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The benefits of online writing retreats in these weird times

Mathew Stiller-Reeve July 17, 2020

Photo from an online writing retreat with PhD students and early career scientists from The National Graduate School in Infection Biology and Antimicrobials in Norway, by Mathew Stiller-Reeve.

The world shut down due to COVID-19, but PhDs did not. During these unfamiliar times, most PhD students have found themselves working from home trying more than ever to write as much as possible. Over the past few of months, I have led several online writing retreats in collaboration with doctoral research schools and universities in Norway. They seem to have been very successful to help PhD’s wi ...[Read More]

#shareEGU20: meet the EGU Early Career Scientist Representatives (pt3)!

Anouk Beniest May 8, 2020

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Now #shareEGU20 has come to an end, division officers have changed and this includes the Early Career Scientists (ECS) Representatives. Time to meet them! Union-level and Deputy Union-level ECS Representatives Anouk Beniest and Anita Di Chiara Display "Anouk and Anita" from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display c ...[Read More]

#shareEGU20: meet the EGU Early Career Scientist Representatives (pt2)!

Hazel Gibson May 4, 2020

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Now that you have met the current and incoming Early Career Scientist Union representatives Raffaele Albano and Anouk Beniest, it’s now time to meet the rest of the current EGU Division representatives! Atmospheric Sciences (AS): Fernando Iglesias-Suarez Contact: ecs-as@egu.eu Postdoctoral scientist at CSIC (Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemis ...[Read More]

#shareEGU20: meet the EGU Early Career Scientist Representatives (pt1)!

Raffaele Albano and Anouk Beniest May 4, 2020

Image credit: Daniela Rapavá (distributed via imaggeo)

Right now, many researchers and academics are worried that the current situation will negatively affect our careers. We are all searching for ways to minimize the impact of working from home, not being able to collect data or exchange thoughts with colleagues on a daily basis. But worries around the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on employment security are even worse for Early Career Scientists ...[Read More]