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Simon Clark

Simon Clark is the Projects Manager at the European Geosciences Union, where they manage programmes for project, organisational and strategic development alongside overseeing the Union's webinars and online events. Simon is also chair of the Climate Hazard and Risk Task Force, and the point of contact for the early career scientists (ECS) network and Education Committee at the EGU Executive Office. A science communicator with a PhD in climate change and risk, Simon strives to make science accessible by engaging non-expert audiences, from artists and policy-makers to working with the public. Simon also has background in science-policy, having worked for academic, private and (quasi)-non-governmental organisations delivering policy analyses and briefs. They are also a co-founder and former director of an LGBTQIA+ sports charity, with over decade's worth of experience in inclusion and advocacy in academia and beyond.

How to make a personal change this year: part 2 – growth

February 5, 2025
How to make a personal change this year: part 2 – growth
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It is the new year and new resolutions draw you onward. Yet motivation is fickle, and too often good intentions wither before bearing fruit. You may have drawn a plan to keep you in check, but how do you build on this to achieve sustainable growth? Sustainable growth has been a crucial throughout my career: from projects management and scientific research to building a charity, all required the ab ...[Read More]

How to make a personal change this year: part 1 – the approach

January 29, 2025
How to make a personal change this year: part 1 – the approach
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Developing a new skill. Building a routine. At the turn of the new year, the resolution to make such changes burns strong in many. Yet good intentions often recede under the draw of familiar habits and with the waning of motivation. It’s a common sight: gyms flourish with new members in January, only for their numbers to thin as the months progress. This fatigue is common not just for exercise, bu ...[Read More]

Have your say in the Early Career Scientist survey!

January 16, 2025
Have your say in the Early Career Scientist survey!

Are you an Early Career Scientist (ECS) who is also a member of the European Geosciences Union? Have your say and provide feedback on ECS activities and opportunities by completing the EGU Early Career Scientist survey! The short, 5-minute survey asks what ECS activities you are aware of, how the Union can better support you, and how you would prefer to be contacted. Answers will be sent to your E ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: meet Georgia Moutsiana, researcher of Jupiter’s magnetosphere!

December 2, 2024
Georgia Moutsiana
Georgia Moutsiana

Hello Georgia – welcome to GeoTalk! Could you tell our readers a little bit about yourself and your background? Thank you, Simon! I’m Georgia Moutsiana, a space scientist and PhD candidate at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. My research focuses on understanding the processes that accelerate and transport charged particles in planetary magnetospheres. My key message is th ...[Read More]