Research
Geographical research in Bonn is mainly focused on the following five research focus areas: Water Futures, Risk and Security, Governing Transformations, Inequality and Justice and Land Surface Dynamics. Research and teaching within these key fields is divided into nine academic areas.
News on our Research
Collaborative Research Center “Future Rural Africa” (CRC-TRR 228) Extended at GIUB
The Collaborative Research Center Transregio (TRR) 228 “Future Rural Africa” has secured four more years of funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is thus entering its third funding period. In this project, researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Cologne study how rural regions in Africa are changing and can be shaped in the future, working closely with local partners to explore key questions about socio-ecological transformations and future-making in rural Africa.
Benedikt Walker successfully defends his dissertation on the political economy of the German hydrogen industry
In May 2025, Benedikt Walker successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled ‘The German Hydrogen Sector in Global Production Networks: Structures, Agency, and Uneven Development’ at the Department of Geography at the University of Bonn. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Britta Klagge, with Prof. Andrew Cumbers (University of Glasgow) serving as second examiner. Congratulations!
Phillip Garjay Innis defends his doctoral thesis on Navigating Urban Riskscapes
Phillip Garjay Innis has successfully defended his doctoral thesis on Navigating Urban Riskscapes under the supervision of Prof. Detlef Müller-Mahn. Congratulations!
Partnership between ZfL, IPA Space, and UNOOSA to strengthen global space capacities
Hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods cause devastating damage around the world. Space-based Earth observation, communication, and navigation systems can provide important assistance in warning of and managing disasters. Global capacity building for such peaceful uses of space technology should continue to advance. To this end, the University of Bonn, the International Peace Alliance (IPA Space) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have signed a partnership agreement for the next four years.