Border Regions as Strategic Laboratories: The Inevitable Future of Multilevel Governance
Date and Time
March 30, 2026
01:30PM - 03:00PM EDT
Location
Harvard Kennedy School - Belfer B-L-4
In a context of geopolitical fragmentation, economic realignment, and rising territorial inequalities, border regions are becoming key spaces for governance innovation.
This seminar explores cross-border cooperation not as a symbolic or funding tool, but as a structural mechanism to address regional asymmetries, strengthen coordination, and enhance territorial resilience.
Drawing on European and global perspectives, we will discuss the institutional conditions that make cooperation truly transformative.
Speaker: Prof. Rui Alexandre Castanho (Current Vice-Coordinator of the VALORIZA Research Center & former external expert consultant for EU institutions and UN agencies)
