近日，華東師范大學榮譽教授、地理科學學院特聘教授、南非皇家科學院（Royal Society of South Africa）院士Michael Meadows教授在國際地理聯合會（International Geographical Union）主席換屆選舉中，獲得49名會員國成員全票通過，被正式推選為國際地理聯合會新一屆主席，任期為2020年至2024年。

      Recently, Professor Michael Meadows, Honorary Professor of East China Normal University (ECNU), Distinguished Professor in the ECNU School of Geographical Sciences, and academician of the Royal Society of South Africa, was officially elected as the new president of the International Geographic Union (IGU), with a term of office from 2020 to 2024.

      國際地理聯合會成立于1922年，是由世界各國地理學術團體聯合組成的地理學領域最頂級的國際組織。Meadows教授的當選，是我校教師首次在國際地理學重量級學術組織擔任主席這一要職。

      Founded in 1922, the IGU is the top international organization in the field of geography, which is composed of geographical academic groups from all over the world. The purposes of the IGU are primarily to promote geography through initiating and coordinating geographical research and teaching in all countries of the world. This is the first time an employee of ECNU has served as chairman of an important international geography academic organization.

      Meadows教授，1955年出生于英國利物浦，在英國薩塞克斯大學和劍橋大學分別獲得學士和博士學位。自1983年起在開普敦大學任教，是南非皇家科學院自然地理學領域唯一的院士，在國際著名期刊發表學術論文百余篇，出版專著多部。2010年起，任國際地理聯合會（IGU）秘書長兼財務主管。此外，還任Progress in Physical Geography, Quaternary Science Reviews及 Land Degradation and Development等國際著名期刊的編委。

      Born in 1955 in Liverpool, UK, Professor Michael Meadows obtained his BA and PhD from the University of Sussex and the University of Cambridge respectively. He began to work at the University of Cape Town in 1983 and is currently the only academician of the Royal Society of South Africa in physical geography.
      Professor Meadows has published more than a hundred academic papers in prestigious international journals, and several monographs. Hehas served as the Secretary-General and Treasurer of the IGU since 2010. He is also on the editorial board of several high-profile international journals, including Progress in Physical Geography, Quaternary Science Reviews, and Land Degradation and Development.

WORKING IN ECNU

      2015年11月4日，南非皇家科學院新晉院士、國際著名地貌學家Meadows教授應地理科學學院劉敏院長邀請訪問華東師范大學地理科學學院，參加了華東師范大學主辦的“中國人口地理格局與城市化未來－紀念胡煥庸線發現80周年學術研討會”并致詞，這是Meadows教授與華東師范大學第一次親密接觸。

      Professor Meadows visited ECNU for the first time on November 4, 2015. He was there to attend the “Population Geography and the Future of Urbanization in China: Symposium for Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Discovery of Hu Huanyong Line” hosted by ECNU, and delivered a speech at the symposium.

      2016年被聘為華東師范大學名譽教授，主要研究方向包括第四紀古環境的重建，人類世界環境演變和人類活動對環境的影響等。

      In 2016, Professor Meadows became a distinguished professor in the School of Geographical Sciences, East China Normal University. His key research interests include the reconstruction of quaternary palaeoenvironments and issues around environmental change and human activities.

      On April 14, 2017, the Opening Ceremony of the Institute of Eco-Chongming and the Institute of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences & the Chongming Summit Forum on Ecological Development was held in Chongming. Professor Meadows and other participants witnessed the birth of the two institutes.

The inauguration of the Institute of Eco-Chongming and the Institute of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences

      2017年，Meadows教授受華東師范大學地理科學學院劉敏教授邀請，聯合申請國家自然科學基金和南非基金會合作研究項目《中國-南非典型海岸濕地關鍵帶水沙-生物地球化學過程耦合機理對比研究》，并成功獲批。在2018-19年間，他與劉敏教授共同帶領“華東師大-南非開普敦”國際研究團隊，多次在南非Knysna瀉湖海岸地區和長江口崇明東灘進行野外觀測.

      In 2017, Professor Meadows and Professor Liu Min’s scientific program, "Hydro-sediment dynamics and bio geochemistry process in coastal wetland critical zone :A comparison study between China and South Africa", was approved by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Research Foundation of South Africa as an international cooperation program.
      In April 2018, an ECNU research team headed by Professor Liu Min and Professor Meadows conducted monitoring and fieldwork at Knysna lagoon in South Africa.

The research team conduct field research in Africa.