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We are once again very excited to another interdisciplinary seminar, this time hosted in Oslo. This seminar will explore border control practices — from the mountains and forests along the Swedish–Norwegian border, through the intra-Schengen apparatus to maritime border control along the Norwegian coast. Three presentations offer empirically grounded perspectives on local practices, showing how …

Read more “Public interdisciplinary seminar. Border control: watching over the coast, mountains and forests. Apr. 20th, 2026 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Domus Juridica, Auditorium 2, Oslo.”

On July 16th 2024, DiNoBord participated in the quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), a gathering of scholars from different disciplines working on the interactions between society, science and technology. DiNoBord’s panel, titled “Border infrastructures, geopolitical shocks, …

Read more “Our panel in EASST-4S 2024 (Amsterdam)”

On September 30-October 1, the Nordic Border Committees met at their annual Border Regional Forum (Gränsregionalt Forum), helt in Trondheim, Norway. The Forum was organised in two days and gathered representatives from all 12 Nordic Regional Committees as well politicians from Norway and Sweden and members of the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Freedom …

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During the summer 2024, DiNoBord went outside of the Nordics and discussed issues of surveillance and borders with interdisciplinary groups of scholars in Australia. Matilda Arvidsson, DiNoBord researcher and WASP-HS Associate Professor in the project AI, The Social Contract and Democracy, held a Visiting Research position at Deakin Law School, the Centre for Law as Protection, …

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