The UniGR-CBS is an Interdisciplinary Center of Expertise of the University of the Greater Region (UniGR) and combines the expertise of the border researchers of its partner universities. It has been shaping the Greater Region since 2014 and works across borders and border spaces in Europe and beyond. The involved border researchers investigate socioeconomic and sociocultural issues and provide practice-oriented solutions for challenges in border regions.
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Border Realities - The Gates of the Sea: Migration and Rescue at the Edges of EuropeIn 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… -
Researching the Greater Region: A conversation with a UniGR-CBS FellowDuring his UniGR-CBS Fellowship at LEPUR – University of Liège in November and December 2025, Francisco Lara-Valencia conducted a research stay focusing on the Greater… -
New UniGR-CBS Working Paper: Grenzüberschreitendes Placemaking – eine konzeptuelle Annäherung mit Einblicken am Beispiel des Grenzraums Saar-MoselleThe concept of “placemaking” is well established in architectural, urban, and regional planning discourse. It refers to processes through which localities become identity-forming – through spatial… -
Podcast UniGR-CBS – Stories of Czech-Bavarian cross-border workSince the early 1990s, large numbers of workers have crossed the Czech-German border daily to work in Bavaria. Today, around 23,500 cross the border for work each day, including almost 22,000… -
Border Realities: From “Humanitarian Interventions” to Migrant Deaths: The Legitimation of Violence through LawIn this online lecture, Shoshana Fine examines how liberal democracies legitimise violence through law. From so-called “humanitarian interventions” to migrant deaths at… -
Border Realities: Protecting migrants or keeping them in their place? Migrant deaths, information campaigns and humanitarian dilemmas at the borderIn this online lecture, Antoine Pécoud explores two forms of political interventions that are characteristic of the humanitarian dilemmas raised by contemporary border control.…