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Public lecture – Free the Map. Towards a new cartography of borders and migration
In this lecture, Henk van Houtum will unravel the impact of the hegemonic state-centric cartography on our current understanding of borders and migration. Then, he will present an overview of existing alternative cartographic representations that power-fully and convincingly humanize and mobilize the map, which he categorize as counter-mapping, experience-mapping, and connectivity-mapping.…
Governing Border Regions: A conversation with UniGR-CBS Fellow María Verónica Elías
During her UniGR-CBS Fellowship at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau from the end of May to the end of July 2026, María Verónica Elías explored border governance from a comparative perspective. The Associate Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio brought her research on the US–Mexico border into dialogue with the European Greater Region. In an interview with the…
Public conference on cross-border development, work and mobility in Europe: perspectives from Albania’s border regions
On 20 October 2026, UniGR-CBS Fellow Eglantina Zyka will take part in a public conference in Longwy (France). The event is dedicated to cross-border work and mobility in Europe, bringing the Lorraine–Luxembourg border region into dialogue with border regions in Albania. The conference is organised by the IUT Henri Poincaré (Université de Lorraine) with the UniGR-CBS and AGAPE.
During her…
New UniGR-CBS Working Paper: L'apprentissage transfrontalier dans la Grande Région. Dispositifs et pratiques, à l'épreuve de l'expérience
In the Greater Region, the intensity of cross-border mobility and sectoral tensions in the labour market place professional training at the heart of skills issues. Cross-border professional training is a strategic lever for the integration of young people and regional competitiveness, but it remains organised by heterogeneous national frameworks.
A comparative analysis of the…
Interview: The LABOR SwissLux Research Group
The 12th UniGR-CBS Greater Region Forum is once again being organised this year in collaboration with the research group "LABOR SwissLux – Labour Across Borders". The group brings together researchers from Luxembourg and Switzerland and analyses the dynamics of the approximately 640,000 cross-border workers employed in these two countries.
On this occasion, the UniGR-CBS spoke with…
12th Greater Region Forum: Qualifications in a cross-border context: shortages, recognition and co-construction
July 9, 2026 9.30 AM to 5.30 PM | University of Luxembourg, Belval Campus, MSH, Black Box
Today's labour markets are marked by multiple tensions. Many sectors are facing labour shortages, a situation likely to intensify due to demographic imbalances.
The 12th UniGR-CBS Greater Region Forum will address the question of qualifications, particularly in cross-border regions. The…
Review: UniGR-CBS Workshop on NNLT Mapping in the Greater Region
On May 18, 2026, a UniGR-CBS workshop on mapping and territorial monitoring in the context of No Net Land Take (NNLT) in the Greater Region was held at the University of Luxembourg. The hybrid event brought together representatives from research, public administration, GIS services, and practice.
The workshop built on the work of the first NNLT symposium, which took place in June 2023.…
Call for Contributions – Relational Borders and (Cross-) Border Relations
This UniGR-CBS Border Seminar, taking place on 25-26 June 2026 at Saarland University, invites contributions that explore relational borders and (cross-) border relations as perspectives for rethinking borders beyond static, territorial, or purely institutional frameworks.
We welcome contributions from Border Studies, the Humanities, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Social Sciences…