How do functional cross-border areas look like? ÖIR just started the work on the new ESPON CROSSGOV project to answer this question. In a team led by FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and in cooperation with Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives (CESCI), ÖIR will take up the challenge of conceptualising and developing an understanding of cross-border functional areas and their policy implications across the ESPON space. The main responsibility of our team coordinated by Roland Gaugitsch and Manon Badouix will be the implementation of a cross-border atlas that will make the results accessible to all audiences.

At the 65th Congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), held from 25 to 28 August 2026 in Sofia, ...



