Management of the risks currently faced by our societies with regard to finance, energy and immigration pose a considerable practical challenge in border regions. Through the SERIOR project and the establishment of an Upper Rhine Trinational Security-Risk-Orientation Graduate Academy the six universities of the Upper Rhine region wish to sustainably optimise intangible risk management research capabilities. In a new education programme, the project will involve all those responsible for education and the supervision of PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers, as well as experts in economics, politics and administration.