The 4th International Conference on Geographical Science for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems and Livelihoods under Global Environmental Change (GORILLA), aims to support the Global Development Agenda 2030 by exploring how emerging geographic oriented science can bridge gaps between policy and practice, tackle sustainable development challenges and opportunities at local, regional, national and global scales. With a transdisciplinary approach, the conference will provide a platform for discussing pressing sustainability and resilience issues through conceptual, empirical, and theoretical conversations. Approximately 400 participants are anticipated to engage in this collaborative effort towards sustainable development. The 4th International GORILLA conference will be organized around the following subthemes;
- Geographies of Climate Change Resilience: Contradictions and Opportunities
- Environmental Risk and the increasing Polycrisis
- Geospatial Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability of Livelihood
- Emerging Geographic Technologies and Innovations for Resilience
- Green-based transitions for sustainable livelihoods
- Cities of the Future: Reimagining Urbanity in the Age of Innovation and Sustainability
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Nature-based Solutions
- Biodiversity, Biogeography and Ecosystem for Societal Resilience
- Early Warning Systems and Anticipatory Actions for Resilient Communities
- Geographies of water systems resilience
- The changing geography of agrifood systems
- Climate mobility, displacement and natural resource conflict
Submission of Abstracts:
We invite you to submit a 250-word abstract targeting one of the conference sub-themes. The abstract should articulate the investigated problem, the methods employed, major results and conclusions from the study. Abstracts can be submitted for either oral or poster presentation. Abstracts should be submitted online on this website. Follow the link: Submit your Abstract. The abstracts will be reviewed in real-time and feedback on acceptance will be given to the proponents after being subjected to a peer review process.
Important dates:
- Deadline abstract submission: 31st July 2026
- Latest Notification of abstract: 30th August 2026
Science-Policy-Practice Dialogue sessions
The 4th International GORILLA conference will be embedded with two dialogue sessions aimed at bridging the gaps between science, policy, and practice, with a focus on generating actionable and policy-oriented measures to drive societal transformation. These sessions will involve panelists from academia, parliamentary forums, development actors, practitioners, and local community
members discussing critical issues in the global development agenda.
GORILLA Conference Secretariat
Department of Geography, Geo-Informatics and Climatic Sciences, Makerere University,
P. O. Box 7062, Kampala Uganda.
Telephone +256 772 696 751 (Prof. Yazidhi Bamutaze, LOC Chair), +256785 207 156 (Dr. Jerome
Lugumira, Co-Chair)
View more: About Secretariat