President: Roelof Rietbroek
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Deputy President: Anna Klos
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ECS Representative: Marius Schlaak
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Traditionally geodesy is the science of the measurement and the mapping of the Earth’s surface. Since the surface is mainly shaped by the Earth’s gravity field the classical definition includes the Earth’s gravitational potential. Observing the Earth's figure, the orientation and rotation as well as the gravity field, geodesy today provides spatial and temporal patterns of geophysical processes within the Earth system such as sea-level rise, tides, melting of continental ice masses, changes in global water circulation and in the atmosphere or deformations of the solid Earth. Consequently, the Geodesy Division covers activities on the whole spectrum of modern geodetic Earth system modelling from the measurement systems to the investigation of geophysical processes.
Latest posts from the G blog
Expanding the picture: Franck Ghomsi
What does a geodesist look like? And what happens if you don’t “look the part”? Today, Franck Ghomsi, a Black African scientist, takes us along on his journey between South Africa, Canada and Cameroon. Franck does not only research the impact of climate change on coasts with geodetic techniques, but at the same time became an expert in self-motivation, battling racism and fighting against the windmills of visa acquisition. Hi Franck, thank you for sharing your story with us and …
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EGU Campfire Geodesy – Share Your Research – 14th Edition
We are excited to announce the 14th edition of Geodesy Campfire – Share Your Research in November. The Geodesy EGU Campfire Events “Share Your Research” give (early career) researchers the chance to talk about their work. We have two exciting talks by our guest speakers, Betty Heller-Kaikov and Pingping Huan. Below, you can find the details of the topics awaiting us. We will have time to network after the presentations. Please join us on Zoom on 28th November from 10:00 …
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Climbing Through a PhD – Mental Health on the Way to the Summit
Imagine you are going on a long mountain tour. Your backpack is heavy, the path is steep, and although you have been walking for hours, all you can see ahead of you is the next climb. Doing a PhD is like climbing such a mountain. It can feel exhausting, there is always the next challenge ahead and the finish line seems to never get closer. Self-doubt and the feeling of not doing enough accompanies many PhD students along their journey. …
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Seeing Geodesy clearly – suitable colours for effective and inclusive visualization
Effective scientific communication of geodetic research often relies on clear visualizations, and colours are needed to make complex data much easier to understand. However, traditional colormaps don’t always provide the needed clarity and can be especially challenging for people with colour-vision deficiencies (CVD). In this post, we will first describe what CVD is and how it is present in academia. We will then turn to examples from different areas of Geodesy – such as GNSS time series, elevation data, the …
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Recent awardees
- 2025
- Vening Meinesz Medal
The 2025 Vening Meinesz Medal is awarded to
René Forsberg for significant and impactful advancements in geodesy, geophysics, and cryosphere research, and for pioneering work, particularly in gravity field modelling and geoid determination.
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- 2025
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
The 2025 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to
Matthias Schartner for commendable efforts to modernize one of the fundamental pillars of geodesy – Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI).
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- 2025
- Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award
The 2025 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to
Marcel Iten Ionospheric data fusion with GNSS, GNSS-RO and satellite altimetry based on machine learning
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- 2024
- Vening Meinesz Medal
The 2024 Vening Meinesz Medal is awarded to
Jeffrey T. Freymueller for pioneering work in geodesy with Global Navigation Satellite Systems and their application to geophysics.
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- 2024
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
The 2024 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to
Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma for his outstanding contributions in the use of satellite geodesy for Earth system science.
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- 2024
- Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award
The 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to
Mario Moreno Ionospheric Impact on GNSS Reflectometry: A correction approach for the PRETTY satellite data
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Current issue of the EGU newsletter
In our October Issue we are feeling the spooky season as we talk with Elizabeth Case, a 'hauntologist' who studies the ghosts of glaciers, Asmae Ourkiya investigates a recent study of the shadows left behind on the climate from a massive eruption in Indonesia, we hear from Peter Alexander, who shares his experience of doing research in an autocratic regime in the Global South, we share all the upcoming webinars planned for November (there are a lot!), and don't miss our announcement of a new Emergency Support policy, to help researchers in the Earth, planetary and space sciences who have been affected by disaster, crisis or conflict.
All this and much more, in this month's Loupe!
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