Earth as a human-environmental system: challenges and dynamics

The conference aims to stimulate new ideas and foster collaborations in the field of geography and related research areas. The meeting brings together scientists to discuss the diverse research areas that are relevant and linked to contemporary and perspective future geographical studies.

In 2024, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management celebrates 175th anniversary of its establishment as the second chair of geography in Europe, after the one in the University of Berlin. In 1849, Professor Wincenty Pol organized this first Polish geographical university unit. Geographical studies were initiated in the University of Kraków (today: Jagiellonian University) already in the 15th century, as the university was established in 1364.

The jubilee is a good opportunity to determine the issues relevant for future sustainable human-environmental interactions which are rooted both in the previous geographical studies and past environmental changes.