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GeoPolicy: 8 ways to engage with policy makers

July 13, 2016
GeoPolicy: 8 ways to engage with policy makers
European Parliament Plenary Chamber. Credit: Diamond Geezer (distributed via flickr.com)

Scientific research is usually verbally communicated to policy officials or through purposefully written documents. This occurs at all levels of governance (local, national, and international). This month’s GeoPolicy post takes a look at the main methods in which scientists can assist in the policy process and describes a new method adopted by the European Commission (EC) that aims to enhance scie ...[Read More]

Communicate Your Science Competition Winner Announced!

April 22, 2016

Congratulations to Beatriz Gaite, the winner of the Communicate Your Science Video Competition 2016. Beatriz is a researcher at the department of Earth’s Structure and Dynamics and Crystallography at the Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera (ICTJA-CSIC), in Spain. Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Alway ...[Read More]

EGU 2016: Get the Assembly mobile app!

April 7, 2016

The EGU 2016 mobile app is now available for iPhones and Android smartphones. To download it, you can scan the QR code available at the General Assembly website or go directly to http://app.egu2016.eu/ on your mobile device. You will be directed to the version of the EGU 2016 app for your particular smartphone, which you can download for free. Once you open the app, the dashboard will show you fiv ...[Read More]