Dear Colleagues At the recent General Assembly of CODATA - the Committee on Data of the International Science Council (ISC) - Mercè Crosas was elected as the first ever female President in its almost 60 year history. CODATA exists to promote global collaboration to improve the availability and usability of data for all areas of [...]
Dear IGU Colleagues, It is my great pleasure to inform that the calls of nominations of the candidates for the following four IGU Honors & Awards 2024 is open for nomination. The IGU Lauréat d’honneur, established to recognize individuals who have achieved particular distinction or who have rendered outstanding service in the work of the [...]
REIMAGINING LOCAL GOVERNANCE: JUST, SUSTAINABLE AND DIVERSE Maynooth, Ireland 23 - 24 August 2024 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Themes: The Conference is organized into 3 tracks (themes) Track 1 - Territorial Reforms, Multi-level Governance, and Democracy Track 2 – Sustainability, Resilience and Justice in Local Governance Track 3 - Spatial Planning Systems and Local Governance Conference [...]
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 [...]
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of well-known Geographer and former United Nations University Rector Johannes Auguste (Hans) van Ginkel. Born in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, on 22 June 1940. Professor van Ginkel passed away on 27 July 2023 at the age of 83. He was a citizen of the Netherlands. Hans [...]
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 [...]
It is with great regret and deep respect that the international geographical community has to mourn the death of Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Walther Manshard, former Secretary General and Treasurer of the International Geographical Union (IGU). He passed away peacefully on March 23rd, 2023 in the 100th year of his life. Walther Manshard, born November [...]
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 [...]
