B-SHAPES – Borders as central factor shaping perceptions of European Societies

AEBR takes part in the Horizon Europe B-SHAPES project’s consortium led by Prof. Martin Klatt, Professor at the Centre for Border Region Studies (SDU, South Denmark University in Sonderborg, DK) and Head of Research at the European Centre for Minority Issues in Flensburg (DE).

B-SHAPES, Borders as a central factor shaping perceptions of European Societies, has received € 2.6 million from the European Commission as part of the Horizon Europe programme and € 335,000 from UK Research and Innovation. The project started on 1 April 2023 and will be implemented in three years, ending in March 2026.

Project beneficiaries: University of Southern Denmark, Brunel University London, Halmstad University (SE), University of Oulu, University of Wroclaw, University of Strasbourg, ELTE University in Budapest (HU), Technical University of Liberec (CZ), EURAC Research, European Academy in Bolzano (IT), Oulu University (FI), Eötvös Loránd University (HU), University of Wrocław (PL), University of Strasbourg (FR), the National Museum of History (BG), the Association of European Border Regions (DE), the Foundation Network of European Remembrance and Solidarity (PL), Kreatus (PL), and Lungomare Art Collective (IT).

Read the Policy Briefs elaborated by B-SHAPES:

• Policy Brief #3   Recognition of border landscapes as a shared heritage
• Policy Brief #2   Role of minority media in shaping narratives on borders and Europe
• Policy Brief #1   COVID-19 border closures effects on commuters, families and students

Other deliverables of this project can be found on the Commission’s Cordis website, where publications and results of Horizon Europe projects are available.

 

To learn more about B-SHAPES, you can read this interview with Prof. Martin Klatt on the SDU website.

This is the information posted by the EU’s Horizon Europe.

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