The Ultimate Painting

Work Group of Social Geography

Chair: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Simon Runkel
The Ultimate Painting
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The Chair of Social Geography in Jena stands for a political social geography, which empirically and theoretically addresses current issues of societal and political change. Our aim in teaching is to develop and discuss current socio-political issues together with students in a theoretically sophisticated, creative and critically reflective way. Our socio-geographical research aims at the analysis of processes of dynamization and stabilization of and in late modern societies at different scales and from a spatial perspective.

About us

  • Jena
    Image: Simon Runkel
    Our research Our research is based on the understanding of the dynamization and stabilization of the social geographies of society and community.
  • Unsere Lehre
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    Our teaching We are involved in various phases of the Bachelor's and Master's study programs, supervise heterogenous final theses and discuss the societal change in critical and creative contexts with our students.
  • Team portrait on the ‘bridge of wishes’ (Leuchtenburg)
    Image: Dominique Kauer
    Our team The social geography team is a creative mix of different perspectives, skills and interests.
  • AtmoCT hat jetzt eine offizielle Webseite: atmoct.org.
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    Atmospheres of (Counter)TerrorismExternal link You can find more information on our international research project on the official website, bringing together researchers from France, the UK, and Germany.
Junior Professorship for Social Geography

Loebdergraben 32
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link

Postal address:
Department for Geograpy
Junior Professorship for Social Geography
Loebdergraben 32
07743 Jena

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