GeoNight 2024 is coming!

GeoNight 2024 is coming! For eighth edition of GeoNight, the organizing committee has decided to propose two possible dates for organizing events. Hence, for the GeoNight 2024 edition, events could take place on either Friday, April 5th or Friday, April 12th 2024. In order to submit an event proposal, you can fill out the following form until the 5th of February: https://www.geonight.net/propose-an-event-for-the-2024-geonight-edition/. This year marks the 8th edition of the "GeoNight / Nuit de la Géographie", which was initially launched in 2017 by the CNFG Comité National Français de Géogr...
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Geography – passion since childhood, inspiration for life

We start the project 'Geography - passion since childhood, inspiration for life' prepared under the governmental programme Społeczna Odpowiedzialność Nauki II. Current schoolyear 2023/2024 will witness a great jubilee of 50. edition of Geography Olympiad. To celebrate this magnificent occassion we want to share our passion and history of Olympiad - and show what we love geography for. About the project 'Geography - passion since childhood, inspiration for life' The project will consist of: Series of lectures 'What do geographers do?' - online meetings with geographers working on vari...
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Congress of Polish Geography 2023

Ladies and Gentlemen! It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in three outstanding events, very special to Polish geography in th eyear 2023. These are: Congress of Polish Geography 2023 Jubilee of the 100th anniversary of the Polish Geographical Journal 64th Symposium of the Polish Geographical Society The events will take place on May 31 - June 3, 2023 in Poznań, onsite only. The theme of the meeting is: "Geography of uncertainty".
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Propose an event for the GeoNight2023

GeoNight2023 is coming! Also in 2023 Polish Geographical Society - the proud member of the Association of Geographical Societies in Europe EUGEO - supports "GeoNight", an initiative conceived to link countries on an international scale with small and medium events with geography in the heart. The aim is, also, to reach with our discipline even beyond the limits of the Academy, and to show an international interest and support for Geography. GeoNight2023 is on April 14th. More information are on the international GeoNight website. This is, and it will be, a work in progress, but now essenti...
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International Tourism Congress ITC2022 in partnership with PGS

We sincerely invite you to International Tourism Congress ITC2022. This international event will be held in Łódź, on November 17-19, 2022. Polish Geographical Society is a proud partner of this congress which is organised in cooperation between project SPOT - Sustainable Spatial Planning of Tourism Destinations, Faculty of Geographical Sciences at University of Lodz, and Portuguese research centre CiTUR - Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation. Until September 15, 2022, both abstract submission and early bird registration are open. For those of you who are affiliated to on...
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The Green Track Stop event “A Walk in the Woods – citizen science for forests”

The Green Track Stop event "A Walk in the Woods - citizen science for forests", organized on behalf of the vegetation group at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) as part of the EU Green Track campaign, is close. We would like to invite all young European citizens to take part in this activity! Contribute to the Green Track Stop initative! Go for a walk in the forest near your home, your school or your university any time between May 16 and May 22 and answer the questions provided in our short online survey. In this survey, we want to know what you think about the value of forests and ...
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MapoFaktura 2022 is already finished!

On April 1, 2022, the achievements of MapoFaktura 2022 workshops have been presented as a part of GeoNight initiative. The event was organized by the students of tourism and recreation programme at the University of Lodz, Faculty of Geographical Sciences. The idea of MapoFaktura was created by the students of the course on social media in tourism offered by assist. prof. Tomasz Napierała. This was the third edition of this spectacular event. This year, participants got to know how to edit, process, and use spatial data for crisis management. MapoFaktura2022, including both workshops and online...
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Ukrainian crisis: Message of PGS to executives of the International Geographical Union

On the 2nd of March, 2022, the letter to Prof. Michael Meadows, President of the International Geographical Union, and Prof. Dr Barbaros Gönençgil, Secretary General of the IGU has been sent. Executives of the Polish Geographical Society asked to consider whether Russia should not be suspended as a full member of International Geographical Union. It must be clearly stated that this bottom-up initiative is supported by the entire community of the Polish Geographical Society and expresses solidarity with our Ukrainian colleagues. Letter to executives of the International Geographical Union De...
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Statement by the Polish Geographical Society on the military attack by Russia on Ukraine

On Thursday, 24th of February 2022, in the early morning hours, Russia launched an unprecedented invasion of Ukraine. The Polish Geographical Society strongly condemns the extremely dangerous and completely unfounded aggression by Russia against an independent and undivided Ukraine. Unjustified and unprovoked aggression is a clear violation of international law. Ukraine is a democratic and sovereign country with beautiful aspirations expressed on the international forum, although facing many social and economic challenges. By bordering with many countries, it builds relations within Europe...
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GeoNight 2022 – 1st of April 2022

The GeoNight 2022 is going to take place on 1st of April 2022, simultaneously all around the world. Doesn’t matter how - face-to-face, online or hybrid - it is important that we meet. Save the date! And by 21st of February, be sure to submit your event proposal! EXTENDED DEADLINE for event proposals!!! The new deadline to submit event proposals has been extended to 28th of February 2022. This year marks the 6th edition of the "Nuit de la Géographie / GeoNight", which was initially launched in 2017 by the Comité National Français de Géographie (CNFG) and rapidly supported and promoted by th...
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