‚Temporär‘ als neue Normalität – mit Folgen für den Schengen-Spirit offener Grenzen

In meinem neuen Aufsatz zeige ich, wie Krisenrhetorik, Renationalisierung & politische Instrumentalisierung die EU-Grenzpolitik verändern.

OpenAccess hdl.handle.net/10993/65573

#Schengen40 #Europe #BorderStudies

Bringing #MigrationStudies and #BorderStudies into a Fruitful Dialogue

I am very delighted to share my latest #openaccess paper in “CIMR – Current Issues in Migration Research”, featuring a special section on “Borders and Bordering Processes”.

👉More info & download hdl.handle.net/10993/65066

Borders are often simplified in public debates, but research shows they're anything but simple. At #BRIT2025, we explored how complexity thinking can enrich #BorderStudies – for a more nuanced understanding of borders. Learn more about complexity & borders: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Frühjahrstreffen der Sektion #CulturalBorderStudies am KWI Essen: Grenzforschung interdisziplinär denken, Orientierungswissen in Zeiten neuer Vergrenzungen stärken – und gemeinsam weiterarbeiten am Buchprojekt & neuen Ideen.

In #BorderStudies, borders are now seen as complex. In order to sharpen the debate, I provide a commentary in a new #UniGR_CBS working paper by discussing how complexity theories can inspire border research.
👉 Open access download hdl.handle.net/10993/63822

Die #CulturalBorderStudies untersuchen populär- und alltagskulturelle Dimensionen von Grenzen und werden in einem neuen Handbuchartikel erstmals systematisiert: Entstehung, interdisziplinäre Bezüge, Institutionalisierung, Gegenstandsbereiche, Untersuchungsansätze
Mehr Info hdl.handle.net/10993/54705

I was delighted to welcome @dgerst.bsky.social to the University of Luxembourg to discuss recent developments in border research from a #CulturalStudies perspective.

Find out more about his research & teaching stay at the UniGR-Center for Border Studies: cbs.uni-gr.eu/en/news/cher...

#UniGR_CBS

Alle, die einen Blick hinter die Kulissen des UniGR-Center for #BorderStudies werfen wollen, sollten in die Jubiläumsausgabe von ON AIR reinhören. Denise Rodrigues und ich diskutieren darin alles rund um die Entstehung und Entwicklung des Kompetenzzentrums.
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I was delighted to celebrate again a birthday with my #UniGR_CBS colleagues. This time, we were joined by the presidents of the six partner universities, who were unequivocal in their assertion that the UniGR-CBS is a model for sustainable cross-border #research cooperation in the #GreaterRegion.

This week, I was honored to join my colleagues from GER, FR, BE, and LUX to mark the anniversary of the UniGR-Center for #BorderStudies for a second time. Next week, we will celebrate the anniversary again, joined by the university presidents.

More info tenyearsborderstudies.uni.lu

Der Artikel diskutiert den in horizontalgeograpischer Forschung und #BorderStudies zu beobachtenden Trend hin zu synthetisierenden Betrachtungen. Dafür wird #BorderComplexities als komplexitätsorientierte Forschungsperspektive erstmals auf Deutsch vorgestellt.
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European Border Region Studies followed a de-bordering mainstream. Since the resurgence of borders, they face increasing re-borderings. In my new paper, I discuss how European Border Region Studies can revisit its agenda in times of borderization
Open access download here hdl.handle.net/10993/58141

#Borderscapes are often understood as border-related panoramas, horizons, spaces, sites of struggle.
In my #UniGR_CBS glossary entry, I outline the understanding of borderscapes, and lay out its basic features.
Download the paper in EN, FR, DE here hdl.handle.net/10993/47205

#BorderComplexities
Proud to be one of the co-editors of the new #BorderStudies anthology – Readers can expect a theoretical-conceptual but also empirical discussion of borders through a well-founded #ComplexityLens.
#OpenAccess download doi.org/10.5771/9783...