Spatial and identity research operates with differentiations and relations. These are particularly useful heuristic tools when examining border regions where social and geopolitical demarcations diverge. Applying this approach, the authors of this volume investigate spatial and identity constructions in cross-border contexts as they appear in everyday, institutional and media practices. The results are discussed with a keen eye for obliquely aligned spaces and identities and relinked to governmental issues of normalization and subjectivation. The studies base upon empirical surveys conducted in Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Christian Wille (Dr.) is a senior researcher at the University of Luxembourg and head of the cross-border network UniGR-Center for Border Studies. He teaches Cultural Border Studies in the trinational UniGR-Master for Border Studies and works on cross-border practice formations and border theories. Rachel Reckinger (Dr.) is a sociologist and holds a post as a scientific project coordinator at the University of Luxembourg. Sonja Kmec (Prof. Dr.) teaches History and Cultural Studies at the University of Luxembourg. Markus Hesse, born in 1960, is a professor of urban studies at the University of Luxembourg, Department of Geography and Spatial Planning. His research is currently focusing on the science-policy interface in these disciplinary contexts.