Resources list

Réflexion sur une stratégie d’organisation des espaces urbains frontaliers : agglomérations ou réseaux de villes transfrontaliers dans l’espace Saar-Lor-Lux

In the area of SaarLorLux, conurbations of various sizes developed based on mining. Now, these areas need to counter their demographic and economic degradation and need to be restructured.

Border regionborder townconurbationcity networkcross-border cooperationspatial planning

Stratégies de développement des agglomérations lorraines situées le long de la frontière franco-luxembourgeoise

This study analyses the development strategies of the towns in Lorraine near the border with Luxembourg that have chosen a strategy of "cross-border conurbations" in order to counter, among other things, the economic and social reduction in connection with the end of iron mining.

bordercross-border conurbationcross-border cooperationlocal developmentGovernance cross-border local administration unions

Arts de dire et formes de contrôle en situations de plurilinguisme

The three-part electronic resource explains in "great lesson" format the essential terms, concepts and outward forms of the complex phenomenon of multilingualism. Academics from various disciplines and with different national backgrounds have given their points of view.

Language policies Contrastive linguistics Linguistic interaction Plurilingualism/multilingualismIntercomprehensionLinguistic marketplace Linguistic ecology

Euroregions, Excellence and Innovation across EU borders : A Catalogue of Good Practices

Catalogue of good practices in the Euroregions with a view better understanding the activities of these cross-border cooperation organisations.

catalogueeurorégionsgood practicesterritorial cooperationcross-border cooperation

La mobilité des frontaliers du Luxembourg : dynamiques et perspectives

The main objective of this collection of research sheets is to take a scientific look at mobility in the Greater Region whilst presenting a certain number of facets, yet without neglecting the time factor, that is to say changes over time and in space of the behaviours and attitudes of the persons concerned.

mobilitycross-border mobility Transport cross-border work

Centre for Cross Border Studies

The Centre for Cross Border Studies works to strengthen the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the Irish isle. The centre conducts research and analysis work and provides services for cross-border projects and networks.

Associationplatform for networkingcross-border spacescross-border cooperationsupport of the sponsors of cross-border projects

Central European Service for Cross-border Initiatives

The Central European Service for Cross-border Initiatives (CESCI) supports the actors who contribute to territorial cooperation in Hungary and Central Europe, supervises the interests of the cross-border spaces, and links actors.

Associationplatform for networkingcross-border spacescross-border cooperationsupport of sponsors of cross-border projects

Centre for international border research

Interdisciplinary research centre for empirical, comparative and theoretical study of international borders and border regions.

PowerCultureIdentitythéoriesInterdisciplinarity

La mobilité résidentielle transfrontalière entre le Luxembourg et ses régions voisines.

This publication refers to cross-border living mobility of people who work and live in Luxembourg and who have chosen to move across the border. The reasons and consequences are analysed.

cross-border residential mobility living demographic development

Les dynamiques de l’emploi dans la Grande Région Saar-Lor-Lux

Focusing on the SaarLorLux region, this article addresses the different employment, their contributions and challenges, while highlighting one of them in particular: cross-border working between Germany, Belgium, France and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Cross-border work active population unemployment rateemployment clusters travail intérimaire transfrontaliercross-border temporary work

Europe as Borderland

Balibar calls for a critical rethinking of the material constitution and the creation of Europe as a political space across and within borders. By conceiving of Europe as a borderland he brings to the fore its multi-layered contradictions and problems and foresees the emergence of the new European transnational citizen.

political spacepolitical spaceborderlandcrossoverTerritorycitizenshipde-territorializationtranslationCulturenew citizencosmopolitanismmaterial constitution of Europe

Borders on the mind: re-framing border thinking

Addressing the issue of borders as an element we need to always reweigh, this article motivates us to see in them more than just artefacts leading to the fencing off of chunks of territory and people from one another. Borders’ character is more equivocal than what it may seems.

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Association des Régions Frontalières Européennes - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer Grenzregionen - Association of European Border Regions

This work group combines the European border regions in order to emphasise the special features of these regions, represent their interests, initiate cooperation and promote exchange of experience.

Associationplatform for networkingcross-border spacescross-border cooperationsupport of sponsors of cross-border projects

UniGR-Center for Border Studies (UniGR-CBS)

The UniGR-Center for Border Studies is a network of researchers from the University of the Greater Region (UniGR) who conduct research on border area issues. These include the universities of Saarland, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Lorraine, Luxembourg, and Liège.

Border studiesBorder area researchborderBorder theoryspatial planningBordertexturesInterregGreater RegionSaarLorLuxGRETI

METROBORDER: Cross-Border Polycentric Metropolitan Regions

The ESPON project “Metroborder” includes an investigation and the further development of the approach of a Cross-Border Polycentric Metropolitan Region (CBPMR) within the Greater Region and the Upper Rhine (Rhin Supérieur).

ESPONMetroborderCross-Border Polycentric Metropolitan Region Greater RegionUpper Rhine