‘Wir sind die Grenze’: The evolution of the German-Austrian border (1998-2019)

This dissertation examines the transformations which the complex legal landscapes underpinning the German-Austrian border have undergone after stationary checks were lifted in 1998, and how the region’s local population was differentially affected by – and enlisted in – the shifting bordering practices that resulted from these transformations.

Duration2017 - 2021
ResearcherNeske Baerwaldt
Main projectGetting to the Core of Crimmigration
FundingNWO
Main organisationVan Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University

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