Dear Colleagues The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set ambitious targets for all the world’s nations to strive for, so that humankind might hope to prosper, sustainably and equitably. But how do nations meet them while also respecting the delicate balance between human civilization and the resource-providing bounty of nature? This is a question addressed [...]
Dear Colleagues, Please be advised that the registration and abstract submission for the 2023 IUGG General Assembly is now open https://www.iugg2023berlin.org/ The 28th IUGG General Assembly (IUGG2023) will be held from 11 to 20 July 2023 at the CityCube in Berlin, Germany. This General Assembly is a special opportunity for participants from around the world [...]
Dear Colleagues The Portuguese Association of Risks, Prevention and Security (RISCOS), in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Tourism, Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra (FLUC), and other institutional partners, is organizing the VI International Congress on Risks, under the theme “Risks and Territorial Conflicts". From natural disasters to geopolitical [...]
International Conference PARADIGM SHIFTS IN LOCAL AND URBAN GOVERNANCE IGU Commission Geography of Governance Annual Conference - 2023, Budapest, 4 - 6 September 2023 Call for Abstracts Date: 4 - 6 September 2023 Conference venue: Humanities Research House (MTA Humán Tudományok Kutatóháza), H-1097 Budapest Themes: The Conference is organized into 3 tracks (themes) Track 1 [...]
Dear Colleagues IGU COMMISSION GEOGRAPHY OF GOVERNANCE WEBINAR THE RESPONSE OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE TO THE GLOBAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY 8 November 2022 The IGU Commission on the Geography of Governance organizes a Webinar on 'The Response of Local Governance to the Global Climate Emergency', on 8 November 2022, 13:00 - 16:30 (UTC). The program includes 8 [...]
Title: “The Ocean and Seas in Geographical Thought” IGU Thematic conference As a contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), this thematic conference of the IGU, will focus on the ocean and seas as complex and relational geographical 'objects' through a plurality of foci. For centuries, the ocean and seas [...]
IGU Commission on Local and Regional Development Annual Meeting, Cuenca, Spain, 13-15th October 2022 Topic: Sociodemographic change and its impact on territorial development policies Organized by the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Local and Regional Development, the Spanish Working Group of Local Development, which is part of the Association of Spanish Geographers (AGE), and [...]
2nd International Scientific Conference Landscape Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Science – Mapping – Planning – Governance http://icldscartogis.tsu.ge/en Tbilisi, Georgia Dear Colleagues, The 2nd International Scientific Conference “Landscape Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Science – Mapping – Planning – Governance” will take place in Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia on 12-16 September 2022 to commemorate the 75th [...]
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the International Geographical Union (IGU)Thematic Conference on “Islands in Relations: Conflicts, Sustainability, and Peace” will be held at Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan, from April 4th to 6th, 2023. The Conference will be organized in a hybrid format (a combination of in-person and virtual sessions) with the [...]
