Wer ist die ASG?

The Swiss Geographical Association (ASG) is the umbrella organization for geographers in Switzerland. Ordinary members of the ASG are the specialist geographical societies, the regional societies and the geographical University institutes in Switzerland.

The statutory objectives of the ASG include:

• Networking the various fields of the discipline: science, teaching, practice
• Promoting dialog between the different regions and languages of Switzerland
• Participation of geography in current socio-political debates

In its current mandate, the ASG pursues the following specific objectives:

1. Promotion of international exchange
2. Strengthening cooperation between the Swiss language regions
3. Promotion of mid-level faculty and ethnic diversity at universities
4. Promoting concrete measures in the context of climate change

Instrumente

• GeoAgenda ist das Magazin der ASG und erscheint viermal pro Jahr
• Themengruppen in den Bereichen Humangeographie, Physische Geographie, Schulgeographie und Angewandte Geographie
• Nachwuchsförderung von jungen Forschenden zur Teilnahme an Kongressen im Ausland

Links

• Mitglied der Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT), die die ASG über die Plattform Geowissenschaften mitfinanziert
• Mitglied der International Geographical Union (IGU)
• Institutionelle Trägerschaft für die Zeitschrift Geographica Helvetica