ABS World Conference
The 4th ABS World Conference will be held at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (Portugal), through VALORIZA, in consortium with the University of Extremadura (Spain),
The conference consolidate the Euro-Iberian space as an international hub for
academic and policy dialogue on border studies, strengthening cross-border cooperation and giving visibility to rural and low-density territories as strategic scenarios for sustainable development and innovation.
The ABS World Conference aims to foster dialogue and exchange among networks, institutions, and associations conducting academic or applied research on border issues. The First ABS World Conference was held in 2014 at the Joensuu Campus of the University of Eastern Finland in partnership with St. Petersburg University, Russia. The Second ABS World Conference was held at the University of Vienna, Austria, in collaboration with the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, in July 2018. The Third ABS World Conference was held at the Eilat campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.