Call for Papers for Session on ‘Left Behind Places and Marginality in a Changing World’ at the IGU Regional Conference 2026

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This session asks: What local and regional responses emerge from left behind places and marginal regions amid shifting global dynamics?

See full session abstract here: https://www.irc2026.org/en/Marginalization-Localization-and-Regional-and-Local-Responses.html

Chair: Kim Andreas Kessler
Co-Chair: Etienne Nel

Conference dates:          17-21 August 2026

Conference venue:         Istanbul University

🟢Submit your abstract here: https://www.irc2026.org/en/ABSTRACT-SUBMISSION.html

Organisers: International Geographical Union (IGU), IGU Commission on Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Responses, Turkish Geographical Society, and Istanbul University.