Secretariat : Department of Geography, University of Istanbul, Turkey|Website Node: pankajdsedu@gmail.com

About Pankaj Kumar

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

UN Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM): 13th Session on UN Committee of Experts

Dear IGU Colleagues At the UN Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), the IGU made two major statements! The first was to recommend the use of the Triple-NTuple Helix concept to design the Geospatial Data Ecosystem. The second was to recommend that the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework Group develop a statistical tier classification with levels to [...]

By |2023-08-19T02:49:09+00:00August 19th, 2023|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on UN Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM): 13th Session on UN Committee of Experts

101st Birthday of International Geographical Union (IGU)

Dear Members of the International Geographical Union, It is with immense joy and pride that we extend our warmest congratulations to all the stakeholders of the International Geographical Union on reaching its 101st year! Founded in 1922, the International Geographical Union (IGU) has been instrumental in bringing together geographers, researchers, educators, and enthusiasts from all [...]

By |2023-07-28T02:51:32+00:00July 28th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 101st Birthday of International Geographical Union (IGU)

ISC Distinguished Lecture Series: “Linking Mechanisms to Soil Functions to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”

Dear IGU Colleagues, The next ISC-GeoUnions webinar held in association with the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development is as follows; Title: “Linking Mechanisms to Soil Functions to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals” 19 September | 16:00 – 17:00 CEST | 14:00 – 15:00 UTC Find the link here: https://council.science/events/linking-mechanisms-to-soil-functions About the Speaker [...]

By |2023-07-25T09:47:45+00:00July 25th, 2023|News|Comments Off on ISC Distinguished Lecture Series: “Linking Mechanisms to Soil Functions to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”

Congratulations: Journal ‘Geography and Sustainability’ Impact Factor Released

Dear Colleagues IGU is happy to announce: 1)First impact factor of GeoSus is 9.7. Firstly, We are very delighted to share with you that Geography and Sustainability (GeoSus), the official journal of IGU Commission on Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human Earth Systems for Sustainability, received its first Journal Impact Factor (JIF) 2022 of 9.7 according to 2023 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) released by Clarivate on June 28. Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) 2022 of [...]

By |2023-08-11T19:13:01+00:00July 13th, 2023|News, Publication|Comments Off on Congratulations: Journal ‘Geography and Sustainability’ Impact Factor Released

International Scientific Conference, Nov 1-3, 2023, Tiblisi (Georgia)

Dear Colleagues An international scientific conference "Geography: Past, Present, and Future Challenges", will be held on November 1-3, 2023, in Tbilisi (Georgia), and is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography, founded in 1933 as Department of Geography at Tbilisi State University. Tbilisi, Georgia, 1-3 November, 2023 [...]

By |2023-06-20T02:20:30+00:00June 20th, 2023|News, Other IGU Events|Comments Off on International Scientific Conference, Nov 1-3, 2023, Tiblisi (Georgia)

IGU has been awarded the Royal Geographical Society’s (RGS) Special Gold Medal

Dear Colleagues IGU awarded Royal Geographical Society Special Gold Medal The International Geographical Union (IGU) has today been awarded the Royal Geographical Society’s (RGS) Special Gold Medal. This was presented to IGU President Michael Meadows at a glittering awards ceremony at the headquarters of the RGS in London by the President, Professor Nigel Clifford The [...]

By |2023-06-06T10:30:57+00:00June 6th, 2023|News|Comments Off on IGU has been awarded the Royal Geographical Society’s (RGS) Special Gold Medal

GEOSUS 2023

Dear IGU Colleagues, Hope this email finds you well. It is our great pleasure to share with you all that the International Workshop on Geography and Sustainability 2023 (GEOSUS 2023), hosted by Beijing Normal University (China), will be held on Oct. 27-28, 2023 in Beijing, China and online. The theme of this workshop is "Geography [...]

By |2023-08-11T19:04:24+00:00April 22nd, 2023|Miscellaneous, News|Comments Off on GEOSUS 2023

FRCCS: FRENCH CONFERENCE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS DOCTORAL STUDENT AWARD

FRCCS: FRENCH CONFERENCE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS Please diffuse in your networks: DOCTORAL STUDENT AWARD : Submission deadline: April 24, 2023 The Doctoral Student Award is in place to recognize early career contributions. It is awarded to young researchers enrolled in a Ph.D. program. This competition consists in presenting your research in simple terms in a [...]

By |2023-04-22T15:04:22+00:00April 22nd, 2023|News|Comments Off on FRCCS: FRENCH CONFERENCE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS DOCTORAL STUDENT AWARD

Announcement: The IGU Thematic Conference 2024, Quito, Ecuador

2024 International Geographical Union Thematic Conference Connecting Geographies from the Global South May 15th-17th, 2024 + Post conference excursions on May 18th-19th, 2024 FLACSO, Quito, Ecuador ANNOUNCEMENT The 2024 IGU Thematic Conference “Connecting Geographies from the Global South” will be held in the Latin American Institute of Social Sciences (FLACSO), in Quito, Ecuador, between May [...]

By |2023-04-16T11:14:59+00:00April 16th, 2023|News|Comments Off on Announcement: The IGU Thematic Conference 2024, Quito, Ecuador

Michael E Meadows: SDGs can be achieved through harnessing the benefits of basic sciences

Michael E Meadows, President of the International Geographical Union 2020-2024, in this article, explains how sustainable development can be achieved through harnessing the benefits of basic sciences Social, economic, environmental and related health issues are receiving increased attention globally and are brought into particularly sharp focus by the global climate emergency and the biodiversity crisis, [...]

By |2023-04-13T02:28:17+00:00April 13th, 2023|News|Comments Off on Michael E Meadows: SDGs can be achieved through harnessing the benefits of basic sciences
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