Call for Abstracts AGU26 Session ED008: Bringing the Geosciences into the Local Communities

[Shiba Subedi]

Dear Colleagues,

As the AGU26 Fall Meeting will take place in San Francisco from 7-11 December 2026, we would like to draw your attention to our AGU26 session:

ED008: Bringing the Geosciences into the Local Communities: Pilot Projects, Lessons Learned, Opportunities, and Challenges

This session aims to bring together educators, researchers, practitioners, students, and other stakeholders who are working to connect geoscience with local communities. We welcome contributions that highlight community-engaged research, educational initiatives, outreach programs, citizen science projects, partnerships, and lessons learned from bringing geoscience knowledge into local contexts.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Community-based geoscience education and outreach
• Citizen science and participatory research
• Partnerships with schools, local governments, NGOs, and communities
• Science communication and public engagement activities
• Opportunities and challenges in adapting and transferring geoscience into local communities
• Innovative approaches that strengthen connections between geoscientists and local communities

We encourage submissions from researchers, educators, students, practitioners, community and non-governmental organizations, as well as policymakers whose work contributes to meaningful engagement between geoscience and society.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 5 August 2026 (23:59 EDT)

Session Information and Abstract Submission:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/prelim.cgi/Session/280711

We warmly encourage you to submit an abstract if your work aligns with any of these topics. Please also feel free to share this announcement with colleagues, collaborators, students, and community partners who may be interested. We apologize for any cross-posting.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and to an engaging discussion at AGU26 in San Francisco and online.

Best regards,
Shiba Subedi (NAST), György Hetényi (UNIL), Maren Böse (ETH Zurich), Hari Ram Thapa (NCCU)