Academician Fu Bojie, who only recently completed 8 years of service as IGU Vice-President, has been awarded the 2026 Volvo Environment Prize. The Volvo Environmental Award was founded by the Volvo Group with a donation in 1988； it received its first award in 1990 and is one of the most influential and prestigious awards in [...]
It is with profound sadness that we report to the passing of one of South Africa's most distinguished geographers, Professor Lindisizwe Morris Magi, who died on Monday, 27 July 2026. The news of his passing has been received with deep sorrow by colleagues, former students, and friends across the discipline, both within South Africa and [...]
The IGU regrets to announce the passing of a Swiss geographer whose great influence on the discipline has been widely recognized. Below is a letter of announcement compiled by two of his colleagues (version in French follows). Note also that The Faculty of Geosciences and Environment at Lausanne University has published a tribute to Jean-Bernard [...]
10th Anniversary Celebration of the 2016 International Year of Global Understanding Michael Meadows at the 10th Anniversary Celebration the 2016 International Year of Global Understanding The increasing nationalisation of global problem constellations in current world politics shows us how important the programme of the 2016 International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) still is. The need [...]
“The health and sustainability of left-behind places and distressed neighbourhoods: Advances through applied geography” Date: September 9-11, 2026 Place: Department of Human Geography, Uppsala University, Sweden Keynote speakers: Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, and Professor Eva K. Andersson, Stockholm University. Left behind places and distressed neighbourhoods represent complex geographical and social realities often [...]
Prof Jef Vandenberghe, distinguished physical geographer and Quaternary scientist and long-standing supporter of the IGU, has passed away after a career that left a deep and lasting imprint on international geography. He was for many years a Professor of Physical Geography at the Vrye Universiteit Amsterdam, where he played a central role in advancing research [...]
IGU JOINT CONFERENCE ON EXPLORING LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE CHANGE, HEALTH, AND BIODIVERSITY IN A CHANGING WORLD Click to download 'First Circular'
2025 IGU Urban Commission Annual Conference Cities and Urban Systems in Transition: Transformations, Resilience, and Policy Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa 11th to 15th August 2025 Click to download Annual Meeting brochure WELCOME The Urban Commission of the International Geographical Union (IGU-UGI) in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Stellenbosch University, South [...]
Photography Contest – “Geographical Impacts of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Basin” We are pleased to announce a photography contest open to students and PhD candidates from the universities of the SULIEIA network. The theme of the contest is the Geographical Impacts of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Basin. Submission Guidelines: The photograph must be [...]
IGU EGYPT, 2025, THEMATIC CONFERENCE 12th - 19th April 2025 “Geo-Spatial Technology, Global Changes & Sustainability” https://iguegypt2025.org/ Organized and Hosted by the: Egyptian Geographical Society (EGS) Under Patronage OF Presidency of Arab Republic of Egypt Guided, Supervised & Shared by: International Geographical Union (IGU) Navigate to the Conference Website: https://iguegypt2025.org/
