Heather Viles is a professor of biogeomorphology and heritage conservation in the school of geography and the environment at Oxford University , senior research fellow at Worcester College , and honorary professor at the Institute of Sustainable Heritage, University College London. She is a Fellow of the British Society for Geomorphology .
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44-587: A more regular basis, led the EGU to further change its newsletter format and name (now EGU newsletter ) in January 2015. The actual newsletter is an e-mail version, having a monthly frequency. At the General Assembly, the EGU has a daily newsletter called EGU Today. In 2010 the EGU released its official blog, which soon became a quick-to-read source of information about the EGU activities and on research in
66-678: A sustainable and just future for humanity and for the planet". The organisation has headquarters in Munich , Germany. Membership is open to individuals who are professionally engaged in or associated with these fields and related studies, including students, early career scientists and retired seniors. The EGU publishes 19 public peer-reviewed open-access scientific journals and a number of other science publications. It also organises several topical meetings, as well training events and summer schools, and provides support and funding for numerous education and outreach activities. Its most prominent event
88-646: Is currently the co-director of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Art, Heritage, and Archaeology. Since 2019 she has held the position of chair of the British Society for Geomorphology, having previously been chair from 2012 to 2014. Viles was director of Undergraduate Studies (2008–2011), director of research (2012–2015), and head of
110-561: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Heather Viles Viles obtained her MA in geography from the University of Cambridge , and a DPhil from the University of Oxford . Her DPhil research investigated the role of microorganisms in weathering limestone, based on fieldwork on Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. Following her DPhil, she undertook post-doctoral research on
132-547: Is the EGU General Assembly, an annual conference that brings together over 18,000 scientists from all over the world. The meeting's sessions cover a wide range of topics, including volcanology , planetary exploration, the Earth's internal structure and atmosphere, climate change , and renewable energies . The EGU has 22 scientific divisions that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the organisation. The EGU
154-617: The Atmospheric Measurement Techniques ( AMT ) journal was first published, and the journals Solid Earth ( SE ) and Earth System Dynamics ( ESD ) began publication in February and March 2010 respectively. In 2011, Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems ( GI ) was first published. On 7 April 2013 the open access journals Earth Surface Dynamics ( ESurf ) and SOIL were launched via Copernicus Publications. In April 2018, EGU launched
176-720: The EGS publications Advances in Geosciences ( ADGEO ), Annales Geophysicae ( ANGEO ), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ( ACP ), Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ( HESS ), Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences ( NHESS ) and Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics ( NPG ) – to the EGU. The open access journals Biogeosciences ( BG ) and Ocean Sciences ( OS ) had been launched via Copernicus Publications in March and November 2004, respectively. In 2005, EGU launched
198-798: The EGU signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. The EGU Executive Office moved to central Munich on 1 August 2010, and later expanded by hiring six more staff members in addition to the EGU Executive Secretary, Philippe Courtial. In August 2011, the EGU signed an agreement with the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and with the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) with
220-408: The Earth, planetary and space sciences fields. The blog has now grown to include division blogs and network blogs. EGU has also published academic books and other publications. Since 2001, the EGU and Copernicus Publications have published a growing number of peer-reviewed open-access scientific journals : In October 2002 the first EGU journals were published by transferring the property of
242-633: The National Heritage Science Strategy steering group co-ordinated by English Heritage that developed a UK-wide Heritage Science Strategy to direct policy over the next 25 years. She is a member of the editorial board of Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. She was a Member of the International Association of Geomorphologists Executive Committee 2013–2017, and Associate Editor of
