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Personal profile
Research summary
Christophe Sohn is urban and political geographer and senior researcher in the department Urban Development and Mobility. His research agenda focuses on the ways national borders may represent an economic, political or symbolic resource for border cities and regions. He is particularly interested in the concept of cross-border metropolitan regions as the emblematic configuration of globalizing urban border regions. His most recent work focuses on the symbolic recoding of borders in cross-border regionalization initiatives in Europe and in North America. Since 2018, Christophe is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Borderlands Studies.
Education/Academic qualification
Social and economic geography, PhD, University of Strasbourg
Award Date: 18 Dec 2003
PhD
External positions
Associated professor, Université du Luxembourg
2007 → …
Network
Projects
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CBMETRO: The cross-border metropolis hypothesis: Back to the source
Sohn, C. & Agnew, J.
1/08/16 → 31/07/17
Project: Research
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CrossWater: Transboundary Micropllution Regulation in Europe: The Definition of Appropriate Management Scales An Interdisciplinary Approach
Sohn, C., Ingold, K., Bader, H. & Stamm, C.
1/04/14 → 31/03/17
Project: Research
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EUBORDERSCAPES: Bordering, Political Landscapes ad Social Arenas: Potentials and Challenges of Evolving Border Concepts in a post-Cold War World
Sohn, C., Walther, O. & Durand, F.
1/06/12 → 31/05/14
Project: Research
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MetroNet: Cross-border metropolitan governance in Europe : a network analysis approach
Sohn, C., Schulz, C., Kesteloot, C., Christopoulos, D., Reitel, B., Giffinger, R., Walther, O., Decoville, A., Durand, F., Lamour, C., El Maslohi, A. & Nelles, J.
Fonds National de la Recherche-FNR, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Université du Luxembourg, KU Leuven, University of the West of England, Université de Haute-Alsace, Vienna University of Technology
1/01/10 → 31/12/12
Project: Research
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Border cities: Out of the shadow
Sohn, C., Licheron, J. & Meijers, E., 23 Jan 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Papers in Regional Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bringing borders back into cross-border regional innovation systems: Functions and dynamics
Cappellano, F., Sohn, C., Makkonen, T. & Kaisto, V., Aug 2022, In: Environment and Planning A. 54, 5, p. 1005-1021 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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La frontière comme ressource : vers une redéfinition du concept
Sohn, C., 30 Mar 2022, In: Bulletin de L'Association de Geographes Francais. 99, 1, p. 11-30Translated title of the contribution :The border as a resource:towards a redefinition of the concept Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Las metrópolis transfronterizas en Europa: lecciones y retos de una construcción espacial paradójica
Sohn, C., May 2022, Geopolitica de la cooperacion transfronteriza: balance y retos (de la COVID-19). Cairo, H., Valera, E. & Lois, M. (eds.). Valencia: University of Valencia, p. 105-126 (Desarrollo Territorial; vol. 25).Translated title of the contribution :Cross-border metropolises in Europe: lessons and challenges of a paradoxical spatial construction. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Cross-border spatial planning in border cities: Unpacking the symbolic role of borders
Decoville, A., Durand, F. & Sohn, C., 22 Nov 2021, Border Cities and Territorial Development. Medeiros, E. (ed.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 18 p. (Regions and Cities).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review