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
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
DateSpeaker/ TitleModeration
31.10.2024Prof. Dr. Amr Saleem (University of Cairo) “New evidences of paleohazards, paleo sea level and climate change along the NW Mediterranean coast of Egypt“Andreas Vött
21.11.2024Prof. Dr. Katja Trachte (Brandenburg University of Technology) “Water and carbon budget of tropical forest ecosystems in the Andes“Jan Esper
28.11.2024Prof. Dr. Dirk Felzmann (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau) “The warmer the less precipitation – physical-geographical learning as suppression of inappropriate conceptions“Marion Plien
05.12.2024Dr. Sebastian Gnann (University Freiburg) “Rivers and climate variability: The role of snow, glaciers and groundwater along topographic gradients“Robert Reinecke
09.01.2025Dr. Pedro Pombo (University of Malta) “Heritage Ecologies: research on cultural heritage and climate change in Small Island Territories“Elisabeth Sommerlad
16.01.2025Dr. Rossella Alba (HU Berlin, IRI THESys) “Operating infrastructure, regulating waters“Julia Verne
23.01.2025Dr. Thilo Wiertz (University of Freiburg) “Shaping geopolitical worldviews online: the “Great Reset” conspiracy narrative on Twitter“Verena Brinks
30.01.2025Dr. Benjamin Höpfer (Archaeological Service, Canton Aargau) “Cypriot and Alpine copper in the Middle Bronze Age settlement of Möriken (Aargau, Switzerland): Long-distance exchanges, supplies and exotic commodities in Europe around 1400 BCE“Sascha Scherer
DateSpeaker/ TitleModeration
25.04.2024Prof. Dr. Christian Dorsch (University of Osnabrück) “Digitality for Future? How digital media can contribute to education for sustainable development “Dr. M. Plien
02.05.2024Dr. Jochen Laub (University Landau) “Sustainability and Responsibility in Geography Education“Prof. Dr. V. Cummings
16.05.2024Dr. Manuel Chevalier (University of Bonn) “Harnessing proxy data uncertainties to improve pollen-based climate reconstructions in the tropics“Prof. Dr. J. Esper
23.05.2024Dr. Mattia Sacco (Curtin University, Perth) “Groundwater – a hidden ecosystem“Junior Professor Dr. R. Reinecke
13.06.2024Dr. Delf Rothe (University Hamburg) “Climate of Uncertainty – Technology, Knowledge, and Governance in the Anthropocene“Prof. Dr. J. Verne
20.06.2024Prof. Dr. Daniel Veres (Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) “The Danube loess: a high-resolution record of past environmental change in continental Europe“Dr. P. Fischer
27.06.2024Dr. Eugenia Zandona (State University of Rio de Janeiro) “Why do we lose women throughout the academic career?“Prof. Dr. E. Ziaco
04.07.2024Graduate farewell and geosummer party
11.07.2024Prof. Dr. Sascha Dickel (JGU Mainz) “Science in the age of digital participation“Junior Prof. Dr. V. Brinks
18.07.2024Prof. Dr. Nele Meyer (University of Frankfurt) “Influence of climate change on carbon dynamics in the soil-plant-atmosphere system“Dr. S. Scherer
DateSpeaker/ TitleModeration
23.11.2023Dr. Casey R. Lynch (University of Twente): Feminist Geographies of Artificial IntelligenceJunior Prof. Dr. V. Brinks
30.11.2023Prof. Dr. Frank Lehmkuhl (RWTH Aachen University): Fluvial morphodynamics and sediment contamination: reports on ongoing studies about the July 2021 flood event of the rivers Ahr, Inde and ErftProf. Dr. A. Vött
07.12.2023Prof. Dr. Chris Lukinbeal (University of Arizona): The Racial Sonoran Landscapes of Hombre and Westerns as Topographical EventsProf. Dr. V. Cummings
14.12.2023Prof. Dr. Antje Bruns (Trier University): In the Anthropocene: Politics for sustainability transformationsProf. Dr. V. Cummings
21.12.2023Prof. Dr. Nils Moosdorf (ZMT Bremen): Groundwater-ocean interactions in the earth systemJunior Professor R. Reinecke
11.01.2024Dr. Florian Pfeil (Fridjof Nansen Academy for Political Education): Geography of Migration: Eritrea and the causes of flightProf. Dr. V. Wilhelmi
