GeoLog

Sessions

Why choose a PICO session at EGU 2015?

November 19, 2014
Why choose a PICO session at EGU 2015?
PICO presentations at EGU 2014. (Credit: EGU/Stephanie McClellan)

Some of the sessions scheduled for the upcoming EGU General Assembly are PICO only sessions. This means that, rather than being oral or poster format, they involve Presenting Interactive COntent (PICO). The aim of these presentations is to highlight the essence of a particular research area – just enough to get the audience excited about a topic without overloading them with information. PICO sess ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Beate Humberset

November 5, 2014
GeoTalk: Beate Humberset
Beate and her colleagues during a PhD training course in Kananaskis, Canada. Aurora are seen in the background of this photo.

In this edition of Geotalk, the regular feature were we highlight the work and achievements of early career researchers, we are talking to Beate Humberset, the winner of the Outstanding Student Poster (OSP) Award for the Solar- Terrestrial Sciences Division (ST) in 2013. In addition, Beate is the Young Scientist Representative for the ST Division so we will also touch upon her responsibilities in ...[Read More]

From paper to press release: making your research accessible to the wider public

July 16, 2014

During the General Assembly, EGU Media and Communications Manager Bárbara Ferreira shared her science writing skills and media know-how in a workshop demonstrating how to write a  press release or post about the latest geoscience. Here are her take-home messages… “When you communicate science, no one else is more important than your audience.” Bárbara opened with one of the most fundamental points ...[Read More]

Finding funding: a rough guide to getting your research wishes granted

June 18, 2014

Finding funding to support your research is always a challenge, but never more so than when you’ve not done it before. During the EGU 2014 General Assembly, Grant Allen gave an excellent short course for early-career researchers on getting to grips with grant applications. His fantastically appropriate name aside, we couldn’t have asked for a better person to do the job: bursting with tips from st ...[Read More]