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#1732786874292264-682: The School of Geography and the Environment (2015–2019) at Oxford University, and vice provost of Worcester College from 2012 to 2014. From 2008 to 2011, she was vice-president (Expeditions and Fieldwork) of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers. From 2008 to 2012 she was a member of the advisory panel of the joint Arts and Humanities Research Council / Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Science and Heritage Programme, and member of
286-665: The academic journal Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Currently she currently a Senior Editor of Earth Surface Dynamics journal. Viles was awarded the 2015 Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal from the European Geosciences Union for her role in establishing the field of biogeomorphology. In 2019 she was awarded the Melvin G. Marcus distinguished career award of the Geomorphology Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers. In 2020 she
308-509: The age of 35 years. Over 17,000 abstracts were presented at the meeting. The first EGU newsletter came out in November 2002. The Eggs magazine became the EGU newsletter after the completing of the merging between EGS and EUG in 2003. The three-monthly newsletter was modernised in late 2012 and both its format and its name were changed in GeoQ. The necessity to give reports of its activities on
330-654: The aim to promote the cooperation between the institutions. In June 2019, the EGU announced a new chapter in its history: the Union launched a new strategy and moved its Executive Office to new premises in the Berg am Laim area of Munich . The European Geosciences Union convenes a yearly General Assembly. The first EGU General Assembly took place from 25 to 30 April 2004, in Nice , with the aim to gather together EGU members and other Earth, planetary, and space scientists from all around
352-512: The contribution of acid rain to the deterioration of English cathedrals. Her research has focused on geomorphology and heritage science. Her research is highly interdisciplinary and includes geomorphology with ecology, engineering geology, environmental chemistry, and materials conservation. Her research investigates biological contributions to geomorphology; processes of weathering, geomorphology and landscape evolution in extreme environments and processes of building stone decay and conservation. She
374-641: The first call for proposals was launched. At the 2019 meeting in Vienna , there were 5,531 oral, 9,432 poster, and 1,287 interactive content (PICO) presentations. Over 16,000 scientists from 113 countries participated in the conference Abstracts of presentations are published in the Geophysical Research Abstracts (print: ISSN 1029-7006 , online: ISSN 1607-7962 ). The 2018 EGU General Assembly hosted 15,075 scientists from 106 countries participated, of which 53% were under
396-580: The open access journals Climate of the Past ( CP ) and eEarth in July and October, respectively through Copernicus Publications. The latter was replaced by Solid Earth journal in 2009. The open access journals The Cryosphere ( TC ) and Geoscientific Model Development ( GMD ) were released in 2007 via Copernicus Publications . In June 2007, the EGU launched Imaggeo, an open access database featuring photos and videos relating geosciences. In August 2008,
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440-733: The world. On this occasion the EGU also celebrated researchers for their contribution, with 21 Union and division prizes and medals. The EGU General Assembly moved to Vienna in April 2005 where it has since taken place annually, at the Austria Center Vienna . The first EGU co-sponsored geoscience meeting (the first Alexander von Humboldt conference) was held in Guayaquil . Afterwards, the co-sponsored programme expanded into conference series, meetings, workshops and training schools. The EGU Galileo Conferences cycle started in 2015 when
462-1014: Was established by the merger of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) and the European Union of Geosciences (EUG) on 7 September 2002. Council members of the two organisations came together at Hotel Platzl in Munich, Germany, to sign the Union into existence. The final stages of the merger were completed on 31 December 2003. The EGU founding members were: Jan Backman, Jonathan Bamber , Ray Bates, Günter Blöschl, Lars Clemmensen, Max Coleman, Peter Fabian, Gerald Ganssen, Jean-Pierre Gattuso , David Gee, Fausto Guzzetti, Albrecht Hofmann, Jürgen Kurths, Yves Langevin, John Ludden , Arne Richter, Michael Rycroft , W. Schlager, Roland Schlich, Isabella Premovi Silva, Christopher Spotl, Håkan Svedhem, Hans Thybo , Bert Vermeersen, David Webb, Jerzy Weber, Richard Worden. On 12 February 2004,
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#1732786874292484-459: Was recipient of the Founder’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology. Heather Viles. 1988. Biogeomorphology.Wiley-Blackwell. European Geosciences Union The European Geosciences Union ( EGU ) is a non-profit international union in the fields of Earth , planetary , and space sciences whose vision is to "realise
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