
About us
The Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross-border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) is an interdisciplinary institute that provides expertise on cross-border mobility and cooperation through research, advice, knowledge exchange, and training activities. ITEM’s core value revolves around translating the scientific world into practice, work that is carried out around the core values of knowledge, connecting, and cooperation, which together represent ITEM’s DNA. The goal of ITEM is to address the problems surrounding border regions, and generate real impact in society.
Core team
Anja van Bogaert MBA
Managing Coordinator

Ilias El Ati Allah
Intern

Inez Kramer
Management/Office-assistant

Martin Unfried MA.
Director ITEM

Pim Mertens LL.M. MSc.
Scientific Coordinator and Researcher

Dr. Sander Kramer
Researcher

Susanne Sivonen LL.M.
Researcher

Tobias Pardoen
Student Assistant

Umut E. Kaya
Student Assistant

Affiliated Fellows
Julia Walczyk
PhD Candidate at FASoS

Tasnim Fathallah
Researcher/Project manager CrossCircular

Our partners
ITEM was founded in partnership with:
















