Elenora van Rijsingen

GeoMod 2021 in Utrecht: connecting on-site and online

Hanneke Heida and Elenora van Rijsingen September 27, 2021

Group picture of the on-site participants of GeoMod 2021 in front of the venue Landgoed Zonheuvel. Credit: the GeoMod organisers.

After a year and a half in which all of us have had to become accustomed to meeting our colleagues and collaborators only in digital space, it was finally time for an in-person conference again. From 19-23 of September 2021, the ninth edition of GeoMod took place in a conference center outside sunny Utrecht (the Netherlands). The organizing committee, led by Ernst Willingshofer, Ylona van Dinther, ...[Read More]

Mind your Head: Five tips on mindful productivity at work

Elenora van Rijsingen July 15, 2021

Photo from the page of a book, with an out of focus green background. The text on the page reads: 'Productivity, making the hours in the day go further. The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing - Steven Covey'.

Productivity. 'The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing' - Steven Covey. Credit: Krisna Iv. Distributed via Unsplash

This Mind your Head blog post is a follow-up from Maria Scheel’s talk during the latest short course around mental health at #vEGU21. Before guiding a wonderful mindfulness pop-up event, Maria talked about how she struggled with unrealistic expectations, feeling insufficient and alone as a PhD student during the last lockdown. She turned this around by radically redefining her motivation, goals an ...[Read More]

Mind your Head: An introduction to Workplace Bullying in Academia

Simone Pieber, Elenora van Rijsingen, Derya Gürer and Anouk Beniest March 24, 2021

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Understanding workplace aggression is a complex matter, and many questions arise when trying to tackle the issue. For instance, which acts and behaviours classify as workplace aggression, and when does something become workplace bullying or mobbing? How can you recognize if you or a co-worker/friend are the target of workplace aggression? How can you protect yourself and/or support others? What ca ...[Read More]

Mind your head: Overcoming Anxiety

Elenora van Rijsingen November 18, 2020

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This Mind Your Head blog post is a follow-up from Jean Holloway’s talk during the online short course on mental health that aired during the last EGU General Assembly, where she discussed overcoming anxiety. Anxiety is excessive worry or fear, and is a normal part of life, until it becomes frequent or debilitating. This post is written by someone with lived experience as an academic who struggled ...[Read More]

Istanbul: The city across two continents

Elenora van Rijsingen July 13, 2020

Fig 1. A view of Istanbul from Anadolu Kavağı, the northern tip of the Bosphorus Strait. Credit: Durmuş Cebeci.

Istanbul – an economic, cultural, and historic centre. Its unique geography, natural resources and beauty have drawn the attention of not only geoscientists but also poets, merchants, painters, sculptors, architects, kings and emperors for centuries. Throughout its history, the city has witnessed the rise and fall of some of the world’s greatest empires. Owing to its geopolitically important ...[Read More]

#ShareEGU20: How to turn your research into an attractive display

Elenora van Rijsingen April 21, 2020

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In response to the growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus and travel restrictions, in-person attendance for the EGU General Assembly 2020 in Vienna has been cancelled. The conference is instead being transformed into a virtual event, where attendees can remotely share their research by uploading presentation material online. Let’s be honest: digital alternatives don’t replicate the i ...[Read More]

How to reduce your carbon footprint when attending EGU’s General Assembly

Elenora van Rijsingen February 12, 2020

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In October 2019, an open letter was published, addressing both EGU and AGU regarding their policy to reduce the carbon footprint of their annual conferences. Almost 2000 scientists already signed this letter, asking for more ambitious measures to decline carbon emissions, in line with the goals of 50% reduction by 2030 and near-zero emissions by 2050 (IPCC SR15, 2018). Some of the proposed improve ...[Read More]

Civita di Bagnoregio – the dying town

Elenora van Rijsingen December 4, 2019

Civita di Bagnoregio - The Dying Town. Credit: Elenora van Rijsingen (distributed via Immageo)

On top of a steep cliff standing out from the surrounding countryside, lies the small town of Civita di Bagnoregio, one of the most famous villages of Italy. It is often called the dying town, although more recently people have started to refer to it as fighting to live. What this little town is fighting against is the threat of erosion, as its walls are slowly crumbling down. Located in central I ...[Read More]

Introducing our new blog team!

Elenora van Rijsingen June 14, 2019

After three succesful first years of the Tectonics and Structural Geology blog, it is time to bring our platform to the next level! To provide you more frequent content over a wide range of topics, we invited some new people to join our team. We are still always on the lookout for new guest authors and/or team members, so let us know if you want to contribute! So, what will you be reading on our b ...[Read More]

Give us your feedback on our blog!

Elenora van Rijsingen May 10, 2019

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Help us improve the Tectonics & Structural Geology blog and give us your feedback in this short survey! Would you like to be involved in the team, as a guest writer, networker or blog editor? Let us know via this survey and we’ll get in touch! Display content from Crowdsignal Click here to display content from Crowdsignal. Learn more in Crowdsignal’s privacy policy. Always display ...[Read More]