Theme: Geography and Sustainable Development: From a Transdisciplinary Perspective

17-20 October 2025 · Xi'an, China

As a transdisciplinary discipline studying the coupled human and nature systems and their interactions, geography has natural advantages to promote the sustainable development by providing the underpinning theories, methodologies, models and data. Geographers have made important contributions to exploring the nexus between the natural and social sciences, and delivered knowledge and experiences that are needed to support transformation towards sustainable development.

The International Workshop on Geography and Sustainability 2025 aims to handle the challenges associated with geography and sustainable development by interdisciplinary research methods, strengthen exchanges and cooperation among different disciplines, and promote the integration and innovation of geography and sustainability. We look forward to you joining us in Xi'an, China in October 2025!

Hosts

• Beijing Normal University

• Shaanxi Normal University

• Geographical Society of China

Organizers

• School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University

• Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University

• IGU Commission on Geography and Sustainability

Co-organizers

• Geography and Sustainability

• GSC Working Committee on Editing and Publishing

Scientific Committee

Chairs

• Bojie Fu (Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Vice president of IGU)

• Xiaobing Li (Shaanxi Normal University, China)

• Fahu Chen (Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Michael Meadows (Nanjing University, China; University of Cape Town, South Africa; Past president of IGU)

• Nathalie Lemarchand (Université Paris 8, France; President of IGU)

Members (* In alphabetical order of first name)

• Barbaros Gönençgil (İstanbul University, Turkey; IGU Secretary General)

• Bingfang Wu (Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Brett Bryan (Deakin University, Australia)

• Chansheng He (Western Michigan University, USA)

• David Eldridge (University of New South Wales, Australia)

• Desheng Xue (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)

• Fubao Sun (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Guoyou Zhang (The Geographical Society of China)

• Hua Zheng (Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Jianguo Liu (Michigan State University, USA)

• Jianping Huang (Lanzhou University, China)

• Jorge Rocha (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

• Junguo Liu (North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power)

• Keith Ronald Skene (University of Dundee, UK)

• Mei-Po Kwan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

• Peijun Shi (Beijing Normal University, China)

• Qi Feng (Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Quansheng Ge (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Shujin He (GSC Working Committee on Editing and Publishing)

• Xiaoyan Li (Beijing Normal University)

• Ya Ping Wang (Shaanxi Normal University, China; University of Glasgow, UK)

• Yanfen Wang (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Yangjian Zhang (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hebei University, China)

• Yanglin Wang (Peking University; Shanxi University, China)

• Yansui Liu (Henan University, China)

• Yonglong Lu (Xiamen University, China)

• Zhengchao Zhou (Shaanxi Normal University, China)

• Zhibao Dong (Shaanxi Normal University, China)

Organizing Committee

Co-chairs

• Fubao Sun (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Geographical Society of China)

• Zhibao Dong (Shaanxi Normal University; Geographical Society of China)

• Xiaoyan Li (Beijing Normal University)

  
  

Secretaries General

• Yunbo Wang (Shaanxi Normal University)

• Dai Wang (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Geographical Society of China)

• Wenwu Zhao (Beijing Normal University; Chair of IGU-GEOSUS）

Vice Secretaries General

• Shuai Wang (Beijing Normal University)

• Wei Liang (Shaanxi Normal University)