border trade union cooperationDaily mobilitiesActivity cycles
Workshop : Workshop "Spatial development of the Greater Region - Reflection from science"
In November 2018, the UniGR-CBS organized a joint workshop of its researchers and the scientific council of the SDTGR/REKGR Interreg project as well as stakeholders from the Greater Region. It served as a place to reflect on the spatial development of the Greater Region from a scientific perspective.
Working Paper Vol. 8: The pandemic of nationalism and the nationalism of pandemics
In current times, the coronavirus is spreading and taking its toll all over the world. Inspite of having developed into a global pandemic, COVID-19 is oftentimes met with local national(ist) reactions. Many states pursue isolationist politics by closing and enforcing borders and by focusing entirely on their own functioning in this moment of crisis. This nationalist/nationally-oriented…
coronavirusCOVID-19solidaritypandemicsnationalismBordersborder closurenaming practices
Borders in Perspective Vol. 4: Bordering in Pandemic Times: Insights into the COVID-19 Lockdown
In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, borders have become relevant (again) in political action and in people's everyday lives within a very short time. This was especially true for the inhabitants of border regions, whose cross-border life worlds were suddenly irritated by closed borders and police controls. However, the COVID-19 pandemic also led to an increased evidence of social, cultural,…
COVID-19BordersborderingSocial boundariesSaar-Lor-LuxGreater RegionBorder RegionsEuropepandemics
UniGR-CBS Working Paper Vol. 9: « Faire comme là-bas ? » Tentative de transposition en contexte français d’un modèle suisse de logement d’utilité publique
Cross-border regions are often laboratories for the circulation of ideas and practices. This article asks whether, in Greater Geneva region, it is possible to transpose the cooperative housing model, fairly developed in Switzerland, into the French context, where this type of housing is less common. Using the example of Viry, a French municipality located within the institutional perimeter of…
Région transfrontalièreGrand Genèvelogement coopératiftransposition de modèlesdifférences contextuelles
Borders in Perspective Vol. 1: Cross-Border Territorial Development – Challenges and Opportunities
The spatial development of cities and regions is influenced by trends such as climate change, demographic shifts and structural change, which do not stop at administrative boundaries but shape the development of larger territories. Additionally, often functional and thematic interrelations exist across national borders that lead to frequent exchanges and interdependencies of territories and its…
Border studiesEuropean Grouping of Territorial Cooperationcross-border cooperationcross-border spatial developmentspatial planning