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Accessibility and inclusivity at EGU

How to EGU22: the first hybrid General Assembly has the best of both worlds!

March 16, 2022
How to EGU22: the first hybrid General Assembly has the best of both worlds!

Since the first EGU General Assembly in 2004, the European Geosciences Union’s annual scientific conference has welcomed thousands of researchers from all over the globe, every year. As the event grew in scale, we found a home in Vienna, Austria, attracting scientists, science for policy researchers and journalists from around the world, to discuss the latest developments in the Earth, planetary a ...[Read More]

Women in science: Inspiring and honest stories that call for support and change

February 11, 2022
Women in science: Inspiring and honest stories that call for support and change
Credit: Sebastian Breitenbach (from imaggeo.egu.eu)

Sometimes, a simple story in a book or movie lights a spark and makes a young person curious about science. These young minds grow up dreaming to be mathematicians, scientists, doctors, engineers, technologists, and astronauts. But the road to being a woman or girl in science is rarely an easy one – even today in 2022! Despite the collective awareness of and push to break gender barriers and dispa ...[Read More]

Using comics to talk about sexism in science: how ‘Did this really happen?!’ is trying to change the conversation

and December 8, 2021
Using comics to talk about sexism in science: how ‘Did this really happen?!’ is trying to change the conversation
Image by Lucía Perez-Diaz.

1953: Marie Tharp created a map that showed the seafloor was spreading via the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and therefore proved the theory of plate tectonics, only for it to be dismissed as “”girl talk” by her (male) supervisors. 1968: A few years after winning the Nobel Prize (without crediting her work), James Watson wrote about Rosalind Franklin saying “By choice she did not emphasize her feminine quali ...[Read More]

Pride on board: working on an ocean-going research vessel as an LGBTQI+ person

June 25, 2021
Pride on board: working on an ocean-going research vessel as an LGBTQI+ person
Progress Pride flag recreated by Huw Griffiths using close-up images of Antarctic animals.

Working from home during the pandemic has allowed many of us to look back on past experiences and to long for the days when our work in marine science took us to amazing places all around the world. Pride month is another great opportunity for reflection and to consider how things have changed for us as LGBTQI+ individuals and the community within STEM, including, on the International Day of the S ...[Read More]