Open Access

GeoPolicy: Fluvial geomorphology and its potential for policy impact

Chloe Hill February 9, 2024

The Isar River in Munich. Photo Credit: Simon Clark

In this month’s GeoPolicy blog post, Dr Grace Skirrow outlines how researchers can share their expertise with environmental regulators to have policy impact and the role that fluvial geomorphology can play in policy decisions. Fluvial Geomorphology and why it is relevant for policymakers Fluvial Geomorphology (“fluvial”, derived from the Latin “fluvialis”, meaning “of the river”) is the study of l ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Science-Policy Pairing Schemes in Europe – a regularly updated list

Chloe Hill December 22, 2023

Stelios Karozis, one of the selected scientists for the EGU's 2024 Science-Policy Pairing Scheme, in front of the European Parliament in Brussels

Pairing schemes are a great way for researchers to learn more about policymaking processes and how science is used in political decision-making! This month’s GeoPolicy Blog post highlights various European-based science-policy pairing scheme opportunities that researchers can apply for. Science-policy pairing schemes provide researchers with the opportunity to gain a better understanding about how ...[Read More]

Learning from EGU’s first Peer Review Training: In conversation with Kifle Aregahegn

Eduardo Queiroz Alves and Gillian D'Souza November 15, 2023

Daniel Wasner (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

For the first time, EGU organized a Peer Review Training in September and October this year. It was attended by 50 participants, most of whom were early career scientists with little to no background in the peer review process. The training comprised three online sessions and an at-home exercise of reviewing real manuscripts. And of course, with feedback being key in such trainings, all participan ...[Read More]

What does open science mean in the real world? My experiences in becoming EGU’s editorial manager

Eduardo Queiroz Alves October 6, 2023

Stephen Paul Michalchuk (from imaggeo.egu.eu)

For nearly 7 months now, I have held the position of EGU’s editorial manager. However, my interest in and passion for open access and open science in general goes back several years. Here, it is important to make the distinction: open science is a broad concept that encompasses transparency and accessibility in the entire research process, while open access is an important component of open scienc ...[Read More]