Borders Shaping Perceptions of European Societies (B-SHAPES) is a Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action analyzing and assessing how borders still are a key factor of how we understand societies.

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 focus on border regions 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).

For more information: https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/forskningsenheder/samf/b-shapes