1. Borders in Globalisation: The European voice in a global dialogue
Martin van der Velde Nijmegen Centre for Border Research Nijmegen School of Management Radboud University Nijmegen

2. Crossing borders Disciplinary; regional; academic
True dialogue needs two or more equal partners
Truly interested in each other’s borders; issues; problems
Importance of history and traditions
Discussions in science and society
Living with borders; living along borders

3. Analytical framework Political vs. Economic Will to cooperate
Necessity to cooperate
Borders as contact-zones (cooperation-approach)
Borders as barriers (flow-approach)

4. Analytical framework Normative vs. Pragmatic/functional
Processes at the border seen as top-down
Processes at the border seen as bottom-up
‘Take it you cannot leave it’
On a ‘need’-basis

5. Analytical framework Dealing with cross-border differences Borders
Border-regions
Border-people
‘Objective’ borders (flow- and cooperation-approach)
‘Subjective’ borders (cooperation and people-approach)
Perception
‘Stickiness’

6. Approaches and core questions
Flow-approach:
‘How do borders matter?’
Cooperation-approach:
‘How can borders be overcome?’
People-approach:
‘Why do borders matter?’