IFL - Leibniz-Institute for Länderkunde

Research area: The history of geography

The IfL is the primary centre for the study of the history of geography in German-speaking countries. The history of geography research group at the Institute has strong international and interdisclipinary links. It analyses the history of German and European geography, studies and documents the history of spatial representations as well as national and international development patterns within the discipline. It forms an internal competence cluster within German-speaking geography, with the task of initiating and moderating discourses on the history of the discipline.