Special interest Study Groups exist, based on particular areas of research and teaching. Study groups develop their own programs as well as holding important meetings within the annual conference of the Institute. The current study groups are:

• Critical Development
• Cultural Geography
• Economic Geography
• Environmental Sustainability
• GIScience, Spatial Analysis and Modelling
• Hazards, Risks and Disasters Study Group
• Health Geography
• Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledges and Rights
• Legal Geography
• Rural Geography
• Urban Geography