PROJECTS
BIG_Dyads Database
The Borders in Globalization Dyads (BIG_Dyads) Database is a comprehensive repository of data on the political, economic, demographic, geographic, and cultural aspects of borders. Our primary unit for the collection of each data indicator is the dyad, or the boundary-line between two current nation-states. BIG_Dyads takes more than 800 land and maritime dyads worldwide as the organising principle of its relational framework.
BIG_Dyads Codebook
VERSION 2 (2024)
Space is well-trodden territory in border studies, but bordering happens in time as well. This innovative collection answers questions on border temporalities from multiple academic and artistic perspectives.
Building a Database
VIDEO SERIES
This video series explores how to build a relational database like BIG_Dyads. Learn about our methodology, the MySQL data format, data sourcing and organization, terms and definitions, data standards, and more.
Fiscal Solidarity Research
Regional integration unfolds through a series of cross-border dynamics. At the highest level of integration lies what we term fiscal solidarity, where an asymmetry in financial responsibility is assumed by the countries on either side of the border. Achieving fiscal solidarity requires a progression through three stages of interaction: coordination, cooperation, and ultimately collaboration.
On December 2–3, 2024, BIG Lab research on fiscal solidarity was presented by Onome Akhigbe and Anna Perez Verdia-Bayne at the 2024 MOT Borders Forum, an international conference/workshop series held at the Cité Internationale Universitaire in Paris, France. Learn more about the Borders Forum here.
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