Working Papers
The UniGR-CBS Working Paper series publishes the theoretical/conceptual and empirical results of border research, as well as making them accessible to the scientific community. The intention is to make the border studies more visible and to support the exchange between border researchers inside and outside the Greater Region. Please contact lola.aubry@uni.lu for any publication inquiries.
Working Paper Vol. 16: Weaponizing migration and reinforcing border protection: Development of Belarus-Lithuania border dynamics between the 2020 Belarusian presidential election and the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Up until May 2021, the post-election insecurity in Belarus had mostly been a national affair, but with Lukashenka’s regime starting to retaliate against foreign actors, the crisis internationalised. This article follows the development of Belarus-Lithuania border dynamics between the 2020 Belarusian presidential election and the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. A qualitative…
Russian invasion migrationUkraineborder protection
Working Paper Vol. 15: Analysis of changes in the barriers to cross-border educational projects – the COVID-19 pandemic effect
The paper aims to recognize the changes in the barriers to cross-border educational projects, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research focused on the European borderlands, where the level of maturity of cross-border cooperation is diverse (the Franco-German and Polish-Czech borderlands). The author utilised qualitative research methods (desk research, in-depth interview…
COVID-19cross-border cooperationcross-border Education
Working Paper Vol. 14: The resilience of cross-border cooperation in the German-Polish borderland within a European perspective
The Covid-19 pandemic and the related border restrictions have had numerous social, economic and political consequences for border regions. The temporary border closures impacted not only the lives of borderlanders whose everyday practices are embedded in cross-border spaces, but also the functioning of institutional actors involved in cross-border activities. The aim here is to investigate…
COVID-19 Germanycross-border cooperationRésilience
Working Paper Vol. 13: La segmentation linguistique de l'emploi au Luxembourg étudiée à travers les offres d'emploi (1984-2019) Rapport de synthèse
Based on a sample of job advertisements published in the main Luxembourgish daily newspaper (Luxemburger Wort) covering the period 1984-2019, this study describes the development of language skills required on the Luxembourg job market. After a brief presentation of the linguistic situation and the labor market in Luxembourg, the statistical analysis of a sample of some 8,340 job…
LangueLuxembourgmultilinguismeoffres de travailemploisegmentation linguistique
Working Paper Vol. 12: Grenzregionen in Zeiten der Covid-19-Pandemie – eine Analyse der Berichterstatung der Saarbrücker Zeitung im Frühjahr 2020
The year 2020 challenged and put into question seeming certainties. The nation states responded to the spread of the coronavirus with varying restrictions of freedom(s), as well as temporary reintroduction of border controls or closures. 35 years after the signing of the Schengen Agreement, the issue of internal border controls within the EU resurfaced – with varying effects on border regions…
Grenze GrenzschließungenGroßregionGrenzkontrolleCOVID-19