Department of Geography, University of Ljubljana
Background
The Department was established in 1919, the same year as Ljubljana's University. The thirty-two staff members, both pedagogic and non-pedagogic, deal with around 500 students, at a graduate and postgraduate study programme. In 2002 the Department launched a research institute, focusing on environmental and regional-development studies.
The Department also houses the largest geographical library, which is a part of Faculty of Arts Central Humanities Library.
Publications
There are several publications run by the Department's staff and its collaborators. One is DELA, a periodical aimed at scientific paper and materials. The other publication is GeograFF aimed for a more general public interested in geography. Articles of both publications are available in digital copies at DLib.si - Digital Library of Slovenia.
International cooperation
Besides the international agreements on an university level, the Department has a substantial number of partnerships all over Europe (Paris, Lille, Liege, Amsterdam, Aberdeen, Liverpool, Dublin, München, Würzburg, Münster, Seville, Bilbao, Lisbona, Beja, Freiburg, Prague, Brno, Olomouc, Krakow, Lublin, Riga, Trieste, Graz etc.).
See also
- Department of Geography Library, University of Ljubljana
- University of Ljubljana
- Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
- Anton Melik Geographical Institute