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Guest Lecture – Migration or cross-border living? Luxembourgers in German Moselle villages
EventThe lecture series Border Realities supported by UniGR continues! There will be four more lectures before the end of the year - the next one on 17 November 2020.
The relocation of the place of residence to the other side of a national border is a sort of cross-border mobility that has recently become more significant in various (European) border regions.
The UniGR-CBS at the AEBR Cross-Border School 2020
The UniGR-Center for Border Studies co-organizes this year's AEBR Cross-Border School! This 4th edition, part of the annual events of the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), was originally supposed to take place in Eupen (Belgium), in the Greater Region, but is now held online on 4th November 2020. It focusses on the topics Cross-border regions in COVID times, Cross-border spatial planning, Cross-border labor market and Cross-border culture.
Call for applications – The UniGR-CBS Guest Professorship Border Studies 2021
StatementThe UniGR-Center for Border Studies launches its call for applications for the 2021 edition of the UniGR-CBS Guest Professorship in Border Studies.
6th Greater Region Forum “Current challenges of spatial development in the Greater Region”
Event21 October 2020, 3:00pm-4:30pm
In a cross-border context, the large dynamics of the economic, ecological and social conditions create a special need for coordination with regard to spatial development.
The forum focuses on the cross-border future vision of the Greater Region which was adopted at the 6th Conference of the regional Ministers responsible for spatial planning.
Improve-stem at the MSE congress from 22 to 25 September 2020 (online)
ConferenceDas Improve-Stem-Projektkonsortium organisiert ein Symposium zum Thema "B04: Zellkultursubstrate: neue Oberflächen für die Stammzellproliferation" (B = Biomaterialien) im Rahmen des Materials Science and Engineering Congress (MSE), das am 24. September 2020 online stattfinden wird.
Das Symposium konzentriert sich auf die wichtigsten Fortschritte, die während des dreijährigen Projekts bei der Entwicklung neuer Substrate für die Stammzellkultur erzielt wurden.
The UniGR continues to develop consistently on its path towards a European higher education model
StatementDurch eine assoziierte Partnerschaft wird die Zusammenarbeit mit der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (htw saar) vertieft. Zudem gibt der Hochschulverbund künftig allen Studierenden der Partnerhochschulen die Möglichkeit, sich fundiertes Wissen über Europa anzueignen und dabei ein “EurIdentity Certificate” zu erwerben. Dieses Zertifikat wird als Erasmus+-Projekt mit rund 300.000 Euro gefördert. Auch das Zentrum für Grenzraumstudien (UniGR-Center for Border Studies) wird weiterhin mit EU-Geldern unterstützt.
Pièce(s) jointe(s):5th Forum Greater Region on "Climate change and sustainability in the Greater Region"
EventThe 5th Forum Greater Region on "Climate change and sustainability in the Greater Region" will be held online on 10 September 2020 from 3pm to 4.30pm.
We are currently experiencing multiple crises, such as the global health crisis and related social and economic crises. In addition, climate change and its consequences represent one of the greatest global challenges of our time. Rising temperatures, storms, dwindling biodiversity and other consequences of climate change do not stop at regional or national borders. Climate change is a cross-border phenomenon with locally diverse manifestations, which are also felt in the Greater Region. But how do we counter this long-term crisis?
New UniGR-CBS release: Bordering in Pandemic Times
StatementAu cours de la pandémie COVID-19, les frontières ont (re)pris de l'importance dans l'action politique et dans la vie quotidienne en très peu de temps. C'était particulièrement vrai pour les habitants des régions frontalières, dont le quotidien transfrontalier était soudainement irrité par la fermeture des frontières et les contrôles de police. Toutefois, la pandémie de COVID-19 a également entraîné une perception accrue des frontières sociales, culturelles, économiques, sanitaires et de mobilité au-delà des frontières nationales.
Language realities in the border zone: policies and practices
EventThe virtual lecture focuses on the tension between language policies and linguistic practices, which is especially noticeable in border zones.
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