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, [...]
Dear Colleagues ISC Distinguished Lecture Series: “Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development” We continue the “Distinguished Lecture Series on Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development” to promote the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development and to highlight the importance of basic sciences for the ISC community: 18 April, 14:00 UTC: “Geospatial Information-Enabled SDGs Monitoring” https://council.science/events/geospatial-information-enabled-sdgs-monitoring/ [...]
Dear Colleagues This is a friendly reminder that the International Geomorphology Week 2023 will start soon and will run from 1st to 8th of March. The detailed programmes of the IAG's Regional Webinars as well as a number of other exciting events are available on the IAG website http://www.geomorph.org/international-geomorphology-week-2023/ Please have a look at all [...]
“Role of Geography: Sustainable Development, Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean”. June 26 to 30, 2023 Autonomous University of Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Dominican Republic SECOND CIRCULAR Call for thematic tables LANGUAGES Spanish, Portuguese, French, English and Dutch PRESENTATION The Organizing Commission of the XIX Meeting of Geographies of [...]
Dear IGU Colleagues The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group Engagement Award 2023 The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) is launching a new initiative. Every two years, HPGRG will offer a small award of £150 to support projects which [...]
Dear Colleagues IGU is happy to disseminate announcement about the ISC Distinguished Lecture Series: “Basic Sciences For Sustainable Development”. REGISTRATION for this event is essential at: https://council.science/events/rethinking-environmental-security/ Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development represents a new way of thinking about how to better link basic science [...]
The IGU Commission International Conference Ecological Industrialization and Comprehensive Rural Revitalization May 5-9, 2023, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, China Guided by: International Geographic Union (IGU); The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS); Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Hosted by: International Geographic Union Commission of Agricultural Geography and Land Engineering(IGU-AGLE); Hanzhong City; Shaanxi University [...]
Dear colleagues, Dear colleagues, following up on some requests, we are pleased to communicate that the deadline for proposing events for GeoNight 2023, scheduled for today, has been extended to February 20th. If you could share the information with your colleagues we would be very grateful. Responding to some requests, it seems useful to recall [...]
Dear Colleagues Cape Town, 5 December 2022 International Geographical Union is proud to announce that IGU President Prof.Michael Edward Meadows, University of Cape Town, South Africa and Vice Chair, IGU Commission on Mountain Studies Prof. Irasema Alcantara-Ayala, Institue of Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico, who are now active and integral part of [...]
