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.

DateSpeaker/ TitleModeration
06.11.2025Dr. Andreas Kuebart (Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space) “Born glocal: why entrepreneurial ecosystems are no islands of entrepreneurship”Verena Brinks
13.11.2025Prof. 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
27.11.2025Prof. Dr. Dieter Gerten (PIK/Humboldt University) “Water and food security within planetary boundaries”Robert Reinecke
04.12.2025Dr. Max C.A. Torbenson (JGU) “”The Mainz-Brno connection: examples of and reflections on geographical interdisciplinarity””Jan Esper
11.12.2025Ronja Schmitz (JGU Alumni) “Corporate sustainability – more than greenwashing”
Annemarie Bäthge (JGU) “Why studying groundwater is so dam(pe)n tricky”
Imke Brakebusch,
Anja Leszczynski
18.12.2025Dr. Lara Klippel (DWD Offenbach) “Heat, heavy rainfall, and sea-level rise: transport infrastructure in a changing climate”Jan Esper
08.01.2026Dr. Sarah Becklake (Leibniz University Hannover) “Touristic governmobilities: coloniality, tourism, governance”Elisabeth Sommerlad
15.01.2026Prof. Dr. Ben Krause-Kyora (University Kiel) “Molecules in the mud: Ancient DNA as a tool for reconstructing human-environment interactions”Sascha Scherer
29.01.2026Prof. 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
05.02.2026Prof. Dr. Lucas Pohl (University of Innsbruck) TBAJulia Verne

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