IGU Commission Excellence Award 2023 I am delighted to report that the IGU Commission Excellence Awards Committee has unanimously recommended that the award for 2023 should be jointly conferred upon the IGU Commission on Local and Regional Development and the IGU Commission on Land Use and Land Cover Change. At our recent meeting of the [...]
Dear Colleagues Professor Yansui Liu the Chair IGU-AGLE commission is very honored to be interviewed by the Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper under the People’s Daily. The editor Global Times was interested in the role that geographers play in serving the national strategies. (i.e., poverty alleviation and rural revitalization) and improve human well-being by [...]
To: All Members of the International Science Council (ISC) Dear ISC Member, Acknowledging the persistent gender gap in STEM worldwide, the ISC and UNESCO supported a statement by Ambassador Kridelka at the 9th Assembly of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. He represented the co-chairs of the UN Group of Friends on [...]
Dear colleagues, In order to submit an event proposal, you can then fill out the following form until the 20th of February: https://www.geonight.net/propose-an-event-for-the-2024-geonight-edition/ La Nuit de la Géographie / GeoNight In 2017, the French National Geographical Committee (CNFG) initiated the first « Nuit de la Géographie (GeoNight) », which took place in Paris and in a [...]
THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF CIPSH 1949-2024 The commemoration of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences’ (CIPSH) 75th anniversary is a chance for us to reflect upon UNESCO's pivotal decision to establish an independent scholarly council devoted to the exploration of the humanities. This celebration highlights the collective acknowledgement of the increased necessity for [...]
Obituary Prof. Dr. Salah Abdel-Gaber Ghonim Eisa (1951-2023) was a prominent Egyptian geographer who specialized in Rural Geography early in his career and we remember him fondly for his enthusiastic dedication to Geography. We also celebrate him for his love of poetry and the arts. Indeed, Prof. Eisa often composed poems which he recited publicly [...]
Obituary Carlos Walter Porto-Gonçalves (1949 - Florianópolis, September 6, 2023) was a Brazilian human geographer adept at environmentalism. Author of books on social geography. As a professor, he received various awards in Latin America during his career in the defense of Political and Social Geography, highlighting the one awarded by EGAL in 2019. Biography In [...]
Dear Colleagues At the recent General Assembly of CODATA - the Committee on Data of the International Science Council (ISC) - Mercè Crosas was elected as the first ever female President in its almost 60 year history. CODATA exists to promote global collaboration to improve the availability and usability of data for all areas of [...]
Dear IGU Colleagues, It is my great pleasure to inform that the calls of nominations of the candidates for the following four IGU Honors & Awards 2024 is open for nomination. The IGU Lauréat d’honneur, established to recognize individuals who have achieved particular distinction or who have rendered outstanding service in the work of the [...]
REIMAGINING LOCAL GOVERNANCE: JUST, SUSTAINABLE AND DIVERSE Maynooth, Ireland 23 - 24 August 2024 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Themes: The Conference is organized into 3 tracks (themes) Track 1 - Territorial Reforms, Multi-level Governance, and Democracy Track 2 – Sustainability, Resilience and Justice in Local Governance Track 3 - Spatial Planning Systems and Local Governance Conference [...]
