President: Roelof Rietbroek
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Deputy President: Anna Klos
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ECS Representative: Marius Schlaak
(Emailecs-g@egu.eu)
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
Geodesists on Tour: Circumnavigating Greenland by Helicopter
Greenland, the world’s largest island, has one of the most challenging environments for geodetic measurements. Maintaining GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) stations here isn’t just about precision – it’s about ensuring data continuity in an area that’s constantly moving. This is the behind-the-scenes story of a 15,000 km journey around Greenland: five weeks of helicopter-based fieldwork, two engineers, a helicopter pilot and, and more challenges than we can count – each one earning us a few extra grey hairs. The …
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EGU Campfire Geodesy – Share Your Research – 18th Edition
We are excited to announce the 18th edition of Geodesy Campfire – Share Your Research in April. 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, David Rodríguez Collantes and Klara Middendorf. 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 16th April 2026 …
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EGU Campfire Geodesy – Share Your Research – 17th Edition
We are excited to announce the 17th edition of Geodesy Campfire – Share Your Research in February. 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, Hugo Lecomte and Marius Schlaak. 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 19th March 2026 from …
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Bits and Bites of Geodesy – Satellite Gravimetry: Studying Earth’s water cycle from space
During winter, mountains gain mass because of snow covering the peaks. In spring, the snow melts and flows downstream until it reaches the ocean or evaporates into the atmosphere to reach back on the surface as rain or snow. The global water cycle is very complex and essential for life on our planet. Did you know we can measure how the water is distributed by measuring its mass from space? How can satellite gravimetry collect all that information? Already since …
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Recent awardees
- 2026
- Vening Meinesz Medal
The 2026 Vening Meinesz Medal is awarded to
Frank Flechtner for innovative work in gravity field determination and exceptional contributions to the realisation of pivotal satellite gravity missions.
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- 2026
- Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
The 2026 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is awarded to
Eva Boergens for outstanding work on addressing contemporary hydrological challenges using satellite geodesy.
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- 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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Current issue of the EGU newsletter
In our March issue, we are preparing for the annual General Assembly on the EGU blogs and with a special webinar to help all EGU26 attendees refresh their knowledge of the meeting we are all systems go here in EGU HQ! Also learn about what it's like to spend 25 years working with Interactive Open Access publishing, don't miss out on science for policy events at EGU26, and the EGU awards and medals are now open for nominations - the process is probably easier than you think!
All this and much more, in this month's Loupe!
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