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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
03. Juli 2025 – Institutskolloquium zur Governance von Transformationsprozessen
[Read more] GI-News
25. Juni 2025 – Fakultätweites DoktorandInnenkolloquium
[Read more] GI-News
23.06.2025 – Students Visit Grassland Project in the City of Essen
Valentin Klaus and his Master's course visited a grassland restoration area on a cemetery in the city of Essen. The volunteers of the local environmental NGO presented their project for the ecological enhancement of urban green spaces and introduced the students to the biodiversity of the meadows.
[Read more] Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, GI-News, Standard
20. Juni 2025 – Sustainable agriculture in West Africa: RUB participates in international research dialogue in Accra, Ghana
[Read more] Urban Remote Sensing, GI-News
18. Juni 2025 – Industrienatur-Exkursion der AG Stadtökologie und Biodiversität mit Ellen De Vrieze
During another visit by the guest researcher, team members from the working group visited various locations in the Ruhr region.
[Read more] Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, GI-News, Standard
17. Juni 2025 – Wo die Lichtverschmutzung herkommt
Neue Veröffentlichung von Team Nachtlichter
[Read more] GI-News
02. Juni 2025 – The new EU Nature Restoration Law lacks ambitious targets for urban biodiversity
The new EU Nature Restoration Law has great potential to sustainably promote biodiversity. However, a team of scientists led by Valentin Klaus criticizes the fact that the regulation largely ignores urban biodiversity.
[Read more] Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, GI-News, Standard
15. Mai 2025 – Das System Erde im Blick
[Read more] Urban Remote Sensing, GI-News
15. Mai 2025 – ESERO Germany und DIEGOSat auf der Raumfahrtkonferenz SpaceTech.NRW in Köln vorgestellt
[Read more] Interdisciplinary geographic information sciences, GI-News
14. Mai 2025 – IMECOGIP Project Visit in Shanghai
🌿 Sanlin Park and Urban Green Space Planning
[Read more] Applied Physical Geography, GI-News
05. Mai 2025 – Wie viel Wert steckt in einer Schrottimmobilie?
[Read more] GI-News
23. April 2025 – EnhancES Outputs
The outputs of EnhancES are displayed as maps.
[Read more] Applied Physical Geography, GI-News
23. April 2025 – Het water komt! - Climate Change Education mit internationaler Perspektive
Internationaler Besuch am Geographischen Institut arbeitet zu den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels und zu Schutzmaßnahmen
[Read more] Geography didactics, GI-News
23. April 2025 – Humboldt-Netzwerktagung: Internationale Nachwuchsforschende zu Gast in Bochum
[Read more] Soil science, GI-News
16. April 2025 – Globale Herausforderungen und lokale Lösungsansätze – Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven bei der Winter School „Nachhaltigkeitsdilemmata“
[Read more] GI-News
10. April 2025 – Girls' Day – Zukunftstag 2025 am Geographischen Institut: Zoom auf den Blauen Planeten – Erdsystemwissenschaft erleben!
Am Girls’ Day 2025 drehte sich bei uns am Geographischen Institut alles um das System Erde! 20 Schülerinnen tauchten mit uns in die faszinierende Welt der Erdsystemwissenschaften ein – vom Erdkern bis zur Atmosphäre, von Plattentektonik bis Satellitentechnologie. Ein spannender Tag voller Aha-Momente und echter Forschung zum Anfassen!
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