Accessibility and inclusivity at EGU

Advancing diversity and inclusion at EGU: EDI Networking event recap

Lucia Perez-Diaz and Asmae Ourkiya April 29, 2025

EGU lanyards can be found at the EDI booth (X207, Level -2)

Yesterday, the European Geosciences Union (EGU) hosted a vibrant and impactful event focused on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) within the geosciences community. This networking session provided an open and welcoming space for participants to meet the dedicated volunteer members of the EGU EDI Committee and learn more about the initiatives implemented by the EGU to raise awareness of the ...[Read More]

Hold my Baby: Improving Institutional Policies of Parenting and Field-based Research

Christine Liang and Tahnee Prior April 14, 2025

Feature image credit: Christine Liang. Description: Rather than celebrating with cake and gifts, the author’s baby marked their first birthday by bravely embracing the chilly Arctic as they joined in fieldwork studying marine and coastal pollution.

We are researchers. Researchers are people. People sometimes have children. These are three simple statements (and fundamental truths) that are often overlooked by institutional and funding policies, leading to a disconnect between the demands of research and the responsibilities of parenthood. Especially in field-based research, which is typical in the geosciences, rigorous expectations of long h ...[Read More]

What’s on at EGU25: highlights from Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee

Asmae Ourkiya April 11, 2025

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 EGU25 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]

Making a plan: using your EGU25 personal programme

Hazel Gibson April 4, 2025

The EGU25 Programme is online and hopefully by now you have found your abstract or session, so what do you do next?! This year’s scientific programme of the General Assemby includes Union-wide Sessions, such as the medal lectures, great debates, union symposia, short courses, education and outreach sessions, as well as townhall and splinter meetings, just to name a few. The Disciplinary Sessions a ...[Read More]