18.01.2024Prof. Dr. Henrik Krehenwinkel (University of Trier): From DNA to ecosystems – the promise of metabarcoding biological archives for biodiversity monitoringDr. S. Scherer
25.01.2024Dr. Jochen Laub (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau): Sustainability and Responsibility in Geography EducationProf. Dr. V. Cummings
01.02.2024PD Dr. Ursula Brosseder (LEIZA Mainz): Effects of horse speed on ancient pastoral societies in Mongolia (2000-0 BCE)Prof. Dr. J. Esper
08.02.2024Dr. Maxime Rageot (University of Tübingen): Biomolecular analysis of Egyptian embalming practicesProf. Dr. S. Fiedler
DateSpeaker/ TitleModeration
04.05.2023Prof. Dr. Andreas Eberth (University of Passau): Post-growth in the context of transformative educationDr. M. Plien
11.05.2023Prof. Dr. Bernhard Höfle (University of Heidelberg): Change count(s): Methods for revealing geographic changes in time series of 3D point cloudsDr. F. Henselowsky
25.05.2023Dr. Miriam Wenner (University of Göttingen) and Dr. Jutta Kister (University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt): Global fairness through Fairtrade? The case of Living wages in Indian tea plantations Prof. V. Cummings
01.06.2023Dr. Philip Verfürth (University of Osnabrück): Highly-skilled (re-) migrants: facilitators of knowledge transfers in multinational enterprisesJunior Prof. Dr. V. Brinks
22.06.2023PD Dr. Oliver Nelle (State Office for Cultural Heritage Baden-Württemberg): Archaeological and geo-/bioarchaeological investigations in the Federsee region (Baden-Württemberg)Prof. Dr. A Vött
29.06.2023Dr. Catarina Gomes de Matos (University of Frankfurt): (De)politicization in urban planning and contentious politicsDr. S. Petermann
DateSpeaker/ TitleModeration
27.10.2022Dr. Sascha Scherer (University of Tübingen):
Unravelling the past with colluvial archives: How prehistoric farmers in SW-Germany used their land		Kristina Reetz
03.11.2022Amb Christine Nkulikiyinka (Rwanda Cooperation Initiative Kigali):
Rwanda’s approach for south-south cooperation		Prof. Dr. Volker Wilhelmi
10.11.2022Prof. Dr. Marco Carrer (University of Padova, Italy):
Magnifying the details: beyond classic dendroecology		Prof. Dr. Emanuele Ziaco
17.11.2022Prof. Dr. Roukaya Kasenally, Prof. Dr. Kumari Issur, Prof. Dr. Ramola Ramtohul (University of Mauritius):
Island and Islandness: The Case of Mauritius		Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings
24.11.2022Prof. Dr. Rossella Guerrieri (University of Bologna, Italy):
Forests and global change: from tree ecophysiological mechanisms to ecosystem processes		Prof. Dr. Emanuele Ziaco
01.12.2022Prof. Dr. Peter Frenzel (University of Jena):
Palaeontology as a key contributor to geoarchaeological studies along the southern Baltic Sea coast		Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött
08.12.2022Prof. Dr. Kimberley Peters (Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg):
Territories of ocean governance: geography, philosophy and effective marine management		Prof. Dr. Julia Verne
15.12.2022Prof. Dr. Suntje Schmidt (IRS and Humboldt University of Berlin):
Platform ecologies: Global or regional assets?		Junior Professor Dr. Verena Brinks
12.01.2023Prof. Dr. Simon Hammann (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg):
What’s cooking? Evidence for cereal processing in archaeological pottery 		George Janzen
19.01.2023Prof. Dr. Nathalie Koch (University of Heidelberg):
Greening the Gulf’s oil money: Energy transition & geopolitics in the Arabian Peninsula		Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings
02.02.2023Prof. Dr. Verena Schreiber (Freiburg Higher Education Institution):
Transformative Geographical Education – a source of inspiration for geography didactics in turbulent times?		Dr. Marion Plien
DateSpeaker/ TitleModeration
28.04.2022Prof. Dr. Francesco Orsini (University of Bologna, Italy):
Sustainable use of resources in vertical farms		Prof. Dr. E. Ziaco
