science policy

GeoPolicy: How a professional YouTuber inspired a science-policy debate in Europe

Chloe Hill March 4, 2022

Image credit: Burst in Business

I recently had the opportunity to talk with Joachim Allgaier, Professor for Communication and Digital Society at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences in Germany, about how video platforms such as YouTube support science communication and influence political decisions. This month’s GeoPolicy blog post explores some of the benefits of having an accessible online source of information and ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Don’t Look Up – could better science advice have saved the planet?

Chloe Hill February 4, 2022

Don't Look Up. Official film image. Credit: imbd

Note: Spoilers Ahead! If you haven’t already seen it, go and watch Don’t Look Up – and then come back to this blog to find out what the scientists in the film could have done to better connect and communicate with the policymakers involved! Don’t Look Up gives us a terrifying example of what could happen when policymakers ignore the science. The film tells the story of two astronomers, PhD candida ...[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]

The European Science-Media Hub: Bringing scientists, journalists and policymakers together

Chloe Hill December 10, 2021

European Generation Media Lab. Credit: European Science Media Hub

This month’s GeoPolicy blog post introduces the European Science-Media Hub (ESMH) along with its key initiatives. It also takes a deeper dive into the organisation through a Q&A that we were thrilled to have with the Head of the European Parliament’s Scientific Foresight Unit Theo Karapiperis and the coordinator of the ESMH Svetla Tanova-Encke. In 2017, the European Parliament’s Panel f ...[Read More]