Teaching is linked to everyday problems and offers a high degree of relevance to the labour market. Innovative teaching formats addressing different competencies with a high degree of practical relevance (e.g. blended learning, flipped classroom, integration of external students, use of digital offerings) ensure a varied course of study. The very good student-teacher ratio allows targeted individual support, especially by certified teaching staff in the university area. German and international excursions provide a comparative view of spatial phenomena in specific areas.

University of Latvia, Riga, Lettland; University of Nordland, Bodø, Norwegen; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Martinique, Frankreich; University of Tampere, Finnland; Karls Universität Prag, Tschechische Republik; Lignan University, Hong Kong; University of Georgia, Athens, USA

Laboratory for physical-geographical analyses; CIP pool for teaching skills in remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS) as well as all forms of data preparation, data analysis, data interpretation as well as their presentation; software for conducting qualitative social research and human geographical research (MAXQDA); well-equipped sub-library for geography.

Migration, (post-)development and return, economic-geographic transformation; urban-rural relations; local identity and quality of life; sustainability and spatial justice; intergenerationality and neighbourhoods; cultural education in rural areas; historical natural hazards research, planning history, historical geographies of production, trade and consumption; ESR dating of corals, mollusks and gastropods. Regional key areas: East and South-East Europe, Western Europe and, Germany, Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Caribbean), USA and Japan

Close cooperation with the university's Office for Innovation and Founding (BIG); lecturer from the Department of Geography I takes on the role of coach for social entrepreneurship at the university.