Accessibility and inclusivity at EGU

The women of EGU in 2021!

Hazel Gibson February 11, 2021

Mapping the Algerian shoreline . Credit: Filippo Dallosso (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Happy International Women in Science Day 2021! We at EGU are very lucky to have many outstanding women who participate in the running of the European Geosciences Union. We are delighted to introduce you to just a few of our hard working, inspiring, creative and passionate women of EGU – especially as several of them will be stepping down at the General Assembly this year as their terms of se ...[Read More]

Accessibility at EGU: Promoting inclusive language, an incomplete guide – VERSION 2!

Hazel Gibson January 13, 2021

Like all people, geoscientists can sometimes forget the importance of language. How scientists use language is important because it not only allows us to communicate effectively with different groups, from policymakers to concerned citizens and other researchers, but it can also influence how people respond on an emotional or personal level. The way we use language can even influence how much som ...[Read More]

It’s Black in Marine Science Week!

Camille Gaynus December 2, 2020

Earlier this summer, as a global society we were reminded; our societies are riddled with inequalities. The deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people over minor infringements of the law if any, flooded our news feeds; Black people like myself were reminded of just how dangerous our world is. The remnants of slavery and Jim-Crow era segregation are still felt in t ...[Read More]

How Open Science may help us during and after the pandemic

Dasapta Erwin Irawan, David Hedding and Olivier Pourret November 25, 2020

Photograph of Formula Baby championship taken by Olivier Pourret.

As Hedding et al. (2020) indicate, it is “not business as usual” for higher education across the globe. There are many testimonies by scientists who are struggling to work while their children are stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic (Langin, 2020). Indeed, it is very complex to stay at home to raise and home-school kids and remain productive as an academic while living through a pandemic ...[Read More]