We are pleased to announce that on Friday, 23 January 2026, Bastian Küntzel has defended his PhD thesis entitled “From Openness to Closure: the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Transnational Identity at the Polish-German Border.”
The dissertation was conducted within the framework of a cotutelle agreement between the University of Wroclaw, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Technische Universität Chemnitz, under joint supervision of Prof. Stefan Garsztecki (TU Chemnitz) and prof. Aleksandra Maatsch (UWr).
Congratulations to Bastian on reaching this important milestone and many thanks to all colleagues (from UWr WNS & TU Chemnitz) involved in this truly transnational doctoral project!
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