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Solmaz Mohadjer

Solmaz Mohadjer is a geosciences lecturer, researcher, and communicator at the University of Tübingen in Germany. Her work focuses on natural hazard and disaster risk research, education and communication. She is the founder of the ParsQuake Project, a geohazard education initiative supporting the development of educational materials and briefs for informing the public and maximizing the use of scientific evidence in policymaking. She currently serves as the executive editor for Geoscience Communication and is the chair of the EGU’s Outreach Committee. For more details, see:https://solmazmohadjer.com/.

Geolog series: Communicating uncertainty in science -Student perspectives from the University of Tübingen

and August 28, 2026
Geolog series: Communicating uncertainty in science -Student perspectives from the University of Tübingen
Students’ drawings of uncertainty in their field of studies. (L) Uncertainty in Sociology: the complexity of social identity categorization (image credit: Zisan Tosun), (R) Uncertainty in Sport Sciences; training results for different athletes following the exact same plan. Drawing by Felix Seibold.

Welcome to a new series on GeoLog dedicated to one of the most critical yet frequently misunderstood aspects of research: Communicating uncertainty in science. Over the coming months, we will feature six guest posts written by students from a summer course at the University of Tübingen. Bringing together 13 students across diverse disciplines, the course challenged them to reframe uncertainty as a ...[Read More]

Communicating uncertainty to non-experts: A good problem to tackle

and January 12, 2026
Communicating uncertainty to non-experts: A good problem to tackle
Word cloud depicting main topics covered in EGU25 abstracts submitted to EOS4.1: How to communicate uncertainty to non-experts.

Uncertainty in geosciences is an inherent part of scientific processes and assessments, propagating throughout the entire workflow (Pérez-Díaz et al., 2020). As scientists, we are used to seeing error bars, confidence intervals, or statistical indicators that tell us how robust our models or measurements are (Padilla et al., 2021). The challenge arises when we need to communicate these scientific ...[Read More]

How to make your geoscience communication publishable: Find out at EGU25

April 25, 2025
How to make your geoscience communication publishable: Find out at EGU25
Solmaz Mohadjer is the winner of one of the first EGU Public Engagement Grants competition in 2016. Credit: Solmaz Mohadjer

A long time ago, when I walked into the Ministry of Education building in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) to inquire about offering an earthquake education workshop in a public school, I had no research agenda, let alone thinking about publishing it one day. All I wanted was to do something useful: sharing earthquake science with school children. Recognizing the value of geoscience communication, my graduat ...[Read More]

How to make your geoscience communication publishable: Find out at EGU23

April 14, 2023
How to make your geoscience communication publishable: Find out at EGU23
Solmaz Mohadjer is the winner of one of the first EGU Public Engagement Grants competition in 2016. Credit: Solmaz Mohadjer

A long time ago, when I walked into the Ministry of Education building in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) to inquire about offering an earthquake education workshop in a public school, I had no research agenda, let alone thinking about publishing it one day. All I wanted was to do something useful: sharing earthquake science with school children. Recognizing the value of geoscience communication, my graduat ...[Read More]