Lviv Scientific Geographical Schools: To the Origins of Formation and Institutionalisation

The study of scientific schools occupies an important place in the history of geographical science. It has been proven that communities of leader-thinkers and followers have long been inherent in the scientific environment in general and in geography in particular, but it was only at the end of the 19th century that they became institutionalised in scientific schools. It has been determined that the formation of scientific geographical schools at Lviv University took place in the second half of the 20th century. The work of scientists researching the functioning of scientific geographical schools in the world and Ukraine has been analysed. A comprehensive list of publications on the study of scientific geographical schools at Lviv University is provided, and their content analysis has been carried out. The origins and characteristics of the initial stages of the functioning of scientific geographical schools at Lviv University are revealed: cartographic; complex territorial organisation of society; regional, ecological and engineering geomorphology; landscape studies; genetic soil science. It is substantiated that Lviv scientific geographical schools are branch-specific. The role of the founding leaders (O. Vashchenko, K. Gerenchuk, P. Tsys, S. Poznyak) in the formation and development of the university’s scientific geographical schools is summarised, the leaders-followers are identified, and the main achievements of the schools are analysed through the prism of monograph publications, scientific.