Border Research Portal

Border Research

Border Research is the empirical, comparative and theoretical study of (inter)national borders and border regions. This field of study addresses the reshaping of borders by contemporary globalisation, European integration and the increasing cross-border flows of goods, people, capital, labour, ideas and information. Traditional ideas about borders are being challenged in complex and contradictory ways. Yet, borders remain pivotal to practical issues of economic development, social welfare, cultural identity, ethno-national conflict, political surveillance, sovereignty and democracy.