2025 IGU Urban Commission Annual Conference
Cities and Urban Systems in Transition: Transformations, Resilience, and Policy
Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
11th to 15th August 2025
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WELCOME
The Urban Commission of the International Geographical Union (IGU-UGI) in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa is pleased to invite you to the 2025 Annual IGU-Urban Conference.
Link: IGU Conference | GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | Stellenbosch University
IMPORTANT DATES
Conference date: the 11th to 15th of August 2025
Deadline for abstracts: the 15th of March 2025
Acceptance of abstracts/notification of authors: the 15th of April 2025 at the latest.
Opening of Registration & Payment: the 15th of March 2025
Deadline for early registration: the 31st of April 2025
Deadline for late registration: the 31st of June 2025
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Extended abstracts must be written according to the attached template (at the end of this call).
Deadline for abstract submission: the 15th of March 2025
Please use the attached abstract template of download the abstract template on the Stellenbosch University webpage HERE: IGU Conference | GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | Stellenbosch University
All abstracts should be sent to:
Herman Geyer: hsgeyerjr@sun.ac.za
Dani Broitman: danib@technion.ac.il ;
Natacha Aveline: natacha.aveline@cnrs.fr
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT
Early registration fees: USD $250.00 (from the 15th of March until the 31st of April 2025).
Late registration fees: USD $300.00 (from the 1st of May until the 31st of June 2025).
South African registration fees: R4000.00 (Until the 31st of June 2025).
Additional fees for accompanying persons: USD $100.00/R1800.00
These amounts include daily lunches, coffee breaks, opening welcome reception, final gala event and excursions.
Payment options:
1. Online registration will be available on the 15th of March
2. EFT/Swift transfer (An official Stellenbosch University Invoice can be requested from the conference organisers) please get in touch with Herman Geyer: hsgeyerjr@sun.ac.za
EARLY CAREER RESEARCH AWARD
As part of its 2025 Annual Conference the IGU Urban Commission once again offers a paper competition for Early Career Researchers in Urban Geography. The best paper (or papers) will win this year’s EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER AWARD to be presented during the Annual Conference in Stellenbosch.
Participation in the paper competition is open to all early career researchers (up to 5 years after completion of a PhD) who present their paper during the Annual Conference of the IGU Urban Commission. Only one paper per participant may be entered for the paper competition. To enter the paper competition, we do not expect a fully written paper, but a more extensive (6 pages long) abstract, following the general abstract guidelines and submitted through the normal abstract submission process for the conference. The deadline for submission of abstracts is also the 15th of March 2025.
