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The new President-elect of the EGU Natural Hazards Division: a talk with Heidi Kreibich

May 30, 2022
Riverine flood
Credit: Christian Wasserfallen (https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/foto/ponte-em-arco-ponte-arqueada-calamidade-desastre-8770485/)

In today’s interview, we have the pleasure of talking with Dr Heidi Kreibich, lecturer at the Geography Department at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and head of the working group “Flood risk and climate adaptation” at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). From her interest in investigating different types of flooding associated with complex physical and anthropogenic ...[Read More]

Ready to be a great conference presenter?

and May 16, 2022
Ready to be a great conference presenter?

With the EGU General Assembly just around the corner, it’s time to pay special attention to how present your research, ideas, and messages to leave the best impression on a broad scientific community. However, it’s not always easy to stand out from the crowd at such big events and get people to notice you and remember your work. In the webinar organised by the ECS group of the EGU Natu ...[Read More]

“This is a man’s world” – Challenges in being women in science

May 2, 2022
“This is a man’s world” – Challenges in being women in science
Asimina Voskaki, Climate risk consultant | Valeria Cigala, Postdoctoral researcher in Volcanology |Silvia De Angeli, Fixed-term Assistant Professor in Hydrology | Negar Vakilifard, Postdoctoral researcher in Environmental and Climate modelling |Giulia Roder, Data Analyst | Joana Parente, Postdoctoral researcher in Wildfire Risk | Shreya Arora, Visiting Assistant Professor in Paleoseismology | Fabiola Banfi, PhD candidate in Compound weather and climate events |

Gender equality is a fundamental human right and a basis for building a peaceful and sustainable future for our society. It has been identified by the United Nations as one of the seventeen urgent goals – the so-called Sustainable Development Goals – to be achieved by all countries to ensure sustainability on a global scale [1].  #genderequality is a hashtag used (and overused) to tag millio ...[Read More]