Early Career Scientists

GeoPolicy: Conquering conferences – how scientists can make an impact at a policy driven event

Chloe Hill June 8, 2017

Nick Arndt, the Chair of the EGU Outreach Committee, participating in a panel discussion during EU Green Week. Credit: Chloe Hill/EGU

Last week I was in Brussels for the EU Green Week, an annual event that discusses European environmental policy. The event was jam-packed with policy-makers, entrepreneurs, innovators and a handful of researchers. Green Week allowed me to network and gain a better understanding of upcoming political issues while enabling the EGU to show-off some specialist knowledge with Nick Arndt, the Chair of t ...[Read More]

Meet the EGU’s new Science Policy Officer

Chloe Hill May 26, 2017

Introducing Chloe, the EGU's new Policy Fellow.

Hi there, my name is Chloe and I’m embarking on a new challenge. After participating in the EGU’s 2017 General Assembly 3 weeks ago as a warmup, I am starting in Munich as the EGU’s Policy Officer. While the title might sound a little ambiguous, it is an incredibly exciting position that allows me to facilitate the dissemination of the EGU members’ scientific knowledge to EU policy-makers while si ...[Read More]

A young person’s journey through the largest geoscience conference in Europe

Pimnutcha Promduangsri May 24, 2017

Standing in front of my poster with Silvia Peppoloni, who convened the session on geoethics at the EGU conference. I always smile when I am with her! (Photo by David Crookall)

Today we welcome, potentially one of the youngest participants of this year’s General Assembly, Pimnutcha Promduangsri: a 17-year-old science baccalaureate student at Auguste Renoir high school in Cagnes-sur-mer, France, as our guest blogger. With a deep interest in the environment and taking care of the environment, Pimnutcha was a keen participant at the conference and gave an oral presentation ...[Read More]

Conversations on being a woman in Geoscience

Keri McNamara May 17, 2017

Image modified from Salty shoreline at the Dead Sea . Credit: Djamil Al-Halbouni (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

While at this year’s General Assembly in Vienna, Keri McNamara, one of the EGU’s press assistants, spoke to a number of female geoscientists (at different career stages), to get their perspective on what being a female in geosciences is like. At this year’s EGU General Assembly I decided to construct a blog out of conversations I had with several women in geoscience, to learn about the ...[Read More]