Building Excellence in Research of Human-Environmental Systems With Geospatial and Earth Observation Technologies (HES-GEO)

The Institute of Geography and Spatial Management (IGSM) at Poland’s Jagiellonian University is studying, among other things, human–environmental systems (HES) of the Anthropocene. The work is conducted along a variety of urban–rural–marginal gradients with the use of tools and data available through Earth observation (EO) and geospatial technologies. The EU-funded HES-GEO project will enhance the Institute’s existing research capacity. It will also aim to stimulate scientific excellence by building on the Institute’s existing strengths and opportunities provided by new regulations of science and higher education in Poland, combining them with the vast expertise in studying HES and in capacity building of three excellent partner institutions: Paris Lodron University of Salzburg , Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin and Katholieke Unversiteit Leuven.