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The multitasking skillbox of researchers, direct experiences from Early Career Scientists.

January 27, 2020
The multitasking skillbox of researchers, direct experiences from Early Career Scientists.
Road with bends ahead. Credit: Pixabay.

Science is “the study of the nature and behaviour of natural things and the knowledge that we obtain about them” (Collins online dictionary). In other words, science is tightly linked to gaining knowledge. However, this definition and many others never mention that to gain knowledge through science, a vast amount of experience must be acquired beforehand and put into practice every day ...[Read More]

Behind the scene: knowing the President of the EGU Natural Hazard Division – Ira Didenkulova!

December 30, 2019
Behind the scene: knowing the President of the EGU Natural Hazard Division – Ira Didenkulova!
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In this last post of 2019, I have the pleasure to ask some questions to Ira Didenkulova, the President of the EGU Natural Hazards division who has been recently elected for a second mandate.   Ira, can you introduce yourself and tell what led you the position of EGU Natural Hazard (NH) Division president? What are the main challenges you had and what’s next for the NH division? It seems this ...[Read More]

Time for submissions: sessions proposed by NhET at the next EGU General Assembly!

November 25, 2019
Time for submissions: sessions proposed by NhET at the next EGU General Assembly!

We are getting closer to 2020 and one of the first deadlines is for the submission of abstracts for the next EGU General Assembly (GA) in Wien, from the 3rd to the 8th of May 2020. The Natural hazards Early career scientist Team (NhET) has proposed several sessions and short courses also for next GA. Below you can find a list of them.   We also remind that there is an opportunity for financia ...[Read More]

Where science and communication meet: the editorial world of scientific journals.

September 2, 2019
Where science and communication meet: the editorial world of scientific journals.
Sunset on Montescaglioso landslide, in Italy, on 3 December 2003. The landslide caused the destruction of roads, commercial buildings and private dwellings, and generated several direct and indirect economic losses. Credit: Emanuele Intrieri (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The ultimate scope of scientists is to publish their research advancement and share it with the scientific community and civil society. Researchers, whether coming from academia or research institutes, publish their results in peer-reviewed journals, that are usually highly technical and often incomprehensible to anyone except the major experts in the field. In some subjects is inevitable given th ...[Read More]