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International Association for Promoting Geoethics awards Geoethics medal to IGU Vice-President Hay
The 2021 International Association for Promoting Geoethics has awarded the Geoethics Medal to IGU Vice-President Iain Hay. The citation reads as follows: Iain Hay has pioneered the field of geographies of domination and oppression in a lifetime’s work acknowledged by a rare Doctor of Letters (University of Canterbury 2009). His research unmasks unintended and insidious [...]
IGU CGoG International Conference August 2022
International Conference LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN A TIME OF GLOBAL EMERGENCIES IGU Commission Geography of Governance Annual Conference - 2022 Mexico City, 29 - 31 August 2022 Date: 29 - 31 August 2022 Conference venue: Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), Mexico,Casa de la Primera Imprenta de América, Mexico City Themes: The Conference is organized into 4 tracks [...]
October IGU e-newsletter now published
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IGU 2022 Awards still available for nomination
IGU has great pleasure to release the calls of nominations of the candidates for the following four IGU Honors & Awards in 2022 on behalf of the IGU Executive Committee. Click on the links below to access the nomination forms. The IGU Lauréat d’honneur, established to recognize individuals who have achieved particular distinction or who [...]
Geographer elected to International Science Council Governing Board
At the recent General Assembly (virtual) of the International Science Council (ISC), geographer Professor Maria Paradiso was nominated by the IGU and subsequently elected as a member of the ISC Governing Board. Professor Paradiso is a long-standing supporter of the IGU and has worked incredibly hard over many years to promote our aims and objectives. [...]
WORLD’S GEOGRAPHY COMMUNITY CALLS FOR A GLOBAL REDOUBLING OF EFFORTS TO CONFRONT CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURE LOSS
As the world begins to gather in its continuing efforts to tackle the climate and nature crises, the global geography community, co-ordinated by the IGU, the Scottish Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, is calling on world leaders to redouble their efforts and place the protection of nature [...]
The IGU-UGI Centennial Congress, Paris 2022 deadline for sessions’ proposals submission: 1st October 2021
Dear colleagues, The summer has been quite eventful for the geographic communities, rhythmed by numerous international symposia (IGU Istanbul, Eugeo Prague amongst others). It is now time to prepare the future important steps for the discipline, and notably the Paris IGU-UGI Centennial Congress to be held in Paris in 2022 (July 18-22). You only have [...]
International Workshop on Geography and Sustainability 23-24 November 2021
Background The world is changing at an accelerating pace because of the increased human pressure on the earth’s resources and the consequent climate crises. The 2019 IPBES report indicated that 14 of the 18 categories of nature’s contributions to people had declined globally since 1970. The 2021 UN report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) noted [...]
Call for IGUSCG: Edward Elgar Series books proposals
Dear IGU colleagues This is a call for proposals for books to be published as part of the IGU’s new series produced in a collaboration between the International Geographical Union and Edward Elgar Publishing. The International Geographical Union Series on Contemporary Geographies (IGUSCG) is intended to deliver original, thought-provoking and international perspectives on contemporary geography. [...]