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The present project is a means of broadening and intensifying the cooperation of The Technical University of Liberec (and especially its Borders and Migration Research Group) and the University of Tromsø/The Arctic University of Norway (and especially its Border Poetics Research Group), with the central aim to exchange theoretical knowledge, practical know-how and best practices in researching and teaching about borders and migration. Following up on the previous successful cooperation, the project provides inter-institutional mobility for 12 people - both of the two institutions organizes a workshop, welcoming 6 members from their partners. These workshops focus on such issues as research methods in border studies and migration studies, theoretical and practical aspects of teaching topics related to borders and migration, social, political, psychological and environmental factors of migration, as well as curriculum and program development in border and migration studies. With a strong focus on stimulating theoretical discussions and intercultural teaching practice followed by peer-feedback, the ultimate long-term goal of the project, beyond strengthening cooperation between the two institutions, is to help participants gain new insights and acquire theoretical and practical knowledge not only about the benefits of various approaches to researching migration and borders, but also the practical aspects of curriculum and program design. Since migration is a phenomenon older than humanity itself, and borders and boundaries have played a special role in this process, the project''s commitment not only to understanding these related phenomena, but also, and most crucially, to the necessity of including them in higher education curricula, the project also hopes to indirectly influence present and future generations of university students and their thinking about these issues.
Summary of project results
Summary of bilateral results
Further, the project resulted in a successful application for a further EEA grant project – Sites and Channels of Contact Within and Across Borders: Languages, Narratives and Representations. Besides this successful application, the present project also inspired a stronger cooperation across departments and even faculties in Liberec, resulting in the preparation of a new degree program entitled Comparative Studies of Europe and Asia.