The Lecture Series offers the opportunity to attend an exciting lecture on current geographical topics every Thursday. Guest lecturers will talk about their research units [followed by a discussion on interesting points and questions will be answered.
Thursdays 4 p.m. c.t., (University) Senate Hall Nat. fac.
| Date | Speaker/ Title | Moderation |
| 06.11.2025 | Dr. Andreas Kuebart (Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space) “Born glocal: why entrepreneurial ecosystems are no islands of entrepreneurship” | Verena Brinks |
| 13.11.2025 | Prof. Dr. Mandy Singer-Brodowski (University Regensburg) “Learning in relation with a changing world: thinking beyond ESD 1 and ESD 2 towards ESD 3” | Marion Plien |
| 21.11.2025 Fr. 08:45 | Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf (University of Zurich) “After aid: critique, complicity, cynicism” | Veronica Cummings |
| 27.11.2025 | Prof. Dr. Dieter Gerten (PIK/Humboldt University) “Water and food security within planetary boundaries” | Robert Reinecke |
| 04.12.2025 | Dr. Max C.A. Torbenson (JGU) “”The Mainz-Brno connection: examples of and reflections on geographical interdisciplinarity”” | Jan Esper |
| 11.12.2025 | Ronja Schmitz (JGU Alumni) “Corporate sustainability – more than greenwashing” Annemarie Bäthge (JGU) “Why studying groundwater is so dam(pe)n tricky” | Imke Brakebusch, Anja Leszczynski |
| 18.12.2025 | Dr. Lara Klippel (DWD Offenbach) “Heat, heavy rainfall, and sea-level rise: transport infrastructure in a changing climate” | Jan Esper |
| 08.01.2026 | Dr. Sarah Becklake (Leibniz University Hannover) “Touristic governmobilities: coloniality, tourism, governance” | Elisabeth Sommerlad |
| 15.01.2026 | Prof. Dr. Ben Krause-Kyora (University Kiel) “Molecules in the mud: Ancient DNA as a tool for reconstructing human-environment interactions” | Sascha Scherer |
| 29.01.2026 | Prof. Dr. Helena Alexanderson & Dr. Zoran Peric (University of Lund). “Identifying storm surges and continental climate variability using luminescence dating: insights from SW Sweden and the Carpathian Basin” | Andreas Vött |
| 05.02.2026 | Prof. Dr. Lucas Pohl (University of Innsbruck) TBA | Julia Verne |
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