IBRU Centre for Borders Research

Maternal Bordering Research Workshop
Friday 5 June 2026
Durham

Anyone is welcome to attend.

Contact Lauren Martin for more information
[email protected]

Our Maritime Boundary Delimitation professional training workshop is our most popular workshop.

The next workshop is taking place 14-16 September 2026.

The workshop helps participants develop the skills needed to achieve an equitable division of maritime space and clearly defined maritime boundaries.

https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/ibru-borders-research/news-and-events/events/maritime-boundaries-workshop-sept-2026/

Professional Training Workshop
Boundary Demarcation & Maintenance
15-17 June 2026
Durham

This workshop, led by some of the world’s most experienced boundary practitioners, will assist policymakers and practitioners in developing strategies for the effective demarcation and maintenance of international boundaries in different physical and human landscapes.

Book your place now.

https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/ibru-borders-research/news-and-events/events/boundary-demarcation--maintenance-workshop-2026/

The first IBRU workshop of 2026 is 'Boundary Demarcation & Maintenance' and takes place 15-17 June 2026.

Bookings are now open.

https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/ibru-borders-research/news-and-events/events/boundary-demarcation--maintenance-workshop-2026/

Our latest Borderlines newsletter, Spring 2026, is out now.
Including an article on Asylum and interviews with the 2025 Milefsky Award winner and the latest recipient of the Prescott Scholarship, as well as the workshop training programme for 2026.
https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/ibru-borders-research/news-and-events/borderlines-newsletter/

The next IBRU workshop is on the topic 'Finding an Equitable Solution in Maritime Boundary Delimitation' and takes place 15-17 September 2025 in Durham.

You can book your place now!

https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/ibru-borders-research/news-and-events/events/maritime-boundaries-workshop-2025/

IBRU 2025 workshop programme:
Our next workshop takes place in September 2025 on Maritime Boundary Delimitation. Places are limited and bookings are now being taken.

Clearly-defined maritime boundaries are essential for good international relations and effective ocean management, yet few coastal states have agreed all their maritime boundaries with their neighbours.
Part of the reason for this is that boundary delimitation requires a range of specialist legal and technical skills which are not always readily available to governments.
Combining lectures, discussion and practical exercises, IBRU’s most popular workshop helps participants develop the skills needed to achieve an equitable division of maritime space and clearly defined maritime boundaries.

This 3 day workshop takes place in Durham, UK.

https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/ibru-borders-research/news-and-events/events/maritime-boundaries-workshop-2025/

The Spring 2025 edition of the IBRU newsletter 'Borderlines' is now available to view on our website.
https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/ibru-borders-research/news-and-events/borderlines-newsletter/

A Reminder!
We have a PhD OPPORTUNITY with Durham University, IBRU and the Royal Geographical Society. All the details, can be found at:

https://northernbridge.ac.uk/media/sites/teaching/northernbridge/SteinbergPhilip_Durham_RGS.pdf

Applications are due 15 January 2025, to start 1 October 2025.

Winner of 2024 Milefsky Award Announced

The seventh annual Raymond Milefsky Award given to Nepalese borders expert Buddhi Narayan Shrestha.

https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/ibru-borders-research/news-and-events/boundary-news/milefsky-award-winner-2024/