Gillian D’Souza is the European Geosciences Union’s outgoing Media Relations Manager. During her time at EGU Gillian deftly handled the Union’s media interaction and made strides in developing how the Union works with journalists. With Gillian now leaving EGU, we asked her to reflect on her time working for the Union at the science-media interface. Hello Gillian. During your time at E ...[Read More]
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Geomorphology
A Day in the Life – Andreas Ruby
This blog post is part of our series: “A day in the life of a geomorphologist” for which we’re accepting contributions! Please contact one of the GM blog editors, Emily or Emma, if you’d like to contribute on this topic, or others. by Andreas Ruby, Doctoral Researcher, GFZ Potsdam, Germany Email: andreas.ruby@gfz-potsdam.de Hi, I’m Andi, and it still feels quite fresh, but as of now I’ve already ...[Read More]
Seismology
Seismology Job Portal
On this page, we regularly update open positions in Seismology for early career scientists. Do you have a job on offer? Contact us at ecs-sm@egu.eu Please, note that other available research positions are displayed on the EGU Jobs Portal. Latest open positions: Postdoctoral Fellow (Earthquake Hazards) Institute: The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) Starting: January 2024 ...[Read More]
Cryospheric Sciences
Ice-Hot News – You have a “cool” new Policy Point of Contact in the Cryosphere Division!
At the 2023 EGU General Assembly, our cryosphere division members all voted “YES!” to have a division policy point of contact! If you’re wondering how to engage in science policy at our division level, what a division policy officer does, who was named and what happened next… This blog post should answer a lot of these questions (or I hope)! First off, a little history about how policy officers ca ...[Read More]
Geodesy
Geodesy Division Year In Review 2023
Hi EGU Community! We hope that you had some rest during the holidays and are ready for this new year ahead! With the first blog post of 2024, we want to look back at what happened in the G Division during the last year and give an outlook on what you can expect for the coming year! Looking back on 2023 Over the past year, we published a total of 20 blog posts. We introduced a new series in Februar ...[Read More]
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
EGU GMPV ECS Campfires – Thursday 18th January 10am CET
Welcome to 2024, we hope you all had some nice and relaxing holidays! In the meantime we have prepared the first edition of the Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology division’s ECS talks – the Campfires – of the new year, which will take place on Thursday 18th January at 10am CET on Zoom. This edition will be a Scientific Campfire, during which three early career scientists will pres ...[Read More]
GeoLog
Three peer review myths debunked by the First EGU Peer Review Training
In 2023, EGU offered Peer Review Training for the first time, over three virtual sessions in September and October 2023, with a little homework in between. With more than 100 applications, from which we chose 57, mostly Early Career Scientists (ECS) to fill the available places, the desire for this kind of training in the EGU community was clear. About 80% of the participants completed the trainin ...[Read More]
Natural Hazards
Behind the scenes: The EGU Natural Hazards Division Blog Editorial Team unveiled!
2023 draws to a close. Looking back, our NH Division Blog has rolled out 20 different posts! We’ve chatted with awesome medallists, tackled current challenges in natural hazards, and showcased key projects and activities in the field. But who are the lovely and creative minds behind this? In this year’s final post, we’re going to find out together. The Blog Editorial Team is cu ...[Read More]
GeoLog
GeoTalk: meet Megan Holdt, researcher of mantle dynamics & Geodynamics ECS Representative!
Hello Megan! Welcome to GeoTalk. Could you tell our readers a little bit about yourself and your background? Hi Simon, thank you for inviting me to GeoTalk! I am originally from Australia and studied geology and geophysics at the University of Sydney. After I finished my undergraduate degree, I worked as an earth scientist for almost seven years. I really enjoyed my time in industry, but I felt th ...[Read More]
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
EGU GMPV Campfires – Thursday 14th December 4 pm CET
Mark your calendar! The next edition of the Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology division’s ECS talks – the Campfires – will be back on Thursday 14th December at 4pm CET on Zoom. This edition will be a Scientific Campfire, during which three early career scientists will present their latest work to the community. Our speakers for this edition are: Shreya Kanakiya ̵ ...[Read More]