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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
