Journal of Advanced Studies on Borders, Cooperation and Development

Volume 2, Issue 1 of the ABCD Journal features a curated selection of peer-reviewed papers originating from the international TEIN Annual Conference, titled “Beyond Borders: Culture, Language, and Identity in European Integration,” which took place in Girona in 2025. The articles compiled in this issue, critically examines the complex interplay between cultural heritage, linguistic diversity and evolving identities within the broader context of the ongoing European unification process. Ultimately, this issue aims to encapsulate the most significant scholarly insights and empirical findings from the field of border studies. The research articles, address pivotal contemporary questions surrounding intercultural exchange, border-crossing dynamics, regional peacebuilding, collective identity formation and the challenges of multilingualism

Content

(each article is downloadable by clicking on its title)

Anne Thevenet: Welcoming Address

Jordi Cicres, Jaume Feliu Torrent: Languages, Identities and Cooperation in Cross-border Regions. An Introduction

Beate Caesar, Tom Becker, Leah Honecker, Karina Pallagst, Jonas Pauly, Hélène Rouchet: Planning Cultural Exchange Across Borders. First Steps Towards a Common Comprehension of Planning Paradigms in the Greater Region?

Michael Frey, Rahel Alia Müller: Borderwalks as a tool to foster European Integration

Sarah Herrmann , Michael Frey: Cross-Border Civic Participation Portal. Actively Shaping Border Regions

Margot Bonnafous: Strengthening Language Skills of Cross-Border Actors. The Example of Tandem Language Courses Applied to Professional Practice

Snizhana Holyk, Lesya Rohach: Translanguaging Practices in Multilingual Foreign Language Classrooms in Cross-Border Regions

Barbara Alicja Jańczak: The ‘Linguistic Borderscape’ as an Analytical Framework for Studying Linguistic Hybridity in Border Regions

Maja Melinc Mlekuž: Multilingualism in the Border Area. Language and Literary Competence in Schools with Slovene as the Language of Instruction in Italy

Pedro Albuquerque: History, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage of Interconnections and Complicities in Intra-European Borders. The Case of the Navigable Section of the Guadiana River (Portugal – Spain)

Noriko Suzuki: Reconstructing European Identity for the British After Brexit. European Identity and Legal Membership Among British Nationals Living in France

Jean Peyrony, Rami Nasrallah, Michael Turner, Martina Benedetti Marshall: Cross-Border Dimensions of Peace-Building. European Experiences and the Future of Gaza, Israel, and Neighbouring Countries

Könyvismertetők

Teodor Gyelník: Scott, W. James., & Wilson, M. Thomas (ed.) (2026). Routledge Handbook of European Borderlands. Routledge.

Teodor Gyelník: Engelbrekt, Bakardjieva Antonina., Ekman, Per., Michalski, Anna., & Oxelheim, Lars (ed.) (2024). The Borders of the European Union in a Conflictual World. Interdisciplinary European Studies. Palgrave Macmillan.