Committees & working groups

The administrative activities of the Union are carried out through committees, established by the Council as necessary. EGU has presently nine committees that report to the Council.

Awards Committee

• Co-ordinates EGU medal committees and proposes medal recipients to the Council
• Chair: Athanasios Nenes (awards-medals@egu.eu)
• Members: the EGU Executive Board
• Office contact: Philippe Courtial (executive-secretary@egu.eu)

Education Committee

• Co-ordinates the EGU activities related to secondary and tertiary education
• Chair: Stavros Stathopoulos (education@egu.eu)
• Members: Anna Anglisano Roca, Annegret Schwarz, Bruce D. Malamud, Carlo Laj, Florence Bigot-Cormier, Francesca Cifelli, Francesca Funiciello, Friedrich Barnikel, Gina Pereira Correia (Deputy Chair), Giuliana Panieri, Gordon Alexander Neighbour, Hélder Pereira, Jean-Luc Berenguer, Konstantinos Kourtidis, María Eugenia Dies Álvarez, Phil Smith (Secretary), Stephen Macko, Teresita Gravina, Ulrike Kastrup, the Projects Manager, the Outreach and Topical Events Committee chairs as ex-officio members, and the EGU Executive Board
• Office contact: Simon Clark (projects@egu.eu)

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee

• Co-ordinates EGU’s equality, diversity, and inclusion initiatives
• Chair: Lisa Wingate (edi@egu.eu)
• Members: Adeyemi Oludapo Olusola, Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Alida Timar-Gabor, Anita Di Chiara (Deputy Chair), Heidi Kreibich, Holly Stein, Jens Klump, Johanna Stadmark, Mary Anne Holmes, Michelle O’Grady, Mireia Ginesta-Fernandez, Rebekka Steffen and the EGU Executive Board (ex-officio)
• Representatives from sibling associations: Billy Williams (AGU), Chiaki T. Oguchi (JpGU) and Rie Hori (JpGU)
• Office contact: Asmae Ourkiya (media@egu.eu)

Ethics Committee

• Investigates serious breaches of the EGU Code of Conduct and other allegations of scientific misconduct
• Co-Chairs: Andrea Popp and Jürg Schweizer (conduct@egu.eu)
• Members: Anouk Beniest, Billy Williams, Claudio Rosenberg, Elena Toth, Helen M. Glaves and Thomas Blunier

Finance Committee

• Co-ordinates EGU finances and proposes budget to the Council
• Chair: Patric Jacobs (treasurer@egu.eu)
• Members: Viktor J. Bruckman (Deputy Chair), the Programme and Publications Committee chairs, the EGU Executive Board and the EGU Office Accountant (ex-officio)
• Office contact: Philippe Courtial (executive-secretary@egu.eu)

Nominations Committee

• Oversees the various nomination processes related to EGU elections
• Consists of the president and vice-president
• Office contact: Philippe Courtial (executive-secretary@egu.eu)

Outreach Committee

• Co-ordinates outreach activities as stipulated by By-laws 1.5 and 1.6
• Chair: Solmaz Mohadjer (outreach@egu.eu)
• Members: Camilla Imarisio, Chloe Rachel Brimicombe (Secretary), Christina Anna Orieschnig, Elspeth Sinclair, Hélder Pereira, Joana Rodrigues, João C. Duarte, Laura K. Säilä, Nuno Pimentel, Phil Smith, Roberta Bellini (Deputy Chair), Sebastian Mutz, Sergio Vinciguerra, Öykü Koç, the Head of Communications, the Media Relations Manager, the Science for Policy Manager, the Union-level ECS representative, the Topical Events and Education Committee chairs as ex-officio members, and the EGU Executive Board
• Office contact: Hazel Gibson (communications@egu.eu)

Programme Committee

• Co-ordinates the scientific programme of the annual General Assembly including travel support
• Co-Chairs: Ira Didenkulova and Maria-Helena Ramos (programme-committee@egu.eu)
• Members: one member representing each Programme Group as appointed by the Council, Programme Committee officers, the EGU Executive Board, and the meeting organisers – see also the Programme Committee page of the General Assembly
• Office contact: Jane Roussak (meetings@egu.eu)

Publications Committee

• Co-ordinates the EGU journals and other publications
• Chair: Barbara Ervens (publications@egu.eu)
• Members: Theresa Blume (Deputy Chair), Ulrich Pöschl (EGUsphere Co-ordinator), all the executive editors of each EGU journal, the EGU Executive Board (ex-officio) and the publisher (ex-officio)
• Office contact: Eduardo Queiroz Alves (editorial-manager@egu.eu)

Topical Events Committee

• Co-ordinates activities related to topical meetings, conference series, workshops and training schools
• Chair: Stephen Mojzsis (topical-events@egu.eu)
• Members: Alberto Viglione, Carleen Tijm-Reijmer, Kristen Cook, Paola Vannucchi, Sergio Vinciguerra, the Events Manager, the Outreach and Education Committee chairs as ex-officio members, and the EGU Executive Board
• Office contact: Jane Roussak (meetings@egu.eu)

Science for Policy Working Group

• Helps steer EGU's policy-related activities
• Chair: Zsanett Gréta Papp (zsanett.papp@egu.eu)
• Members: Alfonso Acosta Gonçalves, Athanasios Nenes, Emmanuel Salmon, Erika von Schneidemesser, Ilias Grampas, Kristen Cook, Lene Topp, Mario Scharfbillig and Noel Baker
• Office contact: Zsanett Gréta Papp (zsanett.papp@egu.eu)