The Department of Geography
The department has defined four areas of particular focus for
its research and teaching: regional environmental research,
research into regional development, urban studies and
applied geoinformatics. In all of these, it has a long tradition of
teaching and project work, and they also account for the majority
of the doctoral dissertations produced.
Good relations with adjacent disciplines provide opportunities
for students to broaden and deepen their scientific perspectives.
The department also participates in joint educational programmes
within the university and in the work of the Open University
and the Finnish Virtual University. It has strong connections with
instruments of social and regional development in South-
Western Finland and in a broader perspective both nationally
and internationally.