At the beginning of September 2026, Professor Andrii Bogucki and Associate Professor Olena Tomeniuk of the Department of Geomorphology and Palaeogeography took part in the international scientific conference LoessFest 2026, held in Krapets, Bulgaria, on the picturesque Black Sea coast. We are pleased to note that our researchers also contributed to the work of the Scientific Committee of the conference.
The conference was organised by the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, with...

Learning geology goes beyond the classroom!
On 1 October 2026, students of the Earth Sciences programme, accompanied by Associate Professor Olena Tomeniuk of the Department of Geomorphology and Palaeogeography, visited the Yevhen Lazarenko Mineralogical Museum of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv as part of their studies in the course General Geology.
During the visit, the students explored a great variety of minerals, having already learned about the key physical properties used for their identification. They also had an opportunity to...

From June 7 to 14, 2025, first-year students of group GRN-11c from the Faculty of Geography at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv took part in the geological and geomorphological module of their field training. The practice was conducted under the supervision of faculty members from the Department of Geomorphology and Palaeogeography — Professor Andriy Bogucki and Associate Professor Olena Tomeniuk.
Throughout the week, students had the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge in field conditions near Lviv. In particular, participants:

studied...

You are invited to participate in the proceedings of the International Scientific Conference “LVIV HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: DIMENSIONS, CHALLENGES, CONTEXTS”, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the prof. Oleh Shabliy Department of Economic and Social Geography, which will take place on October 23–24, 2025
THE CONFERENCE TOPICS
1. Prof. Oleh Shabliy – scientist, educator and leader of the Lviv scientific school of Human Geography.
2. Theory, methodology and methods of the new Human Geography.
3. Economic and Social Geography: problems of recovery and...

On May 29, 2025, Associate Professor of the Department of Geoecology and Physical Geography Anatoliy Smaliychuk took part in the training “Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management” (in a remote format).
He delivered a presentation on the topic “Multi-hazard Risk Assessment: Natural and Man-Made Hazards”, in which he presented methodological approaches and provided examples of such an assessment using GIS technologies, remote sensing data and considering climate change and the war factors in Ukraine.
The training took place on May...