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
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.
New book publication: Zeitgerechte Stadt
The anthology, co-edited by Caroline Kramer, discusses concepts and perspectives of a fair timely city for planning practice. Available (in German) from the Akademie für Raum-forschung und Landesplanung.
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.
