Geodesy

Planting seeds with EGU’s mentoring programme

Roelof Rietbroek, edited by Rebekka Steffen, Öykü Koç and Andreas Kvas (Editor) March 3, 2023

Finding your way through a conference using the EGU Mentoring Programme (Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç)

The 2023 General Assembly is gaining momentum. Did you ever consider taking part as a mentor (or mentee) in EGU’s mentoring programme? If you ask me, it’s a nice opportunity to increase the odds of being a positive influence to someone, and you may learn some things in the process too. Who’s your positive influence? Here’s a mental exercise: name 3 people who positively influenced your care ...[Read More]

Women in Geodesy: Anny Cazenave

Rebekka Steffen, Öykü Koç and Andreas Kvas March 2, 2023

Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç

After introducing famous women in the history of Geodesy last month, we now turn to influential women in Geodesy who have received the prestigious Vening-Meinesz medal of the EGU. We have asked the first female receipient of the Vening-Meinesz medal, Anny Cazenave, about her view and story of being a women in science. She gave us inspiring answers to our questions. Would you like to ...[Read More]

Women in the History of Geodesy

Öykü Koç and edited by Rebekka Steffen February 8, 2023

When we look at the history of science, we mostly see male presence in inventions and discoveries. However, this is not actually a true representation of scientific history. A lot of fundamental aspects/parts of science were discovered by female scientists such as Caroline Herschel, Ada Lovelace, Alice Ball, Marie Curie, Chien-Shiung Wu, Grace Hopper and many others. These names are some of the mo ...[Read More]

Geodesy Division Year In Review 2022

Andreas Kvas, Rebekka Steffen and Öykü Koç January 17, 2023

Hi EGU Community! With the first blog post of 2023, we want to look back at what happened in the G Division during the last year and give an outlook on what you can expect for the new year! Looking back on 2022 G Division at the General Assembly After two years of online-only general assemblies (GAs), in 2022 the GA switched to a hybrid format with an in-person part in Vienna and online participa ...[Read More]