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GeoPolicy: Life inside the European Parliament – an assistant’s view

Chloe Hill June 30, 2023

The European Parliament in Strasbourg. Photo Credit: Chloe Hill

This month’s GeoPolicy blog features an interview with Sebastian Jehle, Accredited Assistant to Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Norbert Lins. Understanding policymaking processes is vital to be able to engage with decision-makers and to provide scientific information that is both useful and timely. Sebastian was kind enough to answer some of my burning questions about life inside the Europ ...[Read More]

ECS at EGU23: networking events and more!

Simon Clark April 7, 2023

The EGU23 General Assembly have a plethora of events built for – and by – Early Career Scientists (ECS), from how to navigate Europe’s largest geoscience conference to developing your network and exploring your career choices. Below are some of the big things to look out for: First-time attendee Networking (on-site only) Tue, 25 Apr, 12:45–13:45 (CET) Room 3.29/30 If this is your fir ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: A new step to build robust science-for-policy ecosystems in Europe

Chloe Hill November 18, 2022

On 25 October, The European Commission published a Staff Working Document that aims to help Member States build capacity to use scientific knowledge more effectively in their policymaking processes. This month’s GeoPolicy Blog post provides a summary of the Staff Working Document that outlines key science for policy challenges and the EU instruments, resources and policy frameworks that can help M ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Competencies for researchers to achieve policy impact

Chloe Hill July 27, 2022

Lene Topp, presenting at EGU22. Credit: Chloe Hill

This month’s GeoPolicy Blog post features the Competence Framework ‘Science for Policy’ for researchers developed by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC). This newly developed framework introduces the different competences scientists can collectively build to increase their policy impact, and how it can be used by research institutions and organisations. Throughout this post, ...[Read More]