Open Access

GeoPolicy: What is science diplomacy?

Chloe Hill August 12, 2022

Senior Staff of the Parliament of Moldova visiting the European Parliament - © European Union (2018) - European Parliament

For the most part, EGU’s policy activities focus on science advice, science for policy, and occasionally a policy for science initiative! But Science Diplomacy is another adjacent area that is often asked about. This month’s GeoPolicy Blog post will give an overview of Science Diplomacy, its different strands, and how scientists can engage with it! What do we mean by science diplomacy? Scie ...[Read More]

Open Science in the real world today: takeaways from the EGU22 Great Debate

Jamie Farquharson & Francesca Pianosi June 29, 2022

On Wednesday 25 May, as part of the 2022 General Assembly of the European Geoscience Union, we held a “Great Debate on Open Science” that was attended by over 100 EGU participants both on-site in Vienna and online. The debate was organised by Francesca Pianosi and Jamie Farquharson with support from Remko Nijzink, Riccardo Rigon and Stan Schymanski, who also co-chaired a technical session on Open ...[Read More]

How to EGU22: the Data Help Desk!

Hazel Gibson May 18, 2022

Do you have data-related questions? Are you looking to make your data and/or software open and FAIR? Are you interested in tools and resources for working with your data or for finding data to reuse? The Virtual Data Help Desk is here for you! The Virtual Data Help Desk, which is a program of the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), EGU, and AGU, provides researchers with opportunities to en ...[Read More]

The most-read EGU journal articles in 2021!

Hazel Gibson March 23, 2022

This year EGU published more than 3,375 peer-reviewed articles in our 19 Open Access journals. Upon learning about this impressive number of articles, we wondered: which of these were the most popular? You can find out in the following list of the most-read article for each EGU journal. From rainfall-runoff prediction, tipping points and open source hazard mapping, to the use of language around fr ...[Read More]