GI_Forum Journal is an international, peer reviewed Open Access journal that provides a forum for the critical examination of spatial enquiry. It publishes high quality original research across the transdisciplinary field of Geographic Information Science (GIScience), Media Geographies and Geomedia Education. The journal provides a platform for dialogue among GI-Scientists and educators, technologists, social scientists, and critical thinkers in an ongoing effort to advance the field and ultimately contribute to an informed GISociety.
Submissions focus on innovation in education, science, methodology, technologies and communication in the spatial domain and their role towards a more just, ethical, and sustainable science and society. The journal explicitly welcomes contributions that emphasise efforts to address spatially relevant issues from an inter- and transdisciplinary, theoretical as well as empirical perspectives.
GI_Forum Journal is a journal of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
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Editors in Chief
Adrijana Car; Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (FH Kärnten)
Josef Strobl; Austrian Academy of Sciences
Thomas Jekel; University of Duisburg-Essen
Helena Atteneder; University of Tübingen
Robert Vogler; University of Salzburg
Gerald Griesebner; University of Salzburg
Contact Details
Editorial address: car@cuas.at
Editorial Staff
Gerald Griesebner, University of Salzburg
Mary Rigby, English-language editor
Georg Lasinger, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Editorial Board
The Editorial Board of GI_Forum Journal plays a key role in shaping and maintaining the quality of the journal's publications. It consists of dedicated and experienced academics from the fields of geography, geoinformatics, communication and media studies and related disciplines, who contribute their diverse knowledge and (spatial) perspectives. The role of the Editorial Board members is to support the development of our scholarly output, advise on the content direction of the journal, and conduct annual quality reviews of the journal. Their involvement ensures that the GI_Forum Journal is a platform for the publication of relevant and sound articles of value to both the scientific community and to practitioners.
GIFJ – editorial board (alphabetical order)
Prof. Dr. Pablo Abend
Designwissenschaften/ Design Studies,
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, Germany