05.05.2022Dr. Katharina Mohring (University of Potsdam):
The feeling of security in German urban neighborhoods – perspectives on (but rarely of) young people		Prof. Dr. V. Wilhelmi
12.05.2022PD Dr. Christoph Schmidt (University of Lausanne, Swiss):
Quantifying Quaternary Landscape and Climate Evolution: New Approaches		Prof. Dr. A. Vött
19.05.2022Prof. Dr. Sebastian Henn (Friedrich Schiller University Jena):
Populist Resentment in Rural Regions – Effects on Business Practices and Networks. The Example of Eastern Thuringia 		Prof. Dr. V. Cummings
02.06.2022Prof. Dr. Astrid Stobbe (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main):
Pollen analytical results on the history and use of the forest in the Hessian low mountain range over the last millennia		Prof. Dr. S. Fiedler
09.06.2022Prof. Dr. Sandra Jasper (Humboldt University of Berlin):
Wastelands as experimental fields: a journey through Berlin
Followed by screening of “Natura Urbana: The Brachen of Berlin”		Dr. M. Jacobsen
23.06.2022Dr. Frank Edward (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania):
“Past and present flooding in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Is climate change or technocratic action to blame?”		Prof. Dr. J. Verne
30.06.2022Dr. Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo (University College Dublin, Ireland):
Extreme urban temperature and greenery mitigation strategies in a high-density sub-tropical climate city		Dr. T. Sinsel
07.07.2022Prof. Dr. Sören Becker (Philipps University Marburg):
Smart Cities and Modular Infrastructure		Junior Prof. Dr. V. Brinks
14.07.2022Ass.-Prof. Dr. Fabian Pettig (University of Graz, Austria):
Opening up spaces for shaping socio-ecological change: Transformative learning in theory and teaching practice		Dr. M. Plien
21.07.2022Dr. Jago J. Birk (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz):
Land use Reconstruction by biogeochemical analysis – Examples from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages		Prof. Dr. S. Fiedler
DateSpeaker/ TitleModeration
21.10.2021Dr. James Dorsey (National University of Singapore):
“The Middle East’s Major Battlegrounds: Religion and Soccer”		Prof. Dr. V. Cummings
28.10.2021Dr. Sebastian Wagner (Helmholtz Center Geesthacht):
“Influence of volcanic activity during the 1st millennium AD in Earth System Model simulations”		Prof. Dr. J. Esper
18.11.2021Dr. Sanda Lenzholzer (Wageningen University, NL):
“Urban design for climate adaptation and mitigation”		Prof. Dr. M. Bruse
25.11.2021Lena Breit (University of Hildesheim):
“Bridging the gap – a (critical) discussion of the geographical key concepts (basic concepts) in theory and practice”		Dr. M. Plien
02.12.2021Prof. Dr. Joseph Palis (University of the Philippines-Diliman):
“Island and Archipelagic studies”		Prof. Dr. V. Cummings
09.12.2021Dr. Klaus Kaiser (University of Halle-Wittenberg):
“The leak in the phosphorus cycle”		Prof. Dr. S. Fiedler
16.12.2021Prof. Dr. Gerrit J. Schenk (TU Darmstadt):
“Lorsch and the Weschnitz: Development of a floodplain landscape between cooperation and conflict”		Prof. Dr. A. Vött
13.01.2022Elmar Theveßen (Head of ZDF Studio Washington) and Ulf Röller (Head of ZDF Studio Beijing):
“China vs America – the duel of the world powers”		Prof. Dr. V. Wilhelmi
20.01.2022Prof. Dr. Kathrin Hörschelmann (University of Bonn):
“Imagining security: contested discourses and the subjectivities of children and youth”		Prof. Dr. Julia Verne
27.01.2022Prof. Dr. Lizzie Richardson (University of Frankfurt):
“Digital geographies of work: understanding platforms as spatial relations”		Junior Prof. Dr. V. Brinks
03.02.2022Prof. Dr. Alastair Bonnett (Newcastle University, UK):
“Micronations: the geopolitics of fun”		Dr. S. Petermann
Date
Guest / Title of the lectureModeration
22.04.2021
Dr. Claudia Mächler (DAI Berlin)
The Leonidaion in its significance for the archaeological site of Olympia		Prof. Dr. A. Vött
29.04.2021
Canceled!
