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, [...]
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 [...]
