science-policy pairing scheme

GeoPolicy: Exploring the European Parliament with last year’s Science-Policy Pairing Scheme candidates

Chloe Hill September 11, 2024

Inside the European Parliament. Credit: Elias Symeonakis

Each year, the EGU’s Science-Policy Pairing Scheme offers selected EGU members the opportunity to experience life inside the European Parliament. This Pairing Scheme aims to promote evidence-informed policymaking, provide the scientists involved with insights about how Members of the Parliament (MEPs) use research in their decision-making, and encourage stronger science-policy partnerships! For th ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Exploring life inside the European Parliament

Chloe Hill February 8, 2023

Inside the European Parliament. Credit: Elias Symeonakis

The EGU’s annual Science-Policy Pairing Scheme connects a selected EGU member with a Member of the European Parliament to promote evidence-informed policymaking and encourage stronger science-policy partnerships! In November 2022, EGU Member of Manchester Metropolitan University Elias Symeonakis was paired with the selected Member of the European Parliament, Norbert Lins, an MEP representing Germa ...[Read More]

EGU virtual Science-Policy Pairing Scheme with MEP Maria Spyraki

Chloe Hill May 28, 2021

Up and down the European Parliament staircase. Credit, European Parliament. Distributed via Flickr

The EGU sponsors an annual science-policy pairing scheme each year to help promote a culture of evidence-informed policymaking and encourage stronger science-policy partnerships! The EGU’s 2020/21 pairing scheme was slightly different from normal, being run virtually rather than in person as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions. This month’s GeoPolicy blog post is written by Renée Bic ...[Read More]