Our research and education focus on the synergies among human society, soil, water, vegetation and climate. Sustainable handling of our environment is inconceivable without an understanding of these interactions.
Welcome to the Institute of Geography and Geoecology
Studying at the IFGG
Geography (State examination, B.Ed. and M.Ed.)
Geoecology (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)
Research at IfGG
Vegetation
Vegetation science and Biogeography
Soil
Geomorphology and Soil science
Society
Human geography
Rivers
River and floodplain ecology
Cooperations
Associated working groups (climate and environment center)
NEWS
New book publication: Geographies of Schooling
The anthology, co-edited by Caroline Kramer, explores the complex relationship between schooling as a set of practices embedded in educational institutions and their specific spatial dimensions. Available open acesss as part of the Springer-series "Knowledge and Space".
Paper Award
Sophia Leimer received the Early Career Publication Award 2018 of the journal Ecohydrology for her paper about the influence of plant diversity on the water balance of Central European grassland. The paper was also under the top 20 most downloaded of the journal in the period 2017-2018.
Best Presentation Award
Teja Kattenborn received the "Best oral presentation selected by the Workshop audience" Award at the 11th EARSeL Imaging Spectroscopy Workshop in Brno, CZ.
Congratulations, Teja!
Workshop programme
Summer School on Land Use and Ecosystem Change
will take place at the KITCampus Alpin, IMK-IFU (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) in August 2019. Master and doctoral students are invited to learn about and discuss on a wide range of issues related to ecosystem functioning, socio-ecological systems and land use change. This workshop is currently fully booked.
DFG funded project on online trading launched
The DFG grants Thomas Wieland (AG Gesellschaft) a research project on the spatial impact of online trade. It deals with the causes and motives of online shopping.
Biodiversität der Flussauen Deutschlands
Auf Grundlage der Ergebnisse eines F&E Vorhabens des BfN wurde unter der Leitung des IfGGs (Aue) der Kenntnisstand zur Biodiversität der Flussauen erstmals für Deutschland in einem Buch veröffentlicht.
J. Eichel wins Nature Geoscience competition
... with the best "Geostory". She describes connections between vegetation and landscape development.
