Border studies at 45

Olivier J. Walther; Anne Laure Amilhat Szary; Chiara Brambilla; Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly; Martin Klatt; Jussi P. Laine; Inocent Moyo; Paul Nugent; Thomas Ptak; Steven M. Radil

doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102909

Border studies at 45

Olivier J. Walther^*, Anne Laure Amilhat Szary, Chiara Brambilla, Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, Martin Klatt, Jussi P. Laine, Inocent Moyo, Paul Nugent, Thomas Ptak, Steven M. Radil

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This essay takes stock of the work conducted in border studies so far and discusses some of the challenges ahead. It argues that, nearly half a century after border studies emerged in the social sciences, much remains to be done to turn our field into an academic discipline. As we approach a metaphorical middle age, it is high time for border studies scholars to invest a substantial part of our energies into developing common theoretical and methodological frameworks to better understand how borders, borderlands and borderlanders evolve. Doing so holds promise to make our work more relevant to the numerous academic and civil society stakeholders for whom borders and borderlands remain a crucially important though often underexamined issue.

Original language	English
Article number	102909
Number of pages	3
Journal	Political Geography
Volume	104
Early online date	14 May 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102909
Publication status	Published - Jun 2023

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border studies
borderlands
boundaries
methods
theory building

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