Conference Programme

13th HGS International Conference · 27–28 November 2026 · Athens40 sessions · 338 presentations

Friday 27 Nov Saturday 28 Nov All sessions

Where the session organisers have confirmed it, presentations are listed in their final order by time slot. The remaining sessions are listed in alphabetical order (by first author) until their final order is announced.

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Friday, 27 November 2026

National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) & Harokopio University of Athens (HUA)

	EKKE			HUA
	Room I.1	Room I.2	Main Hall	Ceremony Hall	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6
09:30–11:00	39General culture	3Health Inequalities Across Space and Time: A Historical Demographic Perspective from the 19th Century to the Present	4Looking for (the) place in intersecting urban displacements	7Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Dynamics	9Unmapped geographies: Contemporary Socio-Spatial Transformations in Thessaloniki	23Migrant emplacement and urban ambiances: fearscapes, ethnoscapes, commonscapes	27Geography as a driver of political discontent	35Playing, Mapping, and Thinking Spatially: New Technologies for Geography Education	32Geoinformatics and Spatial Intelligence: Methods, Applications and Challenges	5Landscapes and seascapes at the edge: boundary zones under global environmental change
11:00–11:30	Coffee break
11:30–13:00	38From Risk to Resilience: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Geography	19Diverse Demographic Realities Across Space and the Challenge of Territorial Cohesion	4Looking for (the) place in intersecting urban displacements	7Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Dynamics	9Unmapped geographies: Contemporary Socio-Spatial Transformations in Thessaloniki	23Migrant emplacement and urban ambiances: fearscapes, ethnoscapes, commonscapes	27Geography as a driver of political discontent	35Playing, Mapping, and Thinking Spatially: New Technologies for Geography Education	32Geoinformatics and Spatial Intelligence: Methods, Applications and Challenges	5Landscapes and seascapes at the edge: boundary zones under global environmental change
13:00–14:00	Lunch break at HUA
14:00–16:00	Plenary session
16:00–16:30	Coffee break
16:30–18:00	6Biogeography & Spatial Ecology	21Geographies of Transition: Energy and Transport	22Critical geopolitics and/in cities	7Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Dynamics	16Naming space, creating territory : language practices, representations and urban imaginaries	23Migrant emplacement and urban ambiances: fearscapes, ethnoscapes, commonscapes	17Mobilities, Migration and Rural Transformations: Rethinking Countryside Futures in Motion	35Playing, Mapping, and Thinking Spatially: New Technologies for Geography Education	32Geoinformatics and Spatial Intelligence: Methods, Applications and Challenges	1Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches in Geography for Sustainability Challenges
18:00–18:30	Break
18:30–20:00	6Biogeography & Spatial Ecology	21Geographies of Transition: Energy and Transport	22Critical geopolitics and/in cities	7Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Dynamics	16Naming space, creating territory : language practices, representations and urban imaginaries	34Geographical knowledge Production in a world of crisis: Reviving workers' inquiry and renewing labour geography	17Mobilities, Migration and Rural Transformations: Rethinking Countryside Futures in Motion	36aCritical Perspectives in Geography Education: Spatial Thinking, Citizenship, and Curriculum Innovation	32Geoinformatics and Spatial Intelligence: Methods, Applications and Challenges	1Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches in Geography for Sustainability Challenges

Saturday, 28 November 2026

Harokopio University of Athens (HUA)

	HUA
	Ceremony Hall	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Room 5	Room 6	Room 7
09:30–11:00	20Rural Depopulation as a Socio-spatial Process: Inequalities, Employment, and Social Change	8Energy, Space and Inequalities: Exploring Pathways toward a Just Energy Transition	13Socio-spatial changes in the neighborhood scale: methodological and theoretical considerations	12Collective actions and social struggles for the right to the city and the commons, and their role in spatial planning	11Municipal and Community Housing Observatories: monitoring mechanisms for democratic governance and urban justice	28Integrating Geography and Planning: Urban types, mobility patterns and spatial justice in contemporary planning research	18Mapping socio-spatial transformation: tracing population demographics, mobility and inequality across time	29Geographies of Circularity
11:00–11:30	Coffee break
11:30–13:00	37Reproductive commons and political infrastructures: Care and collective Life making in the urban polycrisis	8Energy, Space and Inequalities: Exploring Pathways toward a Just Energy Transition	13Socio-spatial changes in the neighborhood scale: methodological and theoretical considerations	12Collective actions and social struggles for the right to the city and the commons, and their role in spatial planning	11Municipal and Community Housing Observatories: monitoring mechanisms for democratic governance and urban justice	28Integrating Geography and Planning: Urban types, mobility patterns and spatial justice in contemporary planning research	18Mapping socio-spatial transformation: tracing population demographics, mobility and inequality across time	36Geography and Education: Research, Practice and Reflection in Dialogue
13:00–14:00	Lunch break
14:00–15:30	37Reproductive commons and political infrastructures: Care and collective Life making in the urban polycrisis	10Urban Micro-segregation, segregation at the micro scale	2Spatializing Urban Vulnerability in Times of Crisis: Energy Poverty, Housing Deprivation, Homelessness, and Displacement	12Collective actions and social struggles for the right to the city and the commons, and their role in spatial planning	31Democratic Landscape Monitoring: Integrating Earth Observation, Landscape Ecology and Participatory GIS	28Integrating Geography and Planning: Urban types, mobility patterns and spatial justice in contemporary planning research	18Mapping socio-spatial transformation: tracing population demographics, mobility and inequality across time	36Geography and Education: Research, Practice and Reflection in Dialogue
15:30–16:00	Coffee break
16:00–17:30	37Reproductive commons and political infrastructures: Care and collective Life making in the urban polycrisis	10Urban Micro-segregation, segregation at the micro scale	2Spatializing Urban Vulnerability in Times of Crisis: Energy Poverty, Housing Deprivation, Homelessness, and Displacement	15Compassionate urban geographies of transformative power	33Web Mapping and Web GIS tools & applications	14The geography of housing markets	30Mountain Geography in Europe: Depopulation, Spatial Inequalities, and the Challenge of Territorial Cohesion	36bSpatializing Urban Vulnerability in Times of Crisis: Energy Poverty, Housing Deprivation, Homelessness, and Displacement
17:30–18:00	Coffee break
18:00–19:30	37Reproductive commons and political infrastructures: Care and collective Life making in the urban polycrisis	25Participatory approaches in spatial contexts: Limits, contradictions and emerging practices	2Spatializing Urban Vulnerability in Times of Crisis: Energy Poverty, Housing Deprivation, Homelessness, and Displacement	24Cultural productive landscapes and rural water infrastructure systems	33Web Mapping and Web GIS tools & applications	14The geography of housing markets	30Mountain Geography in Europe: Depopulation, Spatial Inequalities, and the Challenge of Territorial Cohesion	GEOSYSTEMSponsor presentation

National Centre for Social Research (EKKE)

Archimidous 8, 17675, Kallithea, Athens

Harokopio University of Athens (HUA)

El. Venizelou Ave. 70, 17676, Kallithea, Athens