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 IfGG
Geography (State examination)
Geoecology (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)
Research at IfGG
Vegetation
Vegetation science and Biogeography
Soil
Soil science and geomorphology
Society
Human geography
Rivers
River and floodplain ecology
Cooperations
Associated working groups (climate and environment center)
NEWS
Geoökologietagung
Tagung des VGöD vom 17. bis 19.11.2017 am IfGG-Aueninstitut in Rastatt zum Thema "Auen-Geoökologie von Fluss- und Auenlandschaften". Infos und Anmeldung ab September 2017 beim vgöd.
Data Analysis with R at Kenyatta University
17 participants finished the training school organized by the IfGG (K. Dolos), GRACE and the Geography Department of the Kenyatta University (Nairobi, Prof. J. Obando) successfully!
S. Schmidtlein receives the Von Haast fellowship Award of the Royal Society of New Zealand
The award includes funding for a collaboration with Landcare Research Lincoln
Honorable mention of S. Stenzel and J. Eichel
Jana Eichel and Stefanie Stenzel (PhD students in the Vegetation Group) have been awarded by the International Association of Vegetation Science
Drones in disaster relief
Scientists of the KIT-IfGG provided data and aerial photographs after tropical cyclone. pdf (German)
Bildungsgeographie (Geography of Education)
New textbook (in German) by Tim Freytag, Holger Jahnke and Caroline Kramer.
