Geometric group theory is the study of finitely generated groups via exploring the connections between algebraic properties of such groups and topological and geometric properties of spaces on which these groups act. One can consider finitely generated groups themselves as geometric objects via Cayley graphs and the word metric. This leads to the study of large-scale invariants of metric spaces, where the local structure is essentially ignored.
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