B-SHAPES – Borders as central factor shaping perceptions of European Societies
AEBR takes part in this 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 has been implemented during 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 – Final Co-creating Policy for Borderlands: The need for an inclusive approach (WP7)
- Policy Brief #12 Cooperation and inclusion on troubled borders
- Policy Brief #11 Border landscapes as people’s heritage (WP5)
- Policy Brief #10 European Borderlands, Borders and Minorities
- Policy Brief #9: Leaving No One Behind in Research Policy
- Policy Brief #8 CBC for Border Heritage Management
- Policy Brief #7 Eastern Borderlands in Transformative Times – Policy Explorations
- Policy Brief #6 Borderlands in transformative times: policy explorations
- Policy Brief #5 Borders, Border Regions and Europe – Interim Policy Recommendations
- Policy Brief #4 Cultural and cultural heritage policies affecting borderlands
- 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
This project has also produced a policy volume: Svenson, S.; Kurowska-Pisz, J. & Guillermo Ramírez, M. (eds.) Seeing Europe from the Border: Research and Policy Insights on European Borderlands, Halmstad University Press, 2026
Other deliverables for this project will be available on the Commission’s Cordis website, where publications and results of Horizon Europe projects are posted.
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.
This is the project website hosted by South Denmark University in Sonderborg, which has also provided accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter (X).
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