The following map identifies the member institutions of the UN-GGIM Academic Network and their primary Point of Contact (PoC).

CountryUniversity / InstitutePrimary Point of Contact
Antigua and BarbudaInstitute of TechnologyMichael Charles
ArgentinaUniversidad Nacional de La PlataDaniel Del Cogliano
AustraliaCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationPaul Box
AustraliaCurtin UniversityIvana Ivánová
AustraliaGriffith UniversityCheryl Desha
AustraliaUniversity of MelbourneAbbas Rajabifard
AustriaUniversity of SalzburgJosef Strobl
AustriaVienna University of Technology (TU Wien)Georg Gartner
BelgiumKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)Joep Crompvoets
BrazilFederal University of ParanáSilvana Philippi Camboim
BrazilUniversity of BrasiliaJosé Leandro de Araújo Conceição
Burkina FasoEcole Superieure Polytechnique de la JeunesseTRAORE Sekou
CanadaCarleton UniversityFraser Taylor
CanadaToronto Metropolitan UniversitySongnian Li
CanadaUniversity of CalgaryEmmanuel Stefanakis
CanadaUniversity of New BrunswickShabnam Jabari
CanadaUniversity of WaterlooJonathan Li
CanadaUniversity of WinnipegEdward CLoutis
ChileUniversity of SantiagoRicardo Crespo
ChinaBeijing University of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureJie Jiang
ChinaMoganshan Geospatial LaboratoryChenchen Chen
ChinaNanjing Normal UniversityJie Shen
ChinaShaoxing universitySaeid Pirastesh
ChinaSouthwest Jiaotong UniversityWeilian Li
ChinaWuhan UniversityHuayi Wu
ColombiaUniversity of Los AndesDaniel Paez
DenmarkAalborg University CopenhagenJamal Jokar Arsanjani
EgyptBenha UniversityAyman Elshehaby
GermanyUniversity of MünsterChristoph Brox
GhanaUniversity of GhanaAlex Barimah Owusu
GreeceNational Technical University of AthensChryssy Potsiou
IndiaAligarh Muslim UniversityQazi Mazhar Ali
IndiaAnna UniversityR. Vidhya
IndiaIndian Institute of Technology MadrasP. Shanmugam
IndiaIndia Space Week *Adesh Kumar
IndiaInstitute of Environment Education & Research, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed UniversityShamita Kumar
IndiaJawaharlal Nehru UniversityMilap Punia
IndiaL.J. School of Architecture and PlanningHimanshu Thakker
IndiaSymbiosis International UniversityTarun Pratap Singh
IndonesiaUniversitas Gadjah MadaHeri Sutanta
ItalyCNR IREAPaola Carrara
ItalyPolitecnico di MilanoMaria Antonia Brovelli
ItalyRoma Tre UniversityRoberto Bianchini
ItalySapienza University of RomeMattia Crespi
KazakhstanThe Institute of GeographyDinara Abiyeva
KyrgyzstanKyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport and ArchitectureAkylbek Chymyrov
MalaysiaGeomatika University CollegeMohd Firdaus
MalaysiaUniversiti Putra MalaysiaHelmi Zulhaidi Mohd Shafri
MexicoGeography Institute – The National Autonomous UnivJorge Prado Molina
NetherlandsUniversity of TwenteMenno-Jan Kraak
NigeriaAhmadu Bello UniversityAdamu Ahmed
NigeriaObafemi Awolowo UniversityJide Kufoniyi
NigeriaUniversity of LagosMuyiwa Agunbiade
PortugalNOVA Information Management SchoolMarco Painho
RussiaMoscow State Institute of International RelationsIgor Okunev
Saudi ArabiaImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityAbdullah Alkadi
SerbiaUniversity of Novi SadMiro Govedarica
South AfricaUniversity of PretoriaSerena Coetzee
SwedenLund UniversityAli Mansourian
SpainUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaCarmen Femenia-Ribera
Trinidad and TobagoThe University of the West IndiesBheshem Ramlal
TurkeyKarabuk UniversityIsmail Rakip Karas
UAEKhalifa UniversityMarouane Temimi
UKTaylor and Francis Group *Irma Britton
USAHarvard UniversityDouglas Richardson
USAESRI *Michael Gould
USAMississippi State UniversityNarcisa Pricope
USATaylor Geospatial Institute *Nadine Alameh
USATexas A&M University-Corpus ChristiMichael Starek
USAUniversity of AlabamaJohanna Engström
USAUniversity of California, BerkeleyCharlotte Smith
USAUniversity of MaineHarlan Onsrud
USAUniversity of MinnesotaJane Lee
UkraineKNUBA – Kyiv National UniversityRoman Shults
UruguayUniversity of the RepublicRosario Casanova
VietnamFIMO – Vietnam National UniversityBui Quang Hung

* Associate Member,
Last updated February 1, 2025.