Science communication

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

Silvia De Angeli May 2, 2022

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]

Breaking the glass ceiling in diversity, equity, and inclusion in geosciences

Shreya Arora April 22, 2022

"Having privileges as a consequence of being White does not mean that one has not experienced other forms of oppression, it just means that racism is not one of them" Dutt, 2020

Despite many efforts around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), a noticeable disparity in geosciences still exists. To understand the root cause and steps we can take forward, it was my privilege to talk with Dr Kuheli Dutt, Assistant Dean for DEI at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Before MIT, Dr Dutt was an Assistant ...[Read More]

Getting to know Anne Mangeney 2022 Sergey Soloviev Medal

Asimina Voskaki March 21, 2022

Icebergs floating in the ice fjord near Ilulissat, Greenland (photo credit: Steffen Seitz, distributed via Imaggeo)

In today’s interview, we talk with Anne Mangeney, Professor of Geosciences at the Paris Diderot University. Anne has been awarded the 2022 Sergey Soloviev Medal. This medal is awarded for outstanding scientific contributions in fundamental research that improves our knowledge of basic natural hazards principles and research that assesses and leads to the proper mitigation of natural hazards ...[Read More]

Geoscience communication series: navigating the light and dark sides of social media

Giulia Roder and Silvia De Angeli January 24, 2022

We are thrilled to present the last episode of the EGU WEBINARS: Digitalk: online (geo)science communication series. In this episode, we will explore the light and the dark sides of using social media for science communication by a special guest, Roberto Guardo. Roberto wished to engage in science communication just after completing his PhD. “I have never liked writing scientific papers,” he said ...[Read More]