In recent years, infrastructure and infrastructure policy have increasingly become the focus of political and academic interest in various disciplines - so much so that there is sometimes even talk of an 'infrastructural turn'.

The workshop deals with the specific challenges of cross-border infrastructures. The focus is on their requirements for and effects on cross-border cooperation (CBC). The two central terms infrastucture and CBC are deliberately defined broadly. Infrastructure is understoods very broadly as the material, digital or institutional basis on which social life unfolds. In line with the scope of different infrastructures, CBC therefore refers to the European, international or regional level of cross-border interactions.

We invite scholars as well as practitioners to submit papers for a Workshop on Infrastructure and Cross-Border Cooperation held on 20-22 November 2025.

Please find the Call for papers here:

Submissions of papers from multiple disciplines such as, for example, public administration and management, legal sciences, regional studies, economic geography, innovation studies, evolutionary economics, urban studies, economics, public policy, etc. are welcome.  We encourage submissions by young researchers at the PhD level to present and discuss their work with more experienced scholars, too.

The workshop is planned as an on-site event at Andrássy University in Budapest

Scientific Committee of the Workshop:
Martina Eckardt, Andrássy University Budapest, Hungary
Michael Frey, University of Applied Sciences Kehl, Germany
Stefan Okruch, Andrássy University Budapest, Hungary

Deadline:
Submission of extended abstracts: June 30, 2025 (1,000-2,500 words per paper)
Notification of acceptance by July 15, 2025
Registration until September 30, 2025
Please submit your paper through: CBC2025@andrassyuni.hu
The conference language is English. Presentations should be approx. 20 min.

Local Organizing Team
Martina Eckardt, Stefan Okruch and Simon Anda
For more information, please contact CBC2025@andrassyuni.hu

Location:
Andrássy University Budapest
Pollack Mihály tér 3, 1088 Budapest, Hungary

How to find us:

Please register online here: