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Press releases

Sebastian Lentz re-elected as Leibniz Vice-President

At its General Assembly on 26 November in Berlin, the Leibniz Association re-elected the Director of the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography to the Board of Directors and as Vice-President of the Leibniz Association…

Changing mobility cultures

A new research project at the IfL deals with mobility reforms and conflicts. It is headed by the mobility researcher and Eastern Europe expert Wladimir Sgibnev

Online book launch: "Transregional Connections in the History of East Central Europe"

On 10 December, the edited volume “Transregional Connections in the History of East Central Europe”…

IfL Forschungswerkstatt #7: Announcement and call for contributions

"I do it online now" – Virtual methods as (new) practice in spatial research?

IfL in brief

50 million bird observations - visualised in an interactive web map

After three years of development, the "ornitho-Regioportal" went online in October 2020.

"Hybrid" learning

It is well known that people like to play and always learn in the process. But how do you manage to arouse young people's curiosity for "landscape" and encourage them to discover new things outside?

IfL with restricted access

Due to the current corona situation and the recommendation to keep social contacts to a minimum, the institute remains closed to the public until further notice.