B-SHAPES has published its first policy brief based on the media analysis in WP3 on Euroscepticism. It emphasizes the hardships on families, commuters and students caused by the border closures enacted in March 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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September 2024: Our second Policy Brief on minority media and their narratives on borders and Europe is out! It gives some advice how media can diversify voices in reporting, emphasize human stories and better highlight the EU’s role in local contexts.
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December 2024: B-SHAPES’ third policy brief Recognition of border landscapes as shared heritage is now ready! It describes the close connection between landscape conservation and heritage policies in Europe, focusing especially on border landscapes and the need for a joint approach to see these landscapes as a shared heritage, even though there might be competitive narratives connected with it.
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March 2025: our fourth policy brief  Cultural and cultural heritage policies scrutinizes cultural heritage policies, giving recommendations to actors in the heritage industry as tourism offices and museums to focus on shared border regional heritage using border-crossing narratives to promote an inclusive, cross-border approach to local and regional heritage. Download it now