EGU’s Science Communications Fellow, Edvard Glücksman, continues to share his thoughts as he takes part in a study tour with other members of the Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy Network (ELEEP), a joint project of the Atlantic Council of the United States and the Ecologic Institute. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Ed by email. On our first site visit we tr ...[Read More]
Transformation of the Energy Economy: The US experience – Part II, Red Rocks
EGU’s Science Communications Fellow, Edvard Glücksman, is blogging live from the United States as he takes part in a week-long study tour with other members of the Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy Network (ELEEP), a joint project of the Atlantic Council of the United States and the Ecologic Institute. Check out below for his first post from overseas and, if you have any question ...[Read More]
Transformation of the Energy Economy: The US experience
EGU’s Science Communications Fellow, Edvard Glücksman, will be blogging live from the United States next week as he takes part in a week-long study tour with other members of the Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy Network (ELEEP), a joint project of the Atlantic Council of the United States and the Ecologic Institute. Check out below for a blog introduction to the tour and, ...[Read More]
What do you think about EGU’s merchandise?
This is your chance to offer us feedback on EGU’s merchandise, available from our booth at the General Assembly and several other major conferences. To have your say, take a look at our products on Facebook and use the ‘like’ button and leave comments to make your voice heard. If you don’t use Facebook, view the images below and leave your comments below this blog post. We ...[Read More]
Photo competition at the EGU 2012 General Assembly
If you are pre-registered for the 2012 General Assembly (Vienna, April 22-27), we invite you to submit photos to our annual photo competition. Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly! The third edition of the EGU photo competition is now open. Until 10 March, every pre-registered participant of the General Assembly can submit up to two photos on any broad theme related ...[Read More]
New Science Communications Fellow at the EGU Office
Hello everyone! I am a new Science Communications Fellow at the Union, where I will be working on the EGU Newsletter and assisting Bárbara Ferreira in developing media-related and science information communications. I am currently in the final stages of my doctorate (DPhil) at the University of Oxford, where my molecular biology project explores the diversity and ecology of Apusozoa, a phylum of f ...[Read More]
Job opportunity at the EGU General Assembly
We are currently looking for science communication or science journalism students interested in working at the press office of the 2012 General Assembly, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria, from 22-27 April. The students will be assisting the EGU press officer and the journalists at the press centre, and are expected to help organise and run press conferences. Other tasks include writing and ...[Read More]
Deadline approaching: applications for the GIFT Symposium
Applications for the 2012 GIFT Symposium should be received by November 30, 2011. Send your application via email to any of the members of the Committee on Education preferentially the member in your country if there is one. Details for the application are below. The 2012-GIFT (Geosciences Information for Teachers) symposium will take place on April 23-25, 2012 during the General Assembly of EGU i ...[Read More]
Financial Support for EGU GA 2012
A limited amount of the overall budget of the EGU General Assembly 2012 is reserved to assist young scientists to attend the assembly. The financial support may include waiving of the registration fee and a refund of the Abstract Processing Charge (APC) related to the abstract for which support was requested. Additionally, the grant may include a support for travel expenditures. The European Geosc ...[Read More]
EGU Geosciences Communications Fellowship for professional journalists
The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is offering fellowships for journalists to report on ongoing research in the geosciences. Successful applicants will receive up to €5k to cover expenses related to their projects, including following scientists on location. The EGU invites proposals from professional, active journalists to report in the working media on ongoing research within the earth, planet ...[Read More]