Research

Areas

The Department of Geography is currently active in 5 research areas:

• 3D data acquisition
• Cartography and GIS
• Physical geography
• Landscape research
• Social and economic geography

Click here for a description of these research fields.

Research units

Each of the 5 research areas mentioned above is the main research topic for a research unit (click on the link to vist each research unit's web site):

• 3DDA - 3D Data Acquisition
• CartoGIS
• Physical Geography
• Landscape Research
• SEG - Social and Economic Geography

Publications

Click here for an interactive list of publications by researchers at the Department of Geography. The list contains articles included in one of the ISI Web of Knowledge databases 'Science Citation Index', 'Social Science Citation Index' or 'Arts and Humanities Citation Index' and is synchronized directly with the UGent Academic Bibliography.

UGent Geographers around the world

Geographers and UGent Geographers in particular always try to broaden their horizons and view on the globe. As a consequence, they are to be found all over the world doing their research. Click here for an interactive map of places where researchers from the Department of Geography can be found doing their research activities.