Dr. James Dorsey (NUS Singapore)
The Middle East’s Major Battlegrounds: Religion and Soccer		Prof. Dr. V. Cummings
06.05.2021
Dr. Hanna Hadler (JGU Mainz)
Geoarchaeological Research in the German Wadden Sea around the medieval settlement of Rungholt		Prof. Dr. A. Vött
20.05.2021
Dr. Christian Wittlich (University of Koblenz)
Operationalization of ESD criteria for the inventory of out-of-school ESD learning places in Rhineland-Palatinate		Prof. Dr. V. Wilhelmi
27.05.2021
Prof. Dr. Stijn Reijnders (University of Rotterdam)
Worlds of Imagination. Media, tourism, culture 		Dr. J. van Lessen
10.06.2021
Dr. Jago J. Birk (JGU Mainz)
Biogeochemical analyses for reconstruction of past land use		Prof. Dr. S. Fiedler
17.06.2021
Prof. Dr. Nina Brendel (Potsdam University)
Virtual Reality field trips – a “mindful” approach to geography education		Dr. M. Plien
24.06.2021
Dr. Moritz Breul (University of Cologne)
Gateway Cities in Global Production Networks		Junior Prof. Dr. V. Brinks
01.07.2021
Prof. Dr. Ian Klinke (University of Oxford)
Life, earth, colony: Friedrich Ratzel’s necropolitical geography		Prof. Dr. J. Verne
08.07.2021
Dr. Frederick Reinig (JGU Mainz)
Re-dating the Laacher See Eruption		Prof. Dr. J. Esper
Date
Guest / Title of the lectureModeration
05.11.2020
Prof. Dr. Hermann Jungkunst (Landau University)
Human footprint on High Andean soil-ecosystems		Prof. Dr. S. Fiedler
12.11.2020
Prof. Dr. Michael Bruse (JGU Mainz)
Modeling Wind Risks of Urban Trees		Dr. H. Simon
19.11.2020
Dr. Aurel von Richthofen (ETH Zurich)
Urban Mapping and Planning in Muscat, Oman using Remote Sensing and Procedural Modeling		Prof. Dr. V. Cummings
24.11.2020
Elmar Theveßen (ZDF, Mainz)
American Voices – how injustice has divided the USA		Prof. Dr. V. Wilhelmi
03.12.2020
Junior Prof. Dr. Verena Brinks (JGU Mainz)
Coworking spaces: Emergence and proliferation from a geographical perspective		J. Zschocke
10.12.2020
Prof. Dr. Anton Escher (JGU Mainz)
Taste of Future. Cruising on the High Seas 		Dr. S. Petermann
14.01.2021
Dr. Roni Mikel Arieli (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington)
Jewish Deportees in Mauritius (1940-1945): A History from the Margins		Dr. E. Sommerlad
21.01.2021
Dr. Robert Panitz (University of Heidelberg)
Digitization, new divisions of labor and the chance to upgrade? A view on the stock image market and relational upgrading in global value networks 		Junior Prof. Dr. V. Brinks
28.01.2021
Prof. Dr. Jan Esper (JGU Mainz)
Climate Change: The Anthropocene in the context of the past 1-2k years		Dr. O. Konter
04.02.2021
Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött (JGU Mainz)
The Storegga Slide Tsunami and its impacts to the coasts of the southern North Sea		Dr. H. Hadler
11.02.2021
Prof. Dr. Inga Gryl (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Complexity, Globality and Anthropocene – geographical education between overload, activism, and utopia
Beitrittslink (Microsoft Teams)		Dr. M. Plien
Date
Guest / Title of the lectureModeration
16.04.2020
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Claus von Carnap-Bornheim (Head of the Schleswig-Holstein State Museums Foundation, Schleswig)
Dannewerk and Haithabu in Schleswig-Holstein – from surface monument to UNESCO World Heritage Site		Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött
23.04.2020
Prof. Dr. Sascha Henninger (University of Kaiserslautern)
Applied Geobotany – When the transmitter plays on a different frequency than the receiver		Prof. Dr. Volker Wilhelmi
07.05.2020
Gilly Hartal (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Israeli homonationalism: An activist spatial perspective		Dr. Elisabeth Sommerlad
14.05.2020
Prof. Dr. Chris Lukinbeal (Tucson University)
Old Tucson Studios and the Landscapes of Sonoran Westerns		Dr. Elisabeth Sommerlad
28.05.2020
Prof. Dr. Inga Gryl (University of Duisburg – Essen)
Complexity, globality and the Anthropocene – geographical education between excessive demands, activism and utopia		Dr. Marion Plien
04.06.2020
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich (Univ. Wellington/NZ)
