European Geosciences Union

What European Geosciences Union does

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is a non-profit scientific union headquartered in Munich, Germany, established in September 2002 through the merger of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) and the European Union of Geosciences (EUG). Its core mission is to advance Earth, planetary, and space sciences through open-access publishing, an annual General Assembly, education and outreach programs, and a structured ecosystem of 23 scientific divisions spanning atmospheric sciences, biogeosciences, climate, cryosphere, geodesy, geodynamics, hydrology, ocean sciences, planetary sciences, seismology, volcanology, and related fields. The organization is governed by its members through a Union Council and division-level leadership (President, Deputy President, ECS Representative per division) and operates with 51-100 staff.

EGU's product portfolio is built on open-access publishing infrastructure delivered in partnership with Copernicus Publications, which hosts EGU's peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Biogeosciences, The Cryosphere, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences) and the EGUsphere preprint platform, the latter recently extended with LESSONS Reports and LESSONS Posts for sharing negative results. The flagship event is the annual General Assembly in Vienna, which combined in-person and online formats to reach a record 22,497 participants at EGU26. Additional offerings include the Imaggeo image and video repository, the EGU blog network and GeoLog, Galileo Conferences and Mary Anning Conferences as smaller topical meetings, training schools, and an education stack (GIFT teacher workshops, Planet Press articles, Geoscience Days, Teacher-Scientist Pairing Scheme). The awards and medals program, including 19 named division and Union-level awards (Vilhelm Bjerknes, Hans Oeschger, Henry Darcy, Arne Richter, OSPP, and others), underpins the union's reputational and career-development function.

EGU's business model is member-funded: revenue is generated through membership dues, conference registration fees (in-person and online tiers), and open-access publication revenues via Copernicus Publications, with supplementary income from public engagement grants, science journalism fellowships, and special activity funds such as the Mission Earth project. Distribution is global but concentrated in Europe, with the General Assembly and journals serving as the primary customer touchpoints. The organization maintains institutional partnerships with the European Space Agency (Swarm-AWARE), the American Geophysical Union, the European Association of Geochemistry, the European Mineralogical Union, and the Young Hydrologