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The transformation of metropolitan regions offers challenges and opportunities for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The mission of the Institute of Geography is to advance scientific understanding of the developments and design options of spatial transformation processes in metropolitan regions.

Research and teaching at the Institute of Geography focus on three main areas: Resilient Cities, Smart Cities, and Green and Equitable Cities. These focal areas are addressed in close cooperation among the 12 working groups and across the thematic fields of Human Geography, Physical Geography, Geography Didactics, and Geomatics.
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Current news from the Institute of Geography
23. Juli 2026 – Presentation at the 2026 Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Toronto, Canada
In July 2026, Hannah Kemper, a PhD student in the Urban Remote Sensing Research Group (Jun.-Prof. Valerie Graw), presented her research at the Congress of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada. The ISPRS was founded in Austria in 1910, comprises six technical commissions and brings together over 90 national institutes.
[Read more] Urban Remote Sensing, GI-News
20. Juli 2026 – Meeting of the Urban Ecology Specialist Group in Bochum and Field Trip Through the Ruhr Region
“Look, urban nature in the Ruhr region is this exciting”—Researchers from all over Germany explore the Ruhr region
[Read more] Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, GI-News
13. Juli 2026 – ECCB 2026
Attending the European Congress of Conservation Biology 2026 in Leiden
[Read more] Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, GI-News, Standard
09. Juli 2026 – Improving Equal Opportunities and Diversity at the Department of Geography and Geosciences
Presentation and Discussion of the Results of a Survey of Faculty Members
[Read more] Soil science, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, GI-News, Studinews, Dean's Office
07. Juli 2026 – Special Issue “Recent Advances in Urban Ecology: Biodiversity, Functions, and Perceptions related to Urban Nature”
New Special Issue in "Basic and Applied Ecology"
[Read more] Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, GI-News
26. Juni 2026 – Institute of Geography presents research at the first international conference on Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI 2026)
From 3 to 6 June 2026, the 1st International Conference on Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI 2026) took place in Ghent, Belgium.
[Read more] Urban Remote Sensing, Interdisciplinary geographic information sciences, GI-News
16. Juni 2026 – Guest lecture Rebecca Rongstock
[Read more] Soil science, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, GI-News, Standard, Studinews
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