Institute for Mountain Research: Man and Environment (IGF), Austrian Academy of Sciences

The Institute for Mountain Research: Man and Environment (IGF) at its headquarters in Innsbruck focuses on inter- and transdisciplinary mountain research (montology) in cooperation with international groups of scientists. It also includes GLORIA (http://www.mountainresearch.at/index.php/en/institute/networks.html), the long-term global monitoring network in alpine areas. The institute is part of the Social Sciences Research Centre (http://www.ssrc.oeaw.ac.at/) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (http://www.oeaw.ac.at/) and maintains a cooperation with the Mountain Research Initiative (http://www.mountainresearch.at/index.php/en/institute/networks.html), Bern.