European Geosciences Union – General Assembly 2014

Once again Geology for Global Development will have a strong presence at the European Geosciences Union’s General Assembly, in Vienna (27 April – 2 May 2014). This is one of the largest gatherings of geoscientists in the world – with a particularly large group of natural hazard scientists, and groups from hydrology and climate.

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As usual, the Natural Hazards division will be hosting a diverse and interesting range of sessions on topics from landslide, volcanic and earthquake hazards to resilience and vulnerability assessments, and global and continental scale risk assessment. A couple of sessions that we will be attending and involved in include:

NH9.4 – Natural Hazards Education, Communications and Science-Policy-Practice Interface

Convened by a group of hazard scientists from King’s College London, this session will be based around a group of posters and involve lots of discussion on these important topics.

NH9.8 – Geoethics: Ethical Challenges In Communication, Geoeducation And Management of Natural Hazards

In this session, co-convened by GfGD Director (Joel Gill), Rosalie Tostevin (Himalayas Programme Officer) will be giving a presentation outlining our Himalaya project and the ways in which we are trying to engage UK students.

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In the Education and Outreach Symposium:

EOS7 – Geoscience Education for Sustainable Development and Widening Participation

Jane Robb (University Group Resources Officer) will be convening this session, alongside a group of others, with a number of very topical presentations on issues of engagement, education and development. Within this session GfGD will display a poster on “Supporting international development through the integration of relevant ‘soft-skills’ into geoscience education.”

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In addition to these formal scientific sessions, Rosalie will be working in the press office – regularly reporting on this blog. She’ll be giving you highlights of key talks, presentations and press conferences. Keep an eye on our blog and social media for reports throughout the week.

Finally we will be hosting a Splinter Meeting (Thursday 1st May 10:30-12:00, Room R10). This splinter meeting will give people an opportunity to find out more about our work and ways to get involved. There will be members of the GfGD team, information posters and a brief rolling slideshow. We would love to meet any of you following our work, answer your questions and talk to you about your work and ideas. Please do come and say hello!

We’ll be posting links to other sessions and talks that have caught our eye at a later date.