early career researchers

Feeling stressed lately? The EGU ECS Working Group ‘Work-Life-Balance’ can help!

ECS group: Work-Life Balance February 3, 2022

Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash

The feeling of being ‘a little out of balance’ is probably something we all encounter at some point in our lives. Stress is on the rise, with the constant pressure to ‘do something special and meaningful.’ Coping with this situation can be challenging and there is no magic recipe that fits for all. The good news is we have uncovered a few ingredients you can choose from to ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: What’s new in 2022?

Chloe Hill January 7, 2022

Flag with the EU Parliament building in Strasbourg. Credit: Chloe Hill

2021 was yet another year of uncertainty, with many changes and disruptions to our plans, activities, and goals. EGU’s science for policy programme was no exception to this with the Science for Policy Pairing Scheme and annual Science for Policy Event taking a back seat. We hope that 2022 will not only bring new activities but also rekindle those that were put on hold as a result of the pandemic. ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Meet Valeria Cigala, the Natural Hazards Division’s Early Career Scientist Representative

Simon Clark July 21, 2021

Dr. Valeria Cigala, volcanologist and ECS representative of EGU's Natural Hazards Division, visiting the active volcano of Sakurajima ("Cherry Blossom Island"), Japan.

Hello Valeria, thank you for talking with us today! Could you tell us a bit about yourself? Hi Simon, I’m delighted to talk with you today; thank you for the opportunity! I originally come from Italy, and I work as a postdoc researcher at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich, in Germany, in experimental and physical volcanology. In particular, I’m working on my DFG funded projec ...[Read More]

How to vEGU – Networking (part 4): Top 10 Networking events!

Simon Clark April 15, 2021

Throughout the two weeks of #vEGU21 the assembly will be host to a diverse number of networking events. In this blog we’ve highlighted some of the key events of interest to attendees. Events are ordered in date-order from the start of the conference. You can keep up-to-date on Networking events by in the EGU Programme. This year there are two options: the EGU sponsored Networking events and the Po ...[Read More]