B-SHAPES: Borders Shaping Perceptions of European Societies
Funder: UKRI (EC) Horizon AwardDuration: April 2023 - March 2026
Borders Shaping Perceptions of European Societies (B-SHAPES) is a Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action project analyzing and assessing how borders still are a key factor in how we understand societies. Eight European universities, one research institute, a national museum, a foundation, a political association, a consultancy, and an art collective have come together for three years. In cooperation with Europeans living in border regions, we will examine the role of borders under three lenses: 1) Euroscepticism in border regions, 2) minorities in border regions, and 3) border landscapes as heritage. The special border region focus promises new insights on how borders shape perceptions of societies, but also how the story of borders can be narrated differently than from a purely national perspective. B-SHAPES is a part of the European Union’s research program Horizon Europe and is coordinated by the Centre of Border Region Studies at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).
People
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Dr Katja Sarmiento-Mirwaldt Vice Dean Research (CALSS) / Reader (Principal investigator)
T: +44 (0)1895 267717
E: katja.sarmiento-mirwaldt@brunel.ac.uk |
+44 (0)1895 267717 | katja.sarmiento-mirwaldt@brunel.ac.uk | Marie Jahoda 220 |
Outputs
Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, K. (2026) 'Contested Integration in the Borderlands: Narrating the EU in German Regional Newspapers'. Borders in Globalization Review, 0 (accepted, in press). pp. 1 - 34.Open Access Link
Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, K., Balogh, P., Boháč, A., Böhm, H., Bruyas, P., Miraka, O., et al. (2026) 'Narrating Fortress Europe: Politicians’ Border Narratives in European Border Regions'. Journal of Borderlands Studies, 0 (accepted, in press). ISSN: 0886-5655 Open Access Link
Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, K., Balogh, P., Boháč, A., Böhm, H., Bruyas, P., Miraka, O., et al. (2026) 'Deliverable 3.2: Report on the results of interviews and focus groups Re-evaluating the nature of Euroscepticism in border regions: Narratives of Europe in a European election year'. Place of publication: Zenodo.Open Access Link
Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, K., Jagetic Anderson, D., Mitterhofer, J. and Opiłowska, E. (2026) 'Leaving no-one behind in research policy'.
Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, K., Bączkiewicz, D., Balogh, P., Böhm, H., Bruyas, P., Edwards, E., et al. (2024) 'Report on the results of the media analysis'.
Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, K., Svensson, S., Mullan, C., Guillermo Ramirez, M., Balogh, P., Bruyas, P., et al. (2024) 'The effects of COVID-19 border closures on commuters, families, and students'. Place of publication: University of Southern Denmark. Available at: https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/forskningsenheder/samf/b-shapes/results/policybriefs.