NEWS
The special issue on Ukraine published in the Eastern Journal of European Studies
We are pleased to announce that on October 2024 the special issue on Ukraine have been published in the Eastern Journal of European Studies – the journal of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi in Romania being a member of the Border and Regional Studies Network. An idea to publish the special issue on Ukraine emerged in 2023 and at that time it was associated with the Visegrad + project: Ukrainian refugees in Central Europe and the Balkans – lessons learned and policy recommendations. The project was prepared and implemented by the academics of the network. Originally, we were focused mainly on the issue of Ukrainian refugees and their reception in different, mainly Central European and Balkan countries, thus few of the articles published within this special issue are the result of this project. However, we wanted to have a wider and multidimensional picture of contemporary Ukraine, where the issue of refugees is one of many important topics to be covered. Thereby, as a result of an open call, we are able to present a selection of 14 articles tackling a broader set of research problems demonstrating a variety of areas important in understanding Ukraine and its international surroundings.
See the whole issue here: https://ejes.uaic.ro/current_issue.htm
On October 11, 2024 the coordinators of the Border and Regional Studies Network meet online for preparing to the new application round. This time the deadline for submitting application is the end of November 2024, thus the meeting was organized earlier than usually.
On November 18-22 (2024) the Institute of Political Science and Administration hosted dr Emil Drapela, who delivered the following lectures for the students of political science, public relations and international relations:
1. Overtourism as a political issue – protests in 2024 and estimation of future development
2. Borders in our heads – why borders still play an important role in Europe without borders
3. A mental map as a research method – what can it tell us about people’s perception of the world?
Both universities belong to the Border and Regional Studies Network established within the CEEPUS
We and our partners on the map:
- Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
- “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of IASI
- “Babes Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca
- Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
- Comenius University in Bratislava
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Free International University of Moldova
- Silesian University in Opava
- University of Zagreb
- Technical University of Liberec
- University American College Skopje
- University of Ljubljana
- University of Montenegro
- University of Opole
- University of Ostrava
- University of Pécs
- University of SS. Cyril and Methodicus in Trnava
- University of Tirana
- University of Wrocław
