The research group aims to become an internationally recognised multidisciplinary regional centre of border studies. Its goal is to play a crucial role in gathering knowledge from all the different disciplines available in the Central European region and in applying this knowledge to the development of cross-border cooperation, spatial development, governance and related policies.

It uses the practical knowledge accumulated by law enforcement, border protection, local governments and civil society actors for scientific research purposes, and it creates regular platforms for knowledge sharing activities through conferences and in publications. In line with its multidisciplinary approach, the research group does not have a thematic focus, but it addresses all areas related to border studies, seeking to apply the results in practice, as well as exploiting the potential and synergies inherent in the different methodologies, approaches and contents of disciplines.

Training

• Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies: BA in International Public Management, MA in International Relations, MA in International Public Service Relations and BA and MA in International Security and Defence Policy.
• Faculty of Law Enforcement: migration studies, border police training programmes and Schengen law enforcement, border security.

Research / Applied research

Relevant topics include:

• Cross-border governance, multi-level governance
• Cross-border cooperation in the EU (EU studies)
• Border security
• Migration studies, minority studies
• Geopolitics

Conferences

• Panel at the conference organised for the 20th anniversary of the Hungarian Regional Science Association (MRTT): 6-7 October 2022
• Visiting lecturer Prof. dr Jarosław Jańczak’s lecture on (Re-)Bordering Tendencies in (Post-)Pandemic Europe. Covid-19, Borderless Europe and Cross-border Governance in the EU: 21 November 2022

• Rethinking cross-border cooperation and governance in the era of transformative processes: organised by the Department of Governance and Public Policy of the Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies at the Ludovika University of Public Service, in cooperation with the LUPS-CESCI Research Group on Cross-Border Cooperation on 16 October 2024

• Cooperation and Conflicts in the Age of Uncertainty: organised by the LUPS-CESCI Research Group on Cross-Border Cooperation and the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Granada on 28 November 2025

• What future for the concept of Borderless Europe? International conference on the perspectives of border policies and territorial cooperation in an age of multiple crises: 13-14 May 2025