Complexity, globality and the Anthropocene – geographical education between excessive demands, activism and utopia		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
18.06.2020
Prof. Dr. Michael Leuchner (RGZM Aachen)
Ecoclimatological consideration of energetic and material flows		Prof. Dr. Jan Esper
25.06.2020
Prof. Dr. Oliver Ibert (Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space)
Edge: Creating and Valuing Novelty at the Margins		Junior Professor Dr. Verena Brinks
02.07.2020
Dr. Christian Zang (TU Munich)
Forests and the climate crisis: how to identify future-proof trees?		Dr. Claudia Hartl
09.07.2020
Prof. Dr. Hermann F. Jungkunst (Landau University)
Human footprint on High Andean soil-ecosystems		Prof. Dr. Sabine Fiedler
DateSpeaker/ TitleModeration
24.10.2019Prof. Dr. Werner C. Barg (University of Halle) “Film Spaces as Narrative Spaces“Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings
07.11.2019Dr. Ulrich Dehner (Fachinformationssystem Rheinland-Pfalz) “The Soil Map 1:50,000 of Rhineland-Palatinate“Prof. Dr. Sabine Fiedler
14.11.2019Dr. Birte Schröder (Albert Schweitzer Gymnasium, Berlin)“”For me it is racism” – Orientations of young people and geographical didactic implications“Dr. Marion Plien
21.11.2019Professor Dr. Ing. Bernhard Lenz (Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences) “CLIMATE CHANGE – Strategies for urban spaces“Dr. Helge Simon
05.12.2019Dr. Florian Pfeil (WBZ Ingelheim) “The Nobel Peace Prize for Abiy Ahmed. Ethiopia on a difficult path to peace “Prof. Dr. Volker Wilhelmi
12.12.2019Prof. Dr. Heike Egner (Visiting Professor ZIS/JGU) “Intercultural challenges in the Anthropocene – How to encounter geological subjects?“Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
19.12.2019Dr. Lisa Krieg (University of Bonn) “Cosmopolitan geckos: Mobility, value, and smallness in the Indian Ocean“Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings
09.01.2020Prof. Dr. Yossi David (University of Mainz) “New media, new challenges: The erosive power of new media spaces in authoritarian societies“Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings
16.01.2020Dr. Sebastian Lindhorst (University of Hamburg) “The application of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) as a tool to access coastal sedimentary climate- and sea-level archives“Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött
23.01.2020Prof. Dr. Bernd Zolitschka (University of Bremen) “The Blue Lagoon – on the trail of climate history in Patagonia“Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött
30.01.2020Dr. Christian Zang (TU Munich) “Forests and climate crisis: how to identify future-proof tree species?“Dr. Claudia Hartl
06.02.2020Prof. Dr. Nadine Scharfenort (University of Passau) “Everyday life “on the slab” – Housing and homelessness in Berlin“Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
DateSpeaker/ TitleModeration
25.04.2019Prof. Dr. Bernd Schöne (Institute of Geosciences, JGU)
“Sclerochronological paleoclimate reconstructions – mussel shell archive”		Prof. Dr. Jan Esper
09.05.2019Dr. Jannik Heusinger (TU Braunschweig)
“On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground”		Prof. Dr. Michael Bruse
16.05.2019Dr. Clémentine Ols (Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière, Paris)
“Discussing the future of European forests”		Prof. Dr. Jan Esper
23.05.2019Dr. Stefan Zimmermann (University of Göttingen)
“Science communication and geography – The apparent lack of a ‘third mission'”		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
06.06.2019Prof. Dr. Leif O. Mönter (University of Trier)
“Interculturality in geography lessons – anti-racistically effective or culturally stereotyping?”		Dr. Marion Plien
13.06.2019Prof. Dr. Julia Verne (University of Bonn)
“The Re-Objectivization of the World: New Technologies, Power and Space in the Indian Ocean”		Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings
27.06.2019Prof. Dr. Ute Wardenga (University of Leipzig)
“Kiel” as a “place of revolution”? On the social and paradigmatic history of geography” 		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
