
HR Prof. h.c. Univ.-Doz. Dr.
Peter Jordan
Retired staff member
T +43 1 51581 - 3539
peter.jordan(at)oeaw.ac.at
Biography
Born 1949 in Hermagor/Carinthia [Kärnten], Austria; studied geography and ethnology at the Vienna University, PhD 1979; 1998 habilitation at the Klagenfurt University; 1977-1988 map editor at the Atlas of the Danubian Countries; 1989-2014 editor-in-chief, Atlas of Eastern and Southeastern Europe with 30 instalments published; 1994-1998 project manager, Resources and Environment - World Atlas; 1997-2001 deputy director, 2002-2005 director, Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies; from 2007 at the Institute of Urban and Regional Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences. Research fields: Cultural and Political geography of eastern Europe, geography of tourism, toponomastics, geolinguistics, geography of transportation, atlas cartography, theoretical cartography. Teaches at the universities of Vienna, Klagenfurt and Cluj-Napoca (Romania); more than 350 scientific publications and 340 paper presentations.
Areas of Research
- Cultural and Political geography of eastern Europe
- Toponomastics
- Geolinguistics
- Geography of tourism
- Geography of transportation
- Atlas cartography
- Theoretical cartography
Memberships
- ICA Chair, Joint ICA/IGU Commission on Toponymy
- Non-permanent Member, Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (StAGN)
- Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM)
- Editor (together with Paul Woodman) of the toponymic book series „Name & Place. Contributions to Toponymic Literature and Research“, Verlag Dr. Kovač, Hamburg, so far 6 volumes published
Editorial board member with the periodicals
- „Turizam/Tourism“ (Zagreb),
- „Tourism and Hospitality Management“ (Opatija/Wien),
- „Hrvatski geografski glasnik“ (Zagreb),
- „Bulletin of Geography” (Thorn [Toruń]),
- „Romanian Review of Regional Studies“ (Klausenburg [Cluj-Napoca]),
- „Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics“ (Temeswar [Timişoara]),
- „Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Geographica“ (Olmütz [Olomouc]),
- “Földrajzi Értesitő – Hungarian Geographical Bulletin“ (Budapest),
- „Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis“ (Bukarest [Bucureşti]),
- “Zbornik radova” (Belgrad [Beograd]),
- “Acta Geographica Croatica” (Zagreb),
- „Acta geographica Slovenica – Geografski zbornik“ (Laibach [Ljubljana]),
- „Geographia Napocensis“ (Klausenburg [Cluj-Napoca])
- “Bulletin of the National Museum” (Chişinău)
- „Geography – Policy – Society” (Danzig [Gdańsk])
- “Regional Statistics” [Területi Statisztika] (Budapest)
- “Geografický časopis” (Pressburg [Bratislava])
- “Collana Studi i Ricerche” (Rom [Roma])
- “Onomástica” (Barcelona)
- “Europäisches Journal für Minderheitenfragen” (Bozen/Bolzano)
- Kartografija i Geoinformacije (Zagreb)
Awards
- 1978
Dr. Adolf Schärf Award - 1995
Honorary Member, Croatian Geographical Society - 2006
Honorary Member, Hungarian Geographical Society - 2007
Honorary Professor, Babes Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania - 2014
Honorary Member, Czech Geographical Society
Honorary Member, Moldavian Society for Geography and Ethnology
Great Distinction for Merits for the Republic of Austria - 2015
Honorary Member, Austrian Geographical Society
Honorary Member, Romanian Geographical Society - 2017
Honorary Member, Association of Slovenian Geographers
Research Fellow, University of the Free State, Südafrika
United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Certificate of Commendation - 2018
Honorary Member, Polish Geographical Society