Institute of Geography

Welcome to the website of the Institute of Geography, University of Bern. Founded in 1886, the Institute comprises Human Geography, Physical Geography, and Geographies of Sustainability and conducts research on all aspects of geography. The Institute offers a Bachelor and a Master program and contributes to several other study programs.

Why study Geography in Bern? You can find out what former and current students and lecturers think on the page 'For prospective students' under the heading 'Studies'.

News

1740: coldest year in Europe

1740 was the coldest year in Central Europe of (at least) the past 600 years. A daily weather reconstruction shows the worst-case sequence of weather systems leading to this extreme.

The End of Sheikh Hasina’s Era: Is women leadership in Bangladesh at risk?

Jinat Hossain, lecturing at the unit Critical Sustainability Studies, is publishing a series on the recent political transition in Bangladesh and its impact on gender leadership and equality.

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New «Cloud Dynamics»-Group at GIUB

Franziska Aemisegger starts with her ‹Cloud Dynamics› team at GIUB on 1 September 2024

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Events

Colloquium in Climatology, Climate Impact, Remote Sensing and Geocomputation From weather data to extreme weather warnings

06 November

6th Global Science Film Festival in Bern

We kindly invite you to the opening of our 6th Global Science Film Festival in Bern by mBLAB and the Global Science Film Academy.

Raising Our Expectations

Roberta Hawkins presentes her new book 'Higher Expectations: How to Survive Academia, Make It Better for Others, and Transform the University'.

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