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1 week ago | blogs.egu.eu | Simon Clark |organisational development. Simon

Hello Stef. Thank you for agreeing to this interview! Before we delve deeper, could you tell our readers about yourself and your background in palaeoclimatology? Thank you for having me! I’m a Junior Professor of Palaeoclimatology at Freie Universität Berlin, a position I’ve been fortunate to hold since 2023. My academic journey began with a PhD in Paleoclimatology from Utrecht University in the Netherlands in 2016, followed by postdoctoral research in Canada, Taiwan, and Germany.

1 month ago | blogs.egu.eu | Simon Clark |organisational development. Simon

Early Career Scientists (ECS) – defined as a student, a PhD candidate, or a practising scientist who received their highest certificate (e.g. BSc, MSc or PhD) within the past seven years – compose about half of EGU’s members. Many of the sessions and events throughout the Assembly are built with our ECS attendees in mind, from introducing you to the Assembly and the Union as a whole or the numerous ECS-orientated networking events and short courses.

1 month ago | blogs.egu.eu | Simon Clark |organisational development. Simon

The General Assembly is the nucleus around which EGU’s community gathers and connects, providing a week of opportunity to meet new people and reaffirm old bonds. Progress within science and its impact on society rises from the confluence of ideas and a diversity of voices; to facilitate meeting and discussion at the Assembly, #EGU25 offers a number of paths for building your network.

2 months ago | blogs.egu.eu | Simon Clark |organisational development. Simon

Pop-up networking returns for the #EGU25 General Assembly! Attendees can add their own events to the conference programme using the pop-up scheduling tool. Events can be virtual or in-person, and include a number of tagging options to communicate the event theme to other attendees. The pop-up networking scheduling tool is live right now! Anyone attending EGU25 can organise an event using the scheduling tool; be sure to have your Copernicus login details to hand when you do.

Feb 5, 2025 | blogs.egu.eu | Simon Clark |organisational development. Simon

It is the new year and new resolutions draw you onward. Yet motivation is fickle, and too often good intentions wither before bearing fruit. You may have drawn a plan to keep you in check, but how do you build on this to achieve sustainable growth? Sustainable growth has been a crucial throughout my career: from projects management and scientific research to building a charity, all required the ability to identify development pathways.