Commission and Task Force Chairs: 2004-2008
 
UNIT NAME INSTITUTION COUNTRY EMAIL ADDRESS WEBSITE
               
Applied Geography Professor Antoine S. Bailly Université de Geneve Switzerland antoine.bailly@geo.unige.ch  
Arid Lands, Humankind, and Environment Professor Mahmoud M. Ashour Ain Shams University Egypt mmashour_99@yahoo.com  
Biogeography and Biodiversity Professor Udo Schickhoff Universität Bonn Germany schickhoff@giub.uni-bonn.de  
Climatology Professor Annick Douguédroit Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille1) France annickd@up.univ-aix.fr  
Coastal Systems Professor Douglas Sherman Texas A&M University U.S.A sherman@geog.tamu.edu http://igu-ccs.ucc.ie/
Cold Region Environments Professor Martin Gude Friedrich-Schiller-University Germany martin.gude@uni-jena.de  
Cultural Approach in Geography Professor Benno Werlen Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Germany benno.werlen@uni-jena.de  
Diversity in Mountain Systems Professor Joerg Stadelbauer Universitaet Freiburg, Germany joerg.stadelbauer@geographie.uni-freiburg.de  
Dynamics of Economic Spaces Professor Richard LeHeron University of Auckland New Zealand r.leheron@auckland.ac.nz http://www.sges.auckland.ac.nz
Environment Evolution Professor Andrei A. Velichko Academy of Sciences Russia paleo@glasnet.ru  
Gender and Geography Professor Tovi Fenster Tel Aviv University Israel tobiws@post.tau.ac.il www2.fmg.uva.nl/igugender
Geographical Education Professor Lex Chalmers The University of Waikato New Zealand lex@waikato.ac.nz  
Geographical Information Science Professor Gregory Elmes West Virginia University USA gelmes@wvu.edu  
Geography and Public Policy Professor Doris Wastl-Walter University of Berne Switzerland dwastl@giub.unibe.ch http://www.igu-gapp.org/
Geography of the Information Society Professor Aharon Kellerman University of Haifa Israel akeller@univ.haifa.ac.il http://www.ssc.msu.edu/~igu/
Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change Professor Jarkko Saarinen University of Oulu Finland jarkko.saarinen@oulu.fi  
Geomorphic Challenges for the 21st Century Professor Anthony Parsons University of Leicester United Kingdom ajp16@leicester.ac.uk http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/research/GC21
Global Change and Human Mobility Professor Armando Montanari DEST - Università G d'Annunzio Italy MD3046@mclink.it http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/geo/globility
Hazards and Risks Professor David Alexander Coventry University United Kingdom d.alexander@coventry.ac.uk  
Health and Environment Professor Mark Rosenberg Queen's University Canada rosenber@post.queensu.ca http://geog.queensu.ca/igu-com-he/
History of Geographical Thought Professor Hector Mendoza-Vargas Autonomous University of Mexico Mexico hvargas@servidor.unam.mx  
Karst Professor David Gillieson James Cook University Australia david.gillieson@jcu.edu.au  
Land Degradation and Desertification Professor Gudrun Gisladottir University of Iceland Iceland ggisla@hi.is  
Land Use and Land Cover Change Professor Alexander Mather University of Aberdeen United Kingdom a.mather@abdn.ac.uk  
Landscape Analysis Professor Nikoloz Beruchashvili Tbilisi State University Georgia nlberou@hotmail.com  
Local Development Professsor Michael Sofer University of Tel Aviv Israel msofer@post.tau.ac.il  
Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Responses Professor Etienne Nel Rhodes University South Africa e.nel@ru.ac.za  
Marine Geography Professor Brian Slack Concordia University Canada slack@vax2.concordia.ca  
Modelling Geographical Systems Professor Richard W. Thomas University of Manchester United Kingdom mfvstrwt@fs1.go.man.ac.uk http://grm.cuhk.edu.hk/igu-cmgs/
Monitoring Cities of Tomorrow Professor Gerhard Braun Freie Universität Berlin Germany gbraun@geog.fu-berlin.de http://www.cities-of-tomorrow.com
Political Geography Professor André-Louis Sanguin Universite de Paris IV--Sorbonne France alsanguin@wanadoo.fr http://www.cla.sc.edu/geog/wpm
Population and Vulnerability Professor Allan M. Findley University of Dundee United Kingdom a.m.findlay@dundee.ac.uk  
Sustainability of Rural Systems Professor Christopher Bryant Université de Montréal Canada bryan94@attglobal.net http://www.geog.umontreal.ca/donnees/igu-rural-systems/
Water Sustainability Professor J.A.A. Jones University of Wales United Kingdom jaj@aber.ac.uk http://water-sustainability.ph.unito.it
Geoparks Professor Narciso Barrera-Bassols Autonomous University of Mexico Mexico barrera@igiris.igeograf.unam.mx  
Megacities Professor Frauke Kraas Universität zu Köln Germany f.kraas@uni-koeln.de http://www.megacities.uni-koeln.de/
Olympiad Professor Joop van der Schee Free University Amsterdam Netherlands j.vanderschee@ond.vu.nl  
Olympiad Professor Henk Ankoné SLO / National Institute for Curriculum Development Netherlands h.ankone@slo.nl  
Vulnerability Professor Colin Polsky Clark University USA cpolsky@clarku.edu http://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/research/vulnerability/