Anthology on cross-border public services published

You can view the book and the individual chapters under the following link (and download them directly if you have the appropriate licence) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-46396-0

ISBN 978-3-658-46395-3 - ISBN 978-3-658-46396-0 (eBook)

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-46396-0 [eBook]

Cross-border connections are becoming closer and more intensive in the European Union. The nationally organised and oriented services of general interest are reaching their limits. This volume introduces the innovative concept of cross-border services of general interest and provides a theoretically sound basis for analysing the status and development prospects of cross-border services of general interest. The book brings together contributions with conceptual considerations and empirical analyses of the practice of cross-border cooperation in the areas of services of general interest: mobility, health, education, civil protection, energy cooperation, heat supply, spatial planning and border mobility advice. The transdisciplinary orientation of the volume promotes intra- and interregional dialogue on the design of cross-border services of general interest and offers impulses for learning and transfer processes in and between European interdependent areas.

On June 25, 2025, the volume was presented to the public in the Research Factory B/ORDERS IN MOTION with a panel discussion. The author Dr. Sabine Zillmer (spatial foresight) and Dr. Marcin Krzymuski (Frankfurt-Slubice Cooperation Centre) discussed with the editors Dr. Peter Ulrich and Dr. Norbert Cyrus. The Viadrina-Logbook reported on the event [in German].

Dr. Peter Ulrich from the Institute of Municipal Studies at the University of Potsdam, one of the editors, presented the book on June 19, 2025 in Christian Schmidt's podcast "Mit Polen auf Du und Du" (episode 81, in German).

The publication is an outcome of the Interreg project "Research and Practice in Dialogue: How do cross-border public services and civic participation function in the Euroregion Pro Europa Viadrina?"