XIX Coloquio Ibérico de Geography

The celebration of the Colloquia Iberian Geography arrives at itsXIX edition after that this initiative is materializase at the University of Salamanca in 1979 and had continuity in Lisbon in 1980. The role of geographers as relevant as teachers Ángel Cable, of the University of Salamanca, and Orlando Ribeiro, University of Lisbon, it was critical to put into operation these Colloquia, that by fortune if kept in time. The community geographical ibérica collaborated in difficult circumstances since the celebration of the International Congress of Geography in Lisbon in 1948. At present, this collaboration is fully institutional between the Spanish Association of Geography (AGE) and the Associaçãor Portuguesa de Geógrafos (APG), which promote the regular holding of these Symposia.

The recollection of the story and the claim of a community ibérica of people estudosas of Geography have a huge sense, since the internationalization university originated under the distrust of the dictatorial regimes of Spain and Portugal. Despite this, his pervivencia plasmouse in multiple collaborations during the period of the claim of democracy in both nations in the 1970s. The incorporation of the Iberian Peninsula to the European Communities, there are now 40 years old, has created a framework of stable relationships, intense and fruitful among the community geographical ibérica, enhanced by the collaboration in projects INTERREG or by the development of mobility programs university. At present, colleagues Portuguese are invited frequently to participate in the courts of theses and other academic acts of the Spanish universities, and geographers/the Spanish/the partake in theses and committees of selection of teachers in Portugal. For these reasons, to celebrate the success of the cooperation chose this motto to the NINETEENTH Colloquium Iberian Geography, which will take place in Lugo in 2026 (Campus de Lugo, University of Santiago de Compostela).

The structure of the Colloquium is intended to be similar to that of the two previous editions immediate in Salamanca 2022 and Coimbra 2024. For this, we have established a series of thematic axes that include the greater part of the issues dealt with by Geography current in Spain and Portugal. It also provides for the holding of conferences plenary opening and closing, several outputs of the field and a round table, whose theme will be set by the Organizing Committee, the AGE and the APG.

For this NINETEENTH edition of the Colloquium Iberian Geography was decided to establish eight thematic axes, which encadrarán the proposals of the communication received. The first two have an environmental content, closest to the interests of the physical Geography. of The rural transformation and the problems of access to housing define the axes 3 and 4. In the shaft 5 is an approximation broad that it encompasses the urbanization and urban systems, economic Geography and territorial governance. The shaft 6 is devoted to the sightseeing trip at the turistificación and to its consequences, and the 7 to the spaces of heritage, in particular to the character cross-border. Finally, a Colloquium Iberian must address the issues related to the teaching of Geography from a perspective critical comparative.

Thematic axes

Environmental problems common to Spain and Portugal
specific Problems of the management of the natural environment in the regions of southern Europe. Loss of biodiversity. Invasive species. The management of natural parks and xeoparques. The geomorphology in spaces urbanized in the times of the Anthropocene.
Climate change, risks and spacious vulnerable in the Iberian Peninsula
Measurement of climate change and its effects. Abandonment of large sectors of the rural and forest fires. Urbanization and flooding. The changes of the line of the coast. The mapping of the vulnerability of the physical space of the mainland.
New activities and transformations recent in the world rural
rural living, new scenarios economic spaces traditionally agrarian and peasants. Corporate location in territories of low density. The alternatives agroecolóxicas and food production quality. Immigrants in rural iberian. Public services and its location extraurbana.
The cities iberian front of the housing crisis
and The persistence of the problem of housing. The outbreak of housing for tourist use. Housing policies: failure and new alternatives. The heritage urban void and limits of the shares rehabilitadoras. Where to get homes for rent? How to cool a market markedly speculative.
Metropolitan areas, spacious peri-and axes of economic growth in Spain and Portugal: cross-border relations, governance and ways of joint territorial
Cities and spaces of the metropolitan. Urban areas and cross-border. Urban growth diffuse and the organization of economic activity. The organization of the territory and insufficient scale supramunicipal management. Spain and Portugal of the archipelagos.
The effects of successful tour of the countries iberian: between the turistificación and the turismofobia
sustained Growth of the tourism activity and its impacts territorial. Turistificación, gentrification and displacement residential. Social conflicts associated with the tourist use of the space. Ability to load and indicators for measuring the sustainability of tourism. Strategies of governance and models of resilience tourist.
The treatment of the spaces with the united states sets: spaces of contact, uses and conflicts
Cities abaluartadas of the border as a cultural heritage shared. Natural parks cross-border and protected natural spaces close to the border. Cultural itineraries cross-border: the example of the Paths of Santiago and of the routes of smuggling. The old frontier as well patrimonial.
The teaching of Geography to the challenges of the current world: the experiences of Spain and Portugal
Education geographical front to climate change, to the social injustices and environmental and the disinformation digital. Challenges of the use of artificial intelligence geospatial in the teaching-learning of Geography. Experiences teaching innovative in the different educational levels. The training of teachers for the development of a thought geographic critical.

Provisional programme

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

9.00–10.00: Registration of participants
10.00–10.30: Opening of the NINETEENTH Colloquium Iberian Geography
10.30–11.30: inaugural Conference
11.30–12.00: Break-coffee
12.00–13.30: Presentation of communications (parallel sessions)
13.30–16.00: free-Lunch
16.00–17.30: Presentation of communications (parallel sessions)
17.30–18.00: Break-coffee
18.00–19.15: Presentation of communications (parallel sessions)
19.15–20.45: Visit the historical town of Lugo

Thursday, October 15, 2026

9.00–11.00: Presentation of communications (parallel sessions)
11.00–11.30: Break-coffee
11.30–13.30: round Table
13.30–16.00: free-Lunch
16.00–17.30: Presentation of communications (parallel sessions)
17.30–18.30: closing Conference
18.30–19.00: the Act of closing
20.30: official Dinner of the congress

Friday, October 16, 2026

Output field work

Calendar

Submission of abstracts: April 1, 2026
Communication of acceptance of abstracts: may 1, 2026
Sending of communications: June 30, 2026
Communication of the results of the review of communications: July 30, 2026
Last day of payment of the quota reduced: July 31, 2026
Submission of the final version for digital publication: September 1, 2026
Last day of payment of the quota ordinary: September 21, 2026

Registration fees and forms of payment

Type	Until 31/07/2026	From 01/08 to 21/09/2026
Partners	120 €	170 €
Students	60 €	100 €
General	170 €	220 €

Registration includes:
• Assistance to the scientific sessions during the days of the Congress (14-16/10/2026).
• Presentation of a maximum of two communications. In the case of jointly at least half of the authors have to be registered (in the case of the three authors, at least two must formalize the registration).
• Documentation and materials distributed by the organization of the Congress.
• Certification academic correspondent (assistance and communication).
• The publication of communications in the format of digital book with ISBN of the Spanish Association of Geography (AGE), prior acceptance after peer review blind.
• Guided visit to the city of Lugo (14/10/2026) and the output of the field with lunch included (16/10/2026).

The procedure of registration recollerase in the Second Circular of the Colloquium.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Will be sent through the form enabled on the website of the Colloquium, using the corresponding templates for the summary and for the communication and following the rules laid down for the same.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (in update)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

The department of Geography of the University of Santiago de Compostela
• Rubén Camilo Lois González
• Antonio Doval Adam
• Inês Gusman
• Diego Cidrás Fernández

The Spanish association of Geography
• the Assumption Blanco Romero
• Yamilé Pérez Guilarte

Associaçãor Portuguesa de Geógrafos (in update)
• Adélia Nunes