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About IGU Commission C12.29 9
The International Geographical Union (IGU) organizes its
work in 40 commissions and two task forces. One of the
former in the 2012–2016 period is IGU Commission C12.29.
Marginalization, Globalization and Regional and Local Responses.
Its purpose is to research geographical marginality from different
perspectives. In 2012–2016, the main focus has been on its relation
to globalization and much concern has been dedicated to local and
regional responses to different forms of marginality and marginali-
zation. The commission’s mandate ends in August 2016. However,
the proposal for continuation has been prepared and has to be ap-
proved by the IGU General Assembly that is to be held at the IGU
congress in Beijing on August 21-25, 2016.
The commission has a steering committee that has been chaired by
Stanko Pelc for the last four years while the commission’s secretary
has been Walter Leimgruber for several mandates. The commis-
sion has a list of 306 members from 51 countries and pursues sev-
eral research objectives and also has several focal concerns and re-
search themes.
In 2014, the commission’s steering committee met with Stefan
Einarson, Springer Publishing Editor for the field of Social Scienc-
es; Springer consequently started the book series »Perspectives
on Geographical Marginality«. The first book of the series has just
been published and the manuscript of the second one is almost
complete. The series editors are Walter Leimgruber (Fribourg,
Switzerland), Etienne Nel (Dunedin, New Zealand) and Stanko
Pelc (Koper-Capodistria, Slovenia).
The International Geographical Union (IGU) organizes its
work in 40 commissions and two task forces. One of the
former in the 2012–2016 period is IGU Commission C12.29.
Marginalization, Globalization and Regional and Local Responses.
Its purpose is to research geographical marginality from different
perspectives. In 2012–2016, the main focus has been on its relation
to globalization and much concern has been dedicated to local and
regional responses to different forms of marginality and marginali-
zation. The commission’s mandate ends in August 2016. However,
the proposal for continuation has been prepared and has to be ap-
proved by the IGU General Assembly that is to be held at the IGU
congress in Beijing on August 21-25, 2016.
The commission has a steering committee that has been chaired by
Stanko Pelc for the last four years while the commission’s secretary
has been Walter Leimgruber for several mandates. The commis-
sion has a list of 306 members from 51 countries and pursues sev-
eral research objectives and also has several focal concerns and re-
search themes.
In 2014, the commission’s steering committee met with Stefan
Einarson, Springer Publishing Editor for the field of Social Scienc-
es; Springer consequently started the book series »Perspectives
on Geographical Marginality«. The first book of the series has just
been published and the manuscript of the second one is almost
complete. The series editors are Walter Leimgruber (Fribourg,
Switzerland), Etienne Nel (Dunedin, New Zealand) and Stanko
Pelc (Koper-Capodistria, Slovenia).
