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Organization profile
Organization profile
Geography, Environment & Society at the University of Minnesota is a top-ranked department that provides a setting for academic study or professional training in one of the nation's outstanding public land-grant research universities. Our programs in geography, urban studies, and geographic information science prepare students for careers in academia, industry, government, and nonprofit sectors.
Our faculty have expertise in geo-visualization spatial thinking and complexity; nature, society, health, and environment; environmental dynamics; geographies of globalization and new cultural formations; and global-urban laboratory and metropolitan studies.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Geodesign and Analysis of Cross-Organization Opportunities inNatural Resources
Runck, B. C. (PI)
1/1/25 → 12/31/25
Project: Research project
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Preserving Open Space Through Conservation Easements
Runck, B. C. (PI)
1/1/25 → 12/31/25
Project: Research project
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A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned
Parks, S. A., Guiterman, C. H., Margolis, E. Q., Lonergan, M., Whitman, E., Abatzoglou, J. T., Falk, D. A., Johnston, J. D., Daniels, L. D., Lafon, C. W., Loehman, R. A., Kipfmueller, K. F., Naficy, C. E., Parisien, M. A., Portier, J., Stambaugh, M. C., Williams, A. P., Wion, A. P. & Yocom, L. L., Dec 2025, In: Nature communications. 16, 1, 1493.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Application of Graph Convolutional Neural Networks and multi-sources data on urban functional zones identification, A case study of Changchun, China
Wang, S., Zhao, C., Jiang, Q., Zhu, D., Ma, J. & Sun, Y., Feb 2025, In: Sustainable Cities and Society. 119, 106116.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Scopus citations -
A research agenda for GIScience in a time of disruptions
Nelson, T., Frazier, A. E., Kedron, P., Dodge, S., Zhao, B., Goodchild, M., Murray, A., Battersby, S., Bennett, L., Blanford, J. I., Cabrera-Arnau, C., Claramunt, C., Franklin, R., Holler, J., Koylu, C., Lee, A., Manson, S., McKenzie, G., Miller, H. & Oshan, T. & 7 others, , 2025, In: International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 39, 1, p. 1-24 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations
Datasets
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Century-scale wood nitrogen isotope trajectories from an oak savanna with variable fire frequencies
Trumper, M., Griffin, D., Hobbie, S. E., Howard, I. M., Nelson, D. M., Reich, P. B. & McLauchlan, K. K., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2020
DOI: 10.13020/428b-8h51, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/216183
Dataset
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DynamoVis - Dynamic Visualization of Animal Movement Data
Somayeh, D., Xavier, G. & Wong, W. Y., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2018
DOI: 10.13020/D6PH49, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/197620
Dataset
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Gigapixel macro photography of tree rings
Griffin, D., Porter, S. T., Trumper, M. L., Carlson, K., Crawford, D., Schwalen, D. & McFadden, C., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, Apr 16 2021
DOI: 10.13020/rep3-nf86, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/219375
Dataset
Activities
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The impacts of heat waves on child health in Africa
Grace, K. L. (Speaker), Davenport, F. (Speaker), Wrigley-Field, E. (Speaker), Burrows, R. A. (Speaker), Zaitchik, B. F. (Speaker) & Funk, C. (Speaker)
2021Activity: Talk types › Submitted presentation or panel
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University of California Press (Publisher)
Braun, B. P. (Peer reviewer)
2020Activity: Editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Fire Ecology (Journal)
Kipfmueller, K. (Peer reviewer)
2020Activity: Editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Press/Media
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Local professor's 'Minneapolis Uprising Syllabus' offers a historic look at the present
Bledsoe, A. C. & Lewis, B. M.
6/16/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview
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Is Minneapolis prepared to dismantle — not just acknowledge — structural racism?
Delegard, K. M. & Ehrman-Solberg, K. P.
6/1/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview
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Warfare dendrochronology and the German super battleship Tirpitz’s deployment to Norway
St. George, S.
4/11/18 → 4/19/18
5 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview
Prizes
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Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
St. George, S. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Institute for Advanced Study Interdisciplinary Doctoral Graduate Fellows, 2022-23
Calhoun, L. (Recipient), Csr, S. (Recipient), King, D. (Recipient), Lopez Torres, V. (Recipient) & Peterson, N. (Recipient), Sep 1 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Talle Faculty Research Award, 2019-2020
Yahav, A. S. (Recipient), Lovejoy, A. O. (Recipient), Rahaim, M. (Recipient), Ma, N. (Recipient), Syed, M. (Recipient), Viestenz, W. R. (Recipient) & Grace, K. L. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)