04.07.2019Prof. Dr. Péter Bagoly-Simó (Humboldt University of Berlin)
“Education for Sustainable Development and Geography Education”		Dr. Marion Plien
11.07.2019PD Dr. Nikolaus Jackob (Institute for Communication Studies, JGU)
“Media trust in the age of polarization”		Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings
DateSpeaker / TitleModeration
18.10.2018Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thomas Brühne (University of Koblenz Landau)
Extracurricular learning between primary experience and self-regulation		Prof. Dr. Volker Wilhelmi
25.10.2018Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bauhus (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
The challenge of climate change for silviculture		Dr. Oliver Konter
08.11.2018Elmar Theveßen (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of ZDF)
Lies, leaks and disinformation – the digital destabilization of societies		Prof. Dr. Volker Wilhelmi
22.11.2018Dr. Ania Kotarba (Macquarie University Sydney)
Impact of environmental, landscape and climatic factors on founding, development and decline of Greco-Roman ports of trade on the Red Sea coast		Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött
29.11.2018Dr. Joachim Fallmann (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
Urban weather – urban planning, air quality and their influence on meteorology and microclimate		Prof. Dr. Michael Bruse
06.12.2018Tobias Weidinger and Dr. Stefan Kordel (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
(Im)mobilities in rural areas		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
13.12.2018Dr. Nele Lenze (Gulf University for Science and Technology Kuwait)
From Kerala to Dubai: Cultural Identities in Social Media		Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings
17.01.2019Dr. Iain Walker (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
Mayotte versus the Comoros: mimesis and violence in the Mozambique Channel		Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings
24.01.2019Daniel Böcher (ZDF Digital)
Screen tourism in Dubrovnik – methods and approach of the research work		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
31.01.2019Dr. Claus Bässler (Bavarian Forest National Park)
Strategies for preserving biodiversity in forests		Dr. Claudia Hartl
14.02.2019Dr. Dennis Wilken (Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel)
Perspectives and limits of geophysical prospection: Resolution and significance of geophysical soil parameters		Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött
DateSpeaker / TitleModeration
26.04.2018Dr. Christina West (Heidelberg University)
The transversal city – reflection and analysis on city (geography), migration and co-production of the urban: Rethinking the city!		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
03.05.2018Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött (Institute of Geography – JGU, Mainz)
Contributions to the debate concerning the potential of storms and tsunamis in the Mediterranean – publicity waves in geoscience		Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött
17.05.2018Prof. Dr. Dirk Felzmann (Landau University)
New concepts of the development of students’ ideas and consequences for teaching		Prof. Dr. Volker Wilhelmi
24.05.2018Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Vogt (Institute of Combustion and Power Plant Technology – IFK, University of Stuttgart)
Use of low-cost sensors for the measurement of particles – results of comparative measurements of low-cost sensors with professional aerosol spectrometers		Prof. Dr. Jan Esper
07.06.2018Prof. Dr. Miriam Kuckuck (University of Osnabrück)
Political education from the perspective of geography teachers		Prof. Dr. Volker Wilhelmi
14.06.2018Abeer Hamdan, Ph.D. (Phoenix Community College)
Water security in the Southwestern United States in the context of urban sprawl and climatic uncertainty		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
21.06.2018Prof. Dr. Carmella Pfaffenbach (RWTH Aachen)
Urbanization and everyday mobility in Muscat/Oman		Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings
