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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…
UniGR-CBS Workshop on NNLT Mapping in the Greater Region
On May 18, a cross-border workshop will be held at the University of Luxembourg and online via Webex, focusing on the challenges of mapping and territorial monitoring in the context of No Net Land Take (NNLT) in the Greater Region.
Date and time: May 18, 2026 | Welcome from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., followed by the workshop from 2:00 p.m. to…
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
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 forum will…
Territorial dynamics in the Greater Region: A conversation with Oleksiy Kiryukhin
Oleksiy Kiryukhin, formerly Head of the Ukrainian-Francophone Academic Centre at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, returned to the Greater Region as UniGR-CBS Fellow at Saarland University (November–December 2025). Building on his previous collaboration with the Université de Liège in 2021 with Quentin Michel and Sylvain Marbehant, as well as his subsequent…
Making cross-border spatial planning tangible
An interview with Hélène Rouchet about her doctoral thesis
Cross-border spatial planning is a key area of UniGR-CBS's work. In her doctoral thesis, Hélène Rouchet (University of Liège) analyses how simulation games can be used to simulate cross-border spatial planning processes for training purposes. In this interview, she discusses the context of her…
Complexity explains nothing as long as it is merely asserted
References to so-called 'complex borders' are omnipresent in Border Studies. Although the term seems critical and contemporary, it often remains unclear. What exactly is being addressed when borders are discussed as 'complex'? What is lost when complexity remains analytically inconsequential?
This is where the podcast episode comes in. In…
UniGR-CBS Fellow: Call for applications open
The UniGR-Center for Border Studies (UniGR-CBS) is issuing a call for applications for the UniGR-CBS Fellowship. This fellowship provides an opportunity for researchers and academics to spend two months at one of the following partner universities: RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Saarland University, University of Liège, University of Lorraine, University of Luxembourg or…
Border Realities - The Gates of the Sea: Migration and Rescue at the Edges of Europe
In this online lecture, Luna Vives examines how European border policies have reshaped sea migration governance and maritime rescue in and around Spain. Drawing on two decades of fieldwork on Spain’s maritime rescue agency Salvamento Marítimo, she shows how humanitarian principles anchored in international law are increasingly subordinated to migration control. The…