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International Conference on Disinformation and Resilience to be held in October in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

The Faculty of European Studies – Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca organizes the 6^th edition of the international conference: From Disinformation to Resilience: Crisis Communication and Conflict Resolution. The Border and Regional Studies Network is an official partner of the event. The conference will be held on October 22^nd– 23^rd, 2026. The 2026 edition will be held in a hybrid format, with both onsite and online participation, and is free of charge. Accepted papers will be published in a post-conference volume (e-book with ISBN).

Important deadlines:

September 15th, 2026 – deadline for title and abstract submission
September 17th, 2026 – notice of acceptance
November 10th, 2026 – deadline for paper submission (optional)

More details concerning the conference, including thematic framework and contact details, are here: https://euro.ubbcluj.ro/6th-edition-from-disinformation-to-resilience-crisis-communication-and-conflict-resolution/

After the II Congress of the Researchers of Borders and Borderlands in Białystok, Poland

From September 7 to 9, 2026, over 100 researchers specializing in borders and borderlands gathered in Białystok to participate in 28 panel sessions held during the second Congress of Border and Borderland Researchers. While the University of Białystok hosted this academic event, it was co-organized by three universities from our network: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, the University of Wrocław, and the University of Opole.

Three coordinators of the Border and Regional Studies network participated in the final panel discussion “Borders and Borderlands – Back in the Spotlight: Challenges and New Approaches to Studying Processes of Border (De)construction”: Professor Elżbieta Opiłowska (University of Wrocław), Professor Jarosław Jańczak (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) and Professor Hynek Böhm (Technical University of Liberec).

During the conference, we also organized a separate panel on the Czech-Polish borderland, titled „Czech-Polish neighborhood: cooperation and separateness along the EU’s peripheral borderlands.” The panelists represented the University of Ostrava (Dr. Ondřej Elbel), the Technical University of Liberec (Dr. Artur Boháč), and the University of Opole (Dr. Bartosz Czepil). The panel was chaired by dr Wojciech Opioła (University of Opole), while professor Hynek Böhm was a discussant.

The Border and Regional Studies network looks forward to future events involving its members across Central Europe and the Balkans.

See photos: https://inopia.uni.opole.pl/events/

Representatives of the Border and Regional Studies Network at the Central European Political Science Association (CEPSA) conference in Plzeň

On September 24–25, the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň hosted the 30th annual CEPSA conference titled ‘30 Years of CEPSA – 30 Shades of Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe: Historical Legacies, Democratic Challenges, and the Politics of Freedom’.

During the conference we had a panel ‘Political transformations, neighbourly relations and cross-border flows: the Central European and Western Balkan perspectives’. The panel included three speakers – dr Andrea Schmidt (University of Pecs, Hungary), dr Bartosz Czepil (University of Opole, Poland) and dr Pete Moore (Case Western Reserve University, USA).

This is the third time our network has organized a panel at the CEPSA conference. The next one will be held in Budapest.

See photos: Gallery – Czechia

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