The CEG is organised in seven Research Groups:
- Migration, Space and Societies (MIGRARE)
- Modelling, Urban and Regional Planning (MOPT)
- Environmental Hazard and Risk Assessment and Management (RISKam)
- Coastal and Fluvial Systems: Environmental Dynamics and Changes, and Management (SLIF)
- Tourism, Culture and Space (TERRITUR)
- Climate Change and Environmental Systems (ZEPHYRUS)
- Urban and Regional Change and Policies (ZOE)
In order to support research and education, the CEG has a Library, a Map Archive and a Photo Archive; a publishing division which manages the journal Finisterra – Portuguese Journal of Geography, and GEOMODLAB, the Laboratory of remote sensing, geographical analysis and modelling.