05.07.2018Dr. Teresa Zölch (TU Munich)
The potential of ecosystem-based adaptation for heat and flood regulation in cities		Prof. Dr. Michael Bruse
DateSpeaker / TitleModeration
26.10.2017Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings (JGU Mainz)
Cosmopolitanism as capital for Singapore. Transnational identities and the right to belong in globalized societies
09.11.2017Dr. Florian Pfeil (Fridjof Nansen Academy Ingelheim)
Causes of flight in the Horn of Africa		Prof. Dr. Volker Wilhelmi
16.11.2017Dr. Elena Xoplaki (Justus Liebig University Giessen)
Medieval Climate Anomaly and Byzantium		Prof. Dr. Jan Esper
23.11.2017Prof. Dr. Scott St. George (University of Minnesota)
Expecting the unexpected: The value of old floods to modern hydrology		Prof. Dr. Jan Esper
30.11.2017Prof. Dr. Pavlos Avramidis (University of Patras)
Coastal depositional environments as important geoarchives and endangered environmental areas. Case studies of Western Greece 		Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött
07.12.2017Dr. Eva Nöthen (Goethe University, Frankfurt)
And where is the arts? On the potential of artistic research for geographical research and mediation practice 		Dr. Marion Plien
14.12.2017Prof. Dr. Shadia Husseini de Araújo (Departamento de Geografica da Universidade de Brasilia)
Global Halal Assemblages, Halal Standards and Muslim Labor Migration to Brazil		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
21.12.2017Dr. Birgitta Eder (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna)
Kakovatosand Samikon: Two Mycenaean settlements on the west coast of the Peloponnese		Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött
11.01.2018Prof. Dr. Ute Wardenga (Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig)
From ‘nomadic science’ to ‘royal science’ and back. Regional geography reloaded. 		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
18.01.2018Prof. Dr. Guntram H. Herb (Middlebury College, Vermont)
Border Rites and Border Rights: Indigenous Nations astride the US-Canada Border		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
DateGuest / Title of the lectureModeration
27.04.2017Former State Secretary Dr. Richard Auernheimer (President of the Rhineland-Palatinate/Rwanda Partnership Association)
Rwanda – How much democracy can development take?		Prof. Dr. Volker Wilhelmi
04.05.2017Prof. Dr. Andreas Pott (University of Osnabrück)
Migration regimes and their spaces. New perspectives in migration research 		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
11.05.2017Dr. Ulrich Hambach (University of Bayreuth)
Loesses in the Danube Basin – Paleoclimate Archives of Global Significance		Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött
18.05.2017Prof. Dr. Scott St. George (University of Minnesota)
Expecting the unexpected: The value of old floods to modern hydrology		Prof. Dr. Jan Esper
01.06.2017Prof. Dr. Thomas Hickler (University of Frankfurt)
Vegetation dynamics and ecosystem function under climate change – general patterns and mechanisms, with examples from Central Europe and the world		Prof. Dr. Jan Esper
08.06.2017Ulrich Grober (Journalist, Communication Studies and Art Historian)
The quiet breath of the future – The rise of sustainable values in times of crisis		Prof. Dr. Volker Wilhelmi
22.06.2017Prof. Dr. Chris Lukinbeal and Laura Sharp (University of Arizona, Tucson)
Hollywood’s Lingua Franca, or how China saved the cat		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
29.06.2017Dr. Susanne Kappesser (DEKRA Hochschule für Medien Berlin)
Emancipation, maternity and whiteness: The construction of female figures of light in Film and series		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
06.07.2017Dr. Rainer Kazig (École d’Architecture de Grenoble Laboratoire CRESSON)
Change of perspective for atmospheric research: Understanding the everyday use of atmospheres		Prof. Dr. Anton Escher
13.07.2017PD Dr. Kathryn Fitzsimmons (MPIC Mainz)
At the heart of Eurasia, but on the edge of everything: What Central Asian loess can tell us about shifts in climate subsystems		Prof. Dr. Andreas Vött