The Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO) is pleased to announce the publication of the edited volume Challenges of the Baltic Sea Region. Fragmentation and Harmonisation in Transformation Processes. Published by Rombach Wissenschaft on 8 October 2026, the volume is the third installment in the Studies of the Baltic Sea Region series.
Edited by Margit Bussmann, Alexander Drost, Steffen Fleßa and Sebastian van der Linden, the volume brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on current transformation processes in the Baltic Sea Region. Its chapters address topics including security policy, energy and environmental governance, rural development, as well as memory culture and cultural heritage. Together, they explore the tensions between fragmentation and harmonisation in a region shaped by profound geopolitical, societal and environmental change.
The volume is available both in print and as an open-access publication.
Publication
Challenges of the Baltic Sea Region. Fragmentation and Harmonisation in Transformation Processes
Edited by Margit Bussmann, Alexander Drost, Steffen Fleßa & Sebastian van der Linden
Rombach Wissenschaft, 2026, 248 pages
Series: Studies of the Baltic Sea Region