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Institute of Geography

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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 14 working groups and across the thematic fields of Human Geography, Physical Geography, Geography Didactics, Geomatics and Environmental Analysis and Planning.

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Current news from the Institute of Geography
19. Dezember 2025 – Das Geographische Institut zeigt Haltung!
[Read more] GI-News
07. Januar 2026 – Informationsveranstaltung mit verpflichtendem Beratungsgespräch für den Übergang in den Master "Stadt- und Landschaftsökologie"
[Read more] GI-News, Studinews
07. Januar 2026 – Invitation to lecture
Invitation to a lecture jointly organised by the UA Ruhr College for Social Sciences and Humanities, AREA Ruhr- Alliance for Research on East Asia Ruhr and the RUB Institute of Geography
[Read more] GI-News
19. Dezember 2025 – Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) gesucht
Wir suchen ab dem 01.04.2026 befristet in Teilzeit (29,8725 Std./Woche = 75 %) eine*n Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d).
[Read more] Interdisciplinary geographic information sciences, GI-News
16. Dezember 2025 – Bochum Urban Climate Lab at the opening of the Centre for City Futures
Bridging research and practice
[Read more] Bochum Urban Climate Lab, GI-News
15. Dezember 2025 – Informationsveranstaltung zur Zulassung zum M. Ed. Geographie
M. Ed. Geographie – Informationsveranstaltung (verpflichtendes Beratungsgespräch) am 24. Februar 2026 von 10 (s. t.) bis 11 Uhr über Zoom
[Read more] GI-News, Studinews
09. Dezember 2025 – Weltbodentag
[Read more] GI-News
04. Dezember 2025 – Ankündigung Wahlwoche zum SoSe 2026
[Read more] GI-News, Studinews
01. Dezember 2025 – Land, Licht und Macht in Mozambique: Eine PhD Journey
[Read more] Interdisciplinary geographic information sciences, GI-News
01. Dezember 2025 – GeoGlühen on 2025/12/04
This coming Thursday, December 4, the annual GeoGlühen event organized by the student council will take place again at 4:30 p.m. in the rooms around IA 1/123.
[Read more] GI-News, Studinews, Student Council
24. November 2025 – Vorträge im Doktorand*innen-Kolloquium des Geographischen Instituts
21.01.2026 at 16:15, Room IA/1/117
[Read more] GI-News
19. November 2025 – Chris Kyba: Professor für nächtliche Fernerkundung
[Read more] GI-News
17. November 2025 – Shape2Gether in Turku: Alte Kollegen, neue Perspektiven
[Read more] Interdisciplinary geographic information sciences, GI-News
22. Oktober 2025 – Ein Herz für die Lehre: Bei Klausurtagung des Geographischen Instituts stand die Ausbildung im Mittelpunkt
[Read more] GI-News
15. Oktober 2025 – RePIC Urban Sustainability Transformations Research Forum
[Read more] GI-News, Studinews
10. Oktober 2025 – Annual Meeting of the AK Fernerkundung at the Institute of Geography
[Read more] Urban Remote Sensing, Interdisciplinary geographic information sciences, GI-News