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We definitively live in strange times. Old borders are vanishing just before our astonished eyes, while new ones are rapidly emerging. The book Discussing Borders, Escaping Traps is a transdisciplinary and transspatial approach to investigating these vanishing, emerging and changing material and immaterial borders.
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We live in strange times. Old borders are vanishing just before our astonished eyes, while new ones are rapidly emerging. Nearly three decades after the publication of Francis Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last Man, the zeitgeist that predicted a bright future for mankind to a large extent turned out to be rather more of a dystopia. Crises in and outside Europe multiplied the number of border controls, triggered the construction of walls and fences and widened ideological gaps. The book Discussing Borders, Escaping Traps is a transdisciplinary and transspatial approach to investigating these vanishing, emerging and changing material and immaterial borders. It is the result of a two-year project by AreaS, a research group in area studies located at Østfold University College in Norway, and by partners of AreaS.
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Franck Orban holds a doctoral degree in French civilization from the University of Oslo (Norway). In his dissertation, titled France and power: perspectives and foreign policy strategies (1945-1995), he has analyzed the relationship between French ambitions in foreign policy with France's position as a regional power. He is an associate professor at the Østfold University College, Norway. In 2016, he launched AreaS, a transdisciplinary research group that focuses on contemporary challenges to democracy. His research interests are French politics, European integration, populism and extremism.Elin Strand Larsen holds a doctoral degree in media and journalism from the University of Oslo (Norway). In her dissertation, titled When women have to apologize... Mediated Scandals, Female Politicians and Rhetorical Defence Strategies, she has analysed the defence strategies of eight female politicians/trade union leaders when caught in a political scandal. She is an associate professor at the Østfold University College, Norway, and co-head of the research group AreaS. Her research interests are fake news, fact-checking, political scandals, female politicians and rhetorical defence strategies (apologia).Franck Orban holds a doctoral degree in French civilization from the University of Oslo (Norway). In his dissertation, titled France and power: perspectives and foreign policy strategies (1945-1995), he has analyzed the relationship between French ambitions in foreign policy with France's position as a regional power. He is an associate professor at the Østfold University College, Norway. In 2016, he launched AreaS, a transdisciplinary research group that focuses on contemporary challenges to democracy. His research interests are French politics, European integration, populism and extremism.
