Education

GeoTalk: meet Robert Piotrowski, geomythologist and folklorist

Simon Clark December 12, 2025

Robert Piotrowski

Hello Robert! Thank you for joining GeoTalk. Before we turn the page, could you introduce yourself to our readers? I am an ethnologist and cultural anthropologist. I have the privilege of working in ‘Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Research into the Anthropocene’, led by Prof. Dariusz Brykała, which is part of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation of the Polish Academy of Sciences. ...[Read More]

What’s on at EGU25: highlights from the Outreach and Education Committees

Hazel Gibson April 23, 2025

Nina and Berry sculptures by Heike Jane Zimmermann

There are so many great events to participate in at EGU25 this year, in both on-site and virtual formats, that it can be very easy to feel overwhelmed. Whilst we encourage you to make good use of your Personal Programme to help organise your activities, we also reached out to several of EGU’s Committees that are responsible for specific other aspects of EGU’s activities, including the ...[Read More]

From ‘real life’ to a fantastic quirky teaching tool – try a PodCast Class

Ingrid Anell November 25, 2024

Picture taken by author

A giant microphone sits a few cm’s from my face. I am having vivid flashbacks to pre-show jitters and stage-fright from my earlier forages into on stage productions. Only now I’m an adult, an expert, a scientist. Our host pushes the record button. Live radio! A brilliant (?) idea takes shape I was contacted by a Norwegian scientific radio programme, Abels Tårn, and asked if I could answer question ...[Read More]

Friedrich Barnikel reflects on the final Geoscience Information For Teachers workshop in Cape Town

Friedrich Barnikel and Simon Clark October 18, 2024

The final edition of the capacity building Geoscience Information For Teachers (GIFT) workshop was held this year in Cape Town, South Africa. This three-year programme, an initiative by the EGU Education Committee, brought together local teachers and scientists to build a sustainable, long-term workshop series and network for teacher training in geoscience education. The 2024 theme was “Exploring ...[Read More]