communication

GeoPolicy: A Climate and Ecological Emergency: Can a pandemic help save us…?

Chloe Hill July 28, 2021

Giant Hands, called Support, in a rare snowy event in a floating city of Venice. Credit: Hung Vuong Pham, distributed via Imaggeo

The EGU’s #vEGU21 streamed a wide variety of virtual sessions from Short Courses to Union Symposia. While most #vEGU21 sessions had a specific scientific focus, a few highlighted topics that were of interest to geoscientists across multiple disciplines. The Union Symposia 3: “A Climate and Ecological Emergency: Can a pandemic help save us…?” was one of these sessions with a high level of participa ...[Read More]

We’re hiring! New job opportunities at the EGU Executive Office

Olivia Trani July 10, 2019

Outside entrance to the new EGU Executive Office building (Credit: B. Ferreira/EGU)

The EGU is hiring for two job vacancies at its Executive Office in Munich, Germany. The deadline for applications is fast approaching (14 July 2019) so send your submission soon! Chief Strategy & Finance Officer The EGU has recently launched a new strategy to set a direction for the Union and to guide the work of its Council, committees and staff until 2025. This is an exciting time in the dev ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: What does working at the European Environment Agency look like? An interview with Petra Fagerholm

Chloe Hill September 22, 2018

This blog post features an interview with Petra Fagerholm who is currently leading the team on public relations and outreach in the communications department of the European Environment Agency (EEA). Petra gave a presentation about the EEA during the Science for Policy short course at the 2018 EGU General Assembly. In this interview, Petra describes her career path, what it is like to work at the ...[Read More]

My film is ready, now what?

Laura Roberts-Artal July 29, 2016

Film Banner Credit: geralt, distributed via pixabay

It’s no secret that at EGU we believe using film as a medium to communicate science and engage the public with research is a great tool! So much so that we organise an annual competition for early career scientists (ECS) to produce a three-minute video to share their research with the general public, as well as publishing film how-to-guides on our blog and organising film-making workshops at our G ...[Read More]