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 the 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
Current situation
Due to the corona virus, teaching is currently suspended. For the coming lecture period we are developing new formats as far as possible. Information about individual lectures will be published on Ilias step by step, please register there if necessary. This page provides information; questions beyond this are answered by the respective lecturers, course coordinators or the dean of studies (stefan.norra@kit.edu). It is our goal to offer quick and pragmatic solutions.
Ihre Prüfungskommisionen und der Studiendekan
Seminar "Freier Pendelraum – Mehr Raum für Flüsse"
First results of the project entitled "Freier Pendelraum für Fließgewässer in Deutschland". This seminar [in German] takes place at the Wetland ecology institute (Aueninstitut) in Rastatt on April 2, 2020. Participation is free of charge. However, please register via email to gerda.fritz@kit.edu until March 20 at the latest.
Special issue: Biodiversity in the sea and on land
In a new special issue "On the Value of Biological Diversity - Biodiversity in the Sea and on Land" [in German] of the Earth System Knowledge Platform, questions are asked about what biodiversity means in modern scientific understanding and what role it plays in our lives.
New book publication: Rivers of the Alps
The book "Rivers of the Alps", published in German and English and co-edited by Gregory Egger, offers a vivid and comprehensive documentation of the manifold significance of Alpine rivers from different perspectives.
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.
J. Eichel wins Nature Geoscience competition
... with the best "Geostory". She describes connections between vegetation and landscape development.
