There are two million cross-border workers in Europe, most of them working in Switzerland and Luxembourg. In spite of the growing significance of this phenomenon, no European research on cross-border working had yet been formally established. LISER, the UniGR-Center for Border Studies and its partners organised the "Cross-border Work in Europe" conference, which took place on 5 and 6 May 2022 with the aim of closing that gap.
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'".
It is in Switzerland and in Luxembourg that most of Europe's cross-border workers work. However, the problems and strategies connected with them are not readily transposable. In spite of the differences the comparison with commuter working is worthy of discussion. The conference held on 24.10.2017 at the University of Luxembourg addressed this issue and examined the cross-border worker situation in Switzerland and Luxembourg from different perspectives.
On 11 December 2015 the Employment and Training working group organised a study day at Saarland University for academics and practitioners. The event on cross-border vocational training aimed to take stock of cross-border vocational training initiatives in the Greater Region and to examine some of the challenges involved in their implementation on a practical level.
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.
