We invite you to participate in the International Scientific Conference «Geography: Challenges of the XXI Century» dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Geography Faculty of Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University. The Conference will be held on 8 – 12 April, 2014, at the Geography Department of the Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University. For more [...]
The Department for Social and Economic Geography and Regional Studies, the Faculty of Geology and Geography, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine) invites you to take part on 3-4 April 2014 at the scientific and practical conference for students, post-graduate students and young researches - Region-2014: human-geographical aspects and to publish your articles in the scientific journal JOURNAL OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. For more information, download here and here. If [...]
This week the world says farewell to perhaps the greatest human being of our time. Nelson Mandela, known affectionately in South Africa as Tata Madiba, died peacefully on 5th December at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg. Madiba has a special relationship with the IGU since he opened the Durban Regional Conference in 2002 and was [...]
Ever since the presentation of the Cologne plans for hosting the IGC 2012 in Glasgow 2004 we have used the 'marathon' metaphor to describe the feelings, the efforts, and the joys that were – and still are - triggered by this endeavour. Fewer than six weeks from IGC Cologne, we have entered the final leg, [...]
On behalf of the 2013 World Social Science Report Editorial Team, the ISSC is pleased to announce the call for contributions to the 2013 WSSR. Please note that the deadline for expressions of interest is 20 July 2012. For more information, download here. Please send your expression of interest, as well as your CV, by 20 [...]
The Summer School Course on "Landscape in a Changing World" will be held on the island of Lesvos, September 19-28, 2012. Please, note that the application deadline has been extended to July 31st, 2012. For more information, click here. This international, interdisciplinary course, intended for Master's and Ph.D. students and graduates, will delve into all current landscape-related matters concerning contemporary societies: landscape services of various [...]
Announcing the 5th edition of the International Conference Rural Space and Local Development. This conference is dedicated to the 32nd Congress of IGU, which will be held in 2012, Köln, Germany. The topic of this conference is "Rural Mountain Areas: Experience, Preservation, Trends and Future Challenge" and it will be held 18-22 July 2012. For more [...]
IGU Vice-President Dieter Soyez of the University of Cologne was recently awarded the Johan August Wahlberg medal in gold by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography at a ceremony in Stockholm. This is a singular distinction and is awarded to Professor Soyez for his meritorious contributions to research and teaching, in particular in the overlapping fields of nature [...]
A major five-day Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development will be held on 11-15 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the days just prior to the Rio+20 Conference. Visit the website for more information. The Forum will bring together leading international scientists and policy-makers to explore the key role of interdisciplinary science [...]
The dawn of the new year is upon us. It is an important year for Geographers as it will be one in which the IGU hosts its 32nd International Geographical Congress in Cologne from 26th to 30th August. Registrations have been flooding in and the congress promises to be the most well attended for many [...]
