International Geographical Union Regional Conference ”Changes, Challenges, Responsibility” Kraków, Poland, 18-22.08.2014 The 2014 IGU Regional Conference took place in Krakow, Poland, in the Jagiellonian University. This combination of time and location has a few dimensions which contributed to the conference organization. In 2014, Poland celebrated 25th anniversary of the political independence resumption, the Jagiellonian University [...]
Following the success in 2013 of former IGU Vice-President Qin Dahe, the 2014 Volvo Environment Prize has again been awarded to a Geographer. Professor Eric Lambin, is a remote sensing pioneer using advanced data collection and satellite images to understand land use and the influence of humans on the planet. Eric Lambin is professor at [...]
The 25th annual edition of the International Festival of Geography was held at the beginning of October at its customary home in the French town of St Die des Voges. IGU was represented by Past President Ron Abler and First Vice-President Dieter Soyez. During the event Professor Anne Buttimer - also a Past IGU President [...]
'Urban Transformations: Centres, Peripheries and Systems' - Edited by Daniel P. O'Donoghue, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Definitions of urban entities and urban typologies are changing constantly to reflect the growing physical extent of cities and their hinterlands. These include suburbs, sprawl, edge cities, gated communities, conurbations and networks of places and such transformations cause [...]
The organizing committee of the 10th International Congress of the Hellenic Geographical Society, Thessaloniki 2014 warmly thanks all participants to the congress and announces the final version of the Congress Programme. The congress programme includes 236 contributions that will be presented in 40 General, Special and Poster sessions. It also includes the Post Congress Field [...]
Under the leadership of Commission chair Professor JC Lin of National Taiwan University, the inaugural Geomorphology and Society meeting kicked off in Taipei Saturday with a three day field excursion to eastern Taiwan. Twenty participants have been exploring a region where the combined forces of plate boundary tectonics, frequent typhoons and human activity have produced [...]
A Postdoctoral Position in Human Geography at the Department of Human Geography at Stockholm University is available. The position includes studying residential segregation and social inclusion through a pan-European research project in Sweden, Norway, Netherlands and Belgium. The post is funded at 75% of full time until August 2017 and will begin as soon as [...]
Nancy Doubleday, of the Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, and HOPE Chair in Peace and Health, is pleased to share the recent announcement of the OceanCanada SSHRC Partnership led by Dr. Rashid Sumaila, of University of British Columbia. This interdisciplinary research collaboration includes 15 Canadian universities, non-governmental organizations, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The partnership [...]
One of the most important roles that the IGU plays is through its membership of the International Council for Science (ICSU). ICSU’s mission is to strengthen international science for the benefit of society and it is vital that geographers are represented here so that we can make a contribution to the global science research agenda. [...]
At the recent IGU Executive Committee meeting held prior to the Krakow conference, the decision was confirmed to invite the University of Laval/Université Laval in Quebec, Canada, to host the Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union in August 2018. This will bring the IGU back to North America for the first time in more [...]
