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International Summer School on Geography and Sustainability 2026
International Summer School on Geography and Sustainability 2026 Frontiers in Telecoupling and Metacoupling Research for Addressing Global Sustainability Challenges Date: August 9-16, 2026 Location: [...]
Jean-Bernard Racine 1940-2026
The IGU regrets to announce the passing of a Swiss geographer whose great influence on the discipline has been widely recognized. Below is a [...]
IGU CDES Regional Conference, September 9 to 11, 2026, Fortaleza, Brazil
IGU CDES Regional Conference Geographies of America and the transformation of economic spaces in global context September 9 to 11, 2026, Fortaleza, Brazil Key [...]
Applied Geography Commission themed conference, September 9-11, 2026, Sweden
The health and sustainability of left behind places and distressed neighbourhoods: advances through applied geography Applied Geography Commission of the International Geographical Union (IGU) [...]
10th Anniversary Celebration of the 2016 International Year of Global Understanding
10th Anniversary Celebration of the 2016 International Year of Global Understanding Michael Meadows at the 10th Anniversary Celebration the 2016 International Year of Global [...]
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Applied Geography Commission of the International Geographical Union (IGU) themed conference
“The health and sustainability of left-behind places and distressed neighbourhoods: Advances through applied geography” Date: September 9-11, 2026 Place: Department of Human Geography, Uppsala [...]
The Chair of the IGU Global Understanding Commission has been elected as 2025 Distinguished Fellow of the IETI
Honorable election The Chair of the IGU Global Understanding Commission has been elected as 2025 Distinguished Fellow of The International Engineering and Technology Institute [...]
In memoriam: Professor Gabriel Wackermann
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In memoriam: Prof Jef Vandenberghe
Prof Jef Vandenberghe, distinguished physical geographer and Quaternary scientist and long-standing supporter of the IGU, has passed away after a career that left a [...]
THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION GEOGRAPHIES (ICPG 2026)
THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION GEOGRAPHIES (ICPG 2026) The International Conference on Population Geographies (ICPG) is a biennial forum for scholars working on [...]
IGU CDES 2026 Conference, May 27-29, 2026, Turku, Finland
IGU CDES 2026 Conference, May 27-29, 2026, Turku, Finland "Strengthening Economic Resilience: Geographies of Policies, Knowledge Co-Creation and Industry Transformations" Organized by Economic Geography [...]
IGC 2024 Dublin: Celebrating a World of Difference, Creating a Lasting Legacy
IGC 2024 Dublin: Celebrating a World of Difference, Creating a Lasting Legacy The report from ISHF 2025 can be viewed here: ISHF 2025 Dublin [...]
Statement by IGU Executive Committee
Following a request sent by the President of ANPEGE (Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Geografia), the IGU Executive Committee met on 11 [...]
Tribute from the IGU: Senior Research Scientist Eric DENIS
Tribute from the IGU: Senior Research Scientist Eric DENIS It is with great sadness that the International Geographical Union learned of the passing of [...]
Announcement: International Geodiversity Day 2025, 6th October 2025
Announcement IGU Seminar on Geodiversity from Geographical Perspectives 2025 10:00 – 12:40 GMT, 6th October 2025 (Monday) 6th October is the International Geodiversity Day [...]
IGU-ISCD Conference 2025 Guangzhou – China 12-14 December 2025
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the upcoming 2025 Conference of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Informality, Social Change and Development [...]
Ariovaldo Umbelino de Oliveira: A Living Legacy in Geography
Brazilian geography, an indeed geography globally, has lost one of its most influential thinkers: Professor Ariovaldo Umbelino de Oliveira passed away on August 2nd, [...]