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Interview with Peter van der Beek, President of EGU

Asmae Ourkiya June 10, 2024

We are excited to introduce Peter van der Beek, the new President of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). To learn more about Peter and his vision for the future of EGU, our Media and Communications Officer conducted an interview with him. In this conversation, Peter shares insights about his background, his journey to becoming EGU President, and his goals for the organization during his term.

Hello Peter, thank you for taking the time to speak with us and welcome to your new role as President of EGU! Can you tell us a little about yourself and what led you to this role? I am a professor of General Geology at the University of Potsdam in Germany. Originally from the Netherlands, I consider myself European. After completing my PhD at the Free University in Amsterdam, I did a postdoc in A ...[Read More]

EGU’s Pride: Insights into our EDI’s committee’s initiatives

Asmae Ourkiya June 7, 2024

On the occasion of Pride Month 2024, we want to share with you some of important initiatives that EGU's EDI committee is undertaking to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion to support our LGBTQIA2S+ community.

The Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is dedicated to promoting a vision of equality, diversity, and inclusion through an integrated, coordinated, and constructive approach. Their mission includes raising awareness of EDI values within the scientific community, organizing sessions and meetings focused on EDI issues, representing EGU in relev ...[Read More]

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during May!

Hazel Gibson May 31, 2024

Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we put the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights section. This May we are not highlighting any specific Division as our monthly plan will start in June, so this month our GeoRoundup Journals will be alphabetical! Highlights Earth System Dynamics: Dependency of the impa ...[Read More]

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during April!

Hazel Gibson April 30, 2024

Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we put the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights roundup. As April was the month we held the General Assembly we are not highlighting any specific Division, so this month our GeoRoundup Journals will be alphabetical! Highlights Atmospheric Measurement Techniques: Quant ...[Read More]