With more than 16,000 participants, 5,500 oral presentations, 9,400 posters and 1,200 PICO presentations, all under one roof, the EGU General Assembly can be an overwhelming experience. There is a network of corridors to navigate, as well as a wide range of workshops, splinter and townhall meetings to choose from. With that in mind, we’ve put in place some initiatives to make the experience of tho ...[Read More]
GeoPolicy: Communicate Geoscience? Let’s do it!
![GeoPolicy: Communicate Geoscience? Let’s do it!](https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/files/2019/10/JPB-speaking-1-700x400.jpg)
This month’s GeoPolicy Column was written by Alexander Roesner, a researcher at MARUM (the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences) and the winner of the EGU’s 2019 ECS Policy Competition, which provides the winner with funding to attend the EGU’s science-policy event, Shaping EU Missions in Brussels. Roesner outlines his motivation for applying for the competition and reflects on his experience. ...[Read More]
EGU 2020: Financial support to attend the General Assembly
![EGU 2020: Financial support to attend the General Assembly](https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/files/2019/10/EGU17-13-700x400.jpg)
The EGU is committed to promoting the participation of both early career scientists and established researchers from low and middle-income countries who wish to present their work at the EGU General Assembly. In order to encourage participation of scientists from both these groups, a part of the overall budget of the EGU General Assembly is reserved to provide financial support to those who wish t ...[Read More]
Challenging challenges in Earth science research at the EGU General Assembly!
![Challenging challenges in Earth science research at the EGU General Assembly!](https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/files/2019/06/crowdsolving-700x400.jpg)
At the EGU General Assembly 2019 last month, if you walked through the dark basement and the most distant hallways of the convention centre, into room -2.62 on Wednesday evening, you may have heard people introducing themselves followed by the words “… and I have a problem.” This may have sounded like a support group. In fact, if you had entered the room it would have been clear that you had just ...[Read More]