2025 IGU Urban Commission Annual Conference, Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa, 11th to 15th August 2025
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 Click to download Annual Meeting brochure WELCOME The Urban Commission of the International Geographical Union (IGU-UGI) in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Stellenbosch University, South [...]
Call for papers: Romanian Journal of Geography, submission date extended till March 31, 2025
IGU YECG Special Issue Geographies of Change: Emerging Perspectives from Young and Early Career Geographers The Revue Roumaine de Géographie / Romanian Journal of Geography is the main scientific journal of the Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, and one of the most significant publications under the aegis of the Romanian Academy. Established in 1957, the [...]
Photography Contest – “Geographical Impacts of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Basin
Photography Contest – “Geographical Impacts of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Basin” We are pleased to announce a photography contest open to students and PhD candidates from the universities of the SULIEIA network. The theme of the contest is the Geographical Impacts of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Basin. Submission Guidelines: The photograph must be [...]
Obituary: Prof. Leszek Antoni Kosiński (1929-2024)
Prof. Leszek Antoni Kosiński (1929-2024) On December 6, 2024, at the age of 95, Prof. Leszek Antoni Kosiński, a highly distinguished Polish and Canadian geographer, passed away. He was laid to rest at the cemetery in Podkowa Leśna in Poland. Throughout his remarkably rich professional career, beginning in the 1950s, Professor Kosiński was a participant and [...]
Call for Papers for Journal Information Geography
Dear Colleagues, I’m writing to inform you about our newly launched journal, Information Geography, which is jointed supported by the Modeling Geographical Systems Commission of IGU, the Geographic Information Science Commission of IGU, and the Information Geography Committee of the Chinese Geographical Society. You are welcome to submit your latest, outstanding work for consideration in [...]
Happy New Year 2025
Dear Colleagues Wishing all a year filled with peace, knowledge, learning, happiness and success Happy New Year 2025 Best Regards IGU Executive Committee
Successful completion of The 3rd edition of the International Gorilla Conference
The 3rd edition of the International Gorilla Conference on Geographical Science for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems and Livelihoods under Global Environmental Change (GORILLA) was held in Kampala, Uganda, from 4 to 6 December The conference was organised by the University’s Department of Geography, Geo-Informatics and Climatic Sciences, part of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences [...]
Cairo Thematic Conference abstract submission until 31st January 2025
IGU EGYPT, 2025, THEMATIC CONFERENCE 12th - 19th April 2025 “Geo-Spatial Technology, Global Changes & Sustainability” https://iguegypt2025.org/ Organized and Hosted by the: Egyptian Geographical Society (EGS) Under Patronage OF Presidency of Arab Republic of Egypt Guided, Supervised & Shared by: International Geographical Union (IGU) Navigate to the Conference Website: https://iguegypt2025.org/
IGU Transport and Geography Commission’s online workshop series, 22 January 2025
IGU Transport and Geography Commission is excited to launch an and invite you to the first and upcoming one on " Transport Geography Research in and on Africa: Challenges and the Way Forward." Africa’s rapid urbanisation presents critical transport challenges, including congestion, lengthy commutes, and limited access to opportunities, compounded by intra-continental connectivity barriers. Transport [...]