The Lecture Series offers the opportunity to attend an exciting lecture on current geographical topics every Thursday. Guest lecturers talk about their research units [followed by a discussion of interesting points and answers to questions.

Thursdays 4 p.m. c.t., (University) Senate Hall Nat. fac.

DateSpeaker/ TitleModeration
17.04.2025Dr. Lina Stein (University Potsdam) “Large text data to the rescue: How we can extract knowledge about extreme floods, droughts, and landslides from the scientific literature“Robert Reinecke
24.04.2025Dr. Dominik Kremer (University Erlangen) “Assisting a theory-driven look on living-world multi-modal data by place-based GIS functions“Julian Zschocke
08.05.2025
(16:30 – 19:30)		Geographies and Violence – 3 talks on global unrest:
Jan Esper (JGU) – “Climate communication“,
Elmar Thevessen (ZDF) “Trump rules“,
Florian Pfeil (WBZ) “International law and the role of war“		Volker Wilhelmi
15.05.2025Prof. Dr. Igor Obreth (JGU Mainz) “Development and application of novel micrometer-scale imaging techniques for sedimentary analysis“Andreas Vött
22.05.2025Dr. Juliane Schumacher (ZMO Berlin) “Green (new) deals, global justice and responsibility“Veronika Cummings
12.06.2025Prof. Anja Müller and Julia Bissinger (JGU Mainz) “A look at the language in the subject“Marion Plien
26.06.2025Prof. Dr. Georg Stauch (University Würzburg) “Eifel reservoir lakes as an archive of the Anthropocene“Felix Henselowski
10.07.2025Dr. Andreas Folkers (IFS Frankfurt) “After sustainability. Reparations and resilience in times of planetary emergencies “Mara Linden

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