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Accessibility and inclusivity at EGU

Pride month in the era of DEI rollbacks: Reflections on resilience, and why pride was a riot after all

June 12, 2026
Pride month in the era of DEI rollbacks: Reflections on resilience, and why pride was a riot after all
Photo by Nik. Source: Unsplash

Pride month arrives this year against a backdrop of institutional irony. In the United States, federal research funding has been thoroughly weaponised and forced a massive scientific brain drain across the Atlantic. In Europe, a multi-million-euro effort to capture that exiled talent is underway, even as Europe’s own domestic politics fracture along the exact same ideological fault lines. Fo ...[Read More]

AI in science: the ethical experiment we didn’t design

May 8, 2026
AI in science: the ethical experiment we didn’t design
Credit: Drew Hemment (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Artificial Intelligence, and its rapid incursion into the (geo)sciences, was already impossible to ignore at last year’s EGU General Assembly. (you can read my reflections then in this blog post) This year, unsurprisingly, it felt equally present. On Thursday, I attended the Great Debate on “The ethics of using AI in Geosciences: opportunities and risks”, a discussion spanning everything from scie ...[Read More]

Invite yourself to the table – Science Policy at EGU26

May 5, 2026
Invite yourself to the table – Science Policy at EGU26

Despite the perfect timing, we are not talking about lunch. Policymakers often sit together and have crucial discussions that would greatly benefit by being scientifically informed. Scientists are sometimes invited to join those conversations but are starting to tune in on their own initiative as well.  Field camps and labs are where us scientists usually feel the most at home. Being surrounded by ...[Read More]

What’s on at EGU26: highlights from Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee

April 21, 2026
What’s on at EGU26: highlights from Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee
EGU Flags at EGU General Assembly 2016. Credit: EGU / Kai Boggild (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

There are so many great events to participate in at EGU26 this year, in both on-site and virtual formats, that it can be very easy to feel overwhelmed. Whilst we encourage you to make good use of your Personal Programme to help organise your activities, we also reached out to several of EGU’s Committees that are responsible for specific other aspects of EGU’s activities, including the ...[Read More]