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Rethinking Work, Money and Care through Video Podcasts

How does mobile money shape financial inclusion in Ghana? What happens to urban life when Airbnb takes over neighborhoods? And what role does capitalism play in our love relationships?In the Bachelor module GEO364 “Wirtschaftsgeographien der Globalisierung”, students developed new perspectives on global economic processes. During the autumn semester of 2024, they critically engaged with current […]

The Power of Reliability: How Do People Feel About the Most Common Energy Sources?

Marco Stutz examines the change in energy perception in German-speaking Europe between 2007 and 2023.

Bridging academia and social media: Gallopping with the Critical Pony

The Critical Pony is a project designed to make the field of human geography more approachable and entertaining for a broad audience. Through bite-sized, engaging videos, this initiative tries to turn complex academic ideas into content that resonates on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts.

We care about care work: Methodenseminar für Bachelorstudierende

Wie verstehen wir Pflegearbeit? Wie sieht die Arbeitsrealität von Menschen aus, die bezahlte oder unbezahlte Pflegearbeit leisten?

Research Award for Dr. Soledad Castro

Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Soledad Castro receives ICTA-UAB Best Prizes

Launch of the Geography Creative Lab: Innovative student work at UZH in the spotlight

The new UZH Geography Creative Lab website is a collaborative ‘lab’ space created to showcase creative and engaged research produced in various formats by students at our department. Our aim is to move beyond traditional forms of knowledge production and assessment, and to create a space where students’ ideas, innovation, and creativity are showcased and celebrated publicly.

Video-Podcasts – Economic Geography 2023

We present a series of video podcasts made by economic geography students delving into economic processes from a critical standpoint.

Panel on Chemical Geographies at DKG 2023

Christian Berndt co-hosts a panel on debates at the interface of chemistry and human geography

Seminar "Regulatory challenges in a changing global pesticide complex"

UZH researcher Soledad Castro organized a seminar on pesticide regulation at ICTA-UAB, in Barcelona.

Research Award for Xiaohui Jiang

Xiaohui Jiang is awarded IPO Best Research Award from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

The multiple spaces of the global economy

Christian Berndt and Marc Boeckler have contributed to a new edited book that explores how space emerges as people attempt to organize and reorganize their everyday activities.

AAG 2023: Global Pesticide Complex Sessions

Together with Marion Werner (SUNY Buffalo), Annie Shattuck (Indiana University) and Becky Mansfield (Ohio State University) Christian Berndt co-organized two paper sessions at the AAG Annual Meeting in Denver.

Video-Podcasts von Studierenden der Wirtschaftsgeographie

Im GEO364 Seminar des Herbstsemester 2022 vertieften die Studierenden ihr bereits vorhandenes Wissen zur Wirtschaftsgeographie und analysierten wirtschaftliche Prozesse und Zusammenhänge aus einer kritischen Perspektive. Dabei entstanden viele grossartige 10-minütige Video-Podcasts.

Chemical Geographies: Analyzing global pesticide supply chains

A new research project analyzes selected global herbicide supply chains linking sites of agricultural use in Latin America with places of production in Asian countries.

Ein Labor, das die Grenze schafft

Die europäische Aussengrenze existiert nicht von sich aus. Sie wird seit zwanzig Jahren praktisch in die Tat umgesetzt. Simon Noori zeichnet die Geschichte der umstrittenen Grenzschutzagentur Frontex in einem Beitrag für die WOZ nach.

FinGeo Doctoral Dissertation Prize 2021 awarded to Manuel Wirth

Manuel Wirth has been awarded the 2021 Dissertation Prize by the Global Network on Financial Geography (FinGeo)

Welche Verantwortung trägt die Schweiz?

Die Schweiz beruft sich immer wieder auf ihre humanitäre Tradition. Auch, wenn es um Geflüchtete geht. Was bedeutet das in Bezug auf die Situation der Geflüchteten im Mittelmeer? Eine Diskussion mit Simon Noori, Migrationsforscher am GIUZ und an der Universität Neuchâtel.

Handbuch Feministische Geographien

Karin Schwiter collaborated as an editor and author in this recently published book by the Autor*innenkollektiv Geographie und Geschlecht.

Contribution to the debate on socialist modernism, Degrowth and technology

Peter Howson, Jillian Crandall and Xavier Balaguer Rasillo published an article entitled "Digital Degrowth innovation: less growth, more play". The paper contributes to the special issue: "Environmental limits, scarcity and Degrowth" published by the Journal of Political Geography.

New paper on glyphosate and global pesticide production and use

Marion Werner, Christian Berndt and Becky Mansfield published a paper titled "The Glyphosate Assemblage: Herbicides, Uneven Development, and Chemical Geographies of Ubiquity" in Annals of the American Association of Geographers.