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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 → …
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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BOMIOTICS: The impact of rebordering on cross-border cooperation. A social semiotic approach to borders' symbolic meaning
1/09/23 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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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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The impact of rebordering on cross-border cooperation actors’ discourses in the Öresund region. A semantic network approach
Sohn, C., 11 Oct 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Border cities: Out of the shadow
Sohn, C., Licheron, J. & Meijers, E., Apr 2022, In: Papers in Regional Science. 101, 2, p. 417-438 22 p.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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How to brand a border despite its wall? A social semiotics approach to cross-border place branding
Sohn, C., Oct 2022, In: Geoforum. 135, p. 82-92Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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La frontière comme ressource : vers une redéfinition du concept
Translated title of the contribution :The border as a resource:towards a redefinition of the concept Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access