Research at the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology

Research at the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology

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Research shapes the future! At the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology, we lay the foundation for research-based teaching and engagement in current societal challenges around key areas in our disciplines: global inequality, migration, urbanization, mobility and temporality, climate change, economic transformation and environmental threats, technological development, international labor markets, and complex organizations.

Research Groups

Social Anthropology:

Geography:

Strategic Focus Areas, Geography 


The four strategic focus areas, reflected in both its teaching and research activities: 

    • Natural hazards and effects of climate change 
    • Nature, resource management and landscape 
    • Globalization, mobility and citizenship 
    • Innovation and regional changes 

Research projects, Social Anthropology

Networks

Publications at the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology

The Department of Geography and Social Anthropology has extensive publication activities and many researchers who actively contribute to the social debate through lectures, blogs and the media.