Department of Human Geography

The Department of Human Geography is an academic structural unit of the Geography Department of the Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences of the University of Warsaw. The department organises and implements research and study work in the subfield of human geography sciences, ensuring the implementation of bachelor's, masters and doctoral academic study programmes at the LU FGES. Initially the Department of Economic Geography was established in 1944. It was renamed to the Department of Human Geography in 1996. Currently, 11 lecturers and researchers work in the department, while eight doctoral students are working on theses.

Academic staff:
Dr. geogr., professor Zaiga Krišjāne
Dr. geogr., associate professor Māris Bērziņš
Dr. geogr., associate professor Pēteris Škiņkis
Dr. geogr., assistant professor Juris Paiders
Dr. geogr., assistant professor Elīna Apsīte-Beriņa
Dr. geogr., lecturer Ģirts Burgmanis
Dr. geogr., researcher Aija Lulle
Dipl. architect, lecturer Gunta Lukstiņa
PhD, researcher Guido Sechi
PhD student, research assistant Jānis Krūmiņš
PhD student, research assistant Margarita Feizaka
PhD student, research assistant Sindija Balode
PhD student, research assistant Toms Skadiņš

Latvian Science Council expert rights:
Geography (Zaiga Krišjāne, Māris Bērziņš, Elīna Apsīte-Beriņa, Juris Paiders, Ģirts Burgmanis);
Demography (Zaiga Krišjāne, Māris Bērziņš, Elīna Apsīte-Beriņa).

Directions of scientific research:
Population geography
Geography of cities and population
Economic geography
Social geography
Political geography
Regional geography
Geography of transport
Geography of tourism
Rural geography
Population mobility and labour migration
Development planning of places and territories
Demographic and socio-economic differentiation of the population
Territorial systems and regions
Population regeneration and ageing
Analysis and management of territorial communities
Data processing and analysis methods