Welcome to our department
Gender sensitivity and protection against violence on excursions
Studying Geography
Meet our research groups
Welcome to our department
Gender sensitivity and protection against violence on excursions
Studying Geography
Meet our research groups

Department of Geography at the University of Bonn

The Department of Geography at the University of Bonn is part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and belongs to the Department of Earth Sciences. Our research and teaching covers almost the entire spectrum of Geography, which guarantees the necessary breadth in an interdisciplinary study program.

Once a semester, the Department of Geography publishes a newsletter on current developments and events.

News
Benedikt Walker and Dr. Linus Kalvelage win JOEG Early Career Researcher Paper Prize 2024
Benedikt Walker and Dr. Linus Kalvelage (university of Cologne) have won the 2024 JOEG Early Career Researcher Paper Prize for their study of Germany’s extraterritorial role in Namibia’s green hydrogen industry. Their paper reveals how states use de-risking, asset creation and market-building to steer global production networks, even in liberal economies. We warmly congratulate them on this prestigious award.
Guest Lecturer Alexandr Nováček brings urban planning to life at GIUB
Dr. Alexandr Nováček, Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Geography and Regional Development at our ERASMUS+ partner University in Ostrava (Czech Republic), visited our Department from May 20 to 22, 2025. His connection to Bonn dates back to his ERASMUS stay at GIUB in 2014. 
Earth Systems Education in Theory and Practice: Visit by Prof. Dr. Nir Orion and Dr. Ariel Meroz at the GIUB
Between April and May, Prof. Dr. Nir Orion and Dr. Ariel Meroz put Earth Systems Education into practice: students began with a Melbtal field excursion to frame geological questions, deepened their inquiry through hands-on lab experiments, debated “Climate crisis or educational crisis?” in the “Wednesdays at the GIUB” lecture, and rounded off the week with a Siebengebirge excursion to apply ESE’s field-based teaching principles. Our thanks go to the Bonn Center for Teacher Education (BZL) and the German-Israeli Society Bonn (DIG) for their support.
Revised GIUB citation style now also available for Zotero, Citavi & Co.
The Department of Geography of the University of Bonn has revised its citation style! From now on, the updated style is not only available as a guide, but can also be used directly in citation programs such as Zotero and Citavi. The new citation style also contains guidelines for citing interviews, for example.
Events
Virtuelle Ringvorlesung "Rechtsruck":Schulpraktische Perspektiven
online (Zoom)
04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Im Rahmen der roadmap-Initiative 2030 findet im SoSe 2025 zum dritten Mal die „Virtuelle Ringvorlesung Geographie: Wissenschaft und schulische Praxis im ...
Klimakrise im Geographieunterricht: Notwendig- und Möglichkeiten
Meckenheimer Allee 166, ...
05:15 PM - 06:15 PM
BGG-Vortrag: Klimakrise im Geographieunterricht – Zwischen Notwendig- und (Un-)Möglichkeiten Der Vortrag untersucht, inwiefern Geographieunterricht einen ...
Internationale Klimapolitik 10 Jahre nach Paris
Meckenheimer Allee 166, ...
05:15 PM - 06:15 PM
BGG-Vortrag: Internationale Klimapolitik 10 Jahre nach Paris Der Vortrag beschäftigt sich mit der internationalen Klimapolitik und wie Länder das Pariser ...

The Department of Geography has a rich history that spans more than 140 years of teaching and research. It is the largest and one of the most distinguished Geography departments in Germany.

It has 15 independent research groups that encompass a wide variety of geographical topics. Our research is organized around eight research clusters within five main research focus areas: Water Futures, Risk and Security, Governing Transformations, Inequality and Justice and Land Surface Dynamics. Geomorphology, Hydrology, Development Geography and Remote Sensing are just a few examples of our wide choice of research clusters in Human and Physical Geographies. Each of our research fields is managed by one or more professors in the department. This enables us to provide our students with a high quality and unique education, especially if they wish to choose an interdisciplinary or applied study-approach.

Entrance of the main building in summer
© Friederike Pauk/GIUB

The Department of Geography on Social Media

The Department of Geography is active on different social media portals. Please use the following links to get directly on our profiles.

Instagram

We post all news from the department on teaching, events and the everyday life at the department on Instagram. You can also find the best pictures from our field trips here.

Bluesky

We publish the latest news from the work of our research groups (e.g. new projects & publications, exciting talks) on Bluesky, and are connected to important institutions and researchers.

YouTube

We have different videos on YouTube: introductions of the department and certain groups within, videos from field trips, helpful tips on literature research in our library and much more.

Links to other important institutions

Directly connected with the Department of Geography at the University of Bonn are the Fachschaft Geographie, the Geographical Society of Bonn and the Geoverbund ABC/J.

Student Council Geography 

The Fachschaft Geographie is the officially elected Student Council Geography and represents all students at the Department of Geography.

Geographical Society of Bonn

The Geographical Society of Bonn (BGG) is a registered, non-profit association. The most important goal of the BGG is to present findings of geographical research to the general public in easily comprehensible way.

Geoverbund ABC/J

The Geoverbund ABC/J is the geoscientific network of the Aachen-Bonn-Cologne/Jülich research area.

Contact

Address of the Department

Contact

+49 (0)228-737290

geographie@uni-bonn.de

Address

Meckenheimer Allee 166

53115 Bonn

Germany

Administrative Office, Andrea Herold-Jahn

Contact

+49 (0)228 73-7290

gf-assistenz-geographie@uni-bonn.de

Address

Meckenheimer Allee 166

Room 0.011 (104a)

53115 Bonn

Germany

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Respect each other! Respect boundaries - create safe places

The Department of Geography has set itself the task of enabling everyone to work together on an equal, non-discriminatory, respectful and trusting basis. Further information can be found on the page Protection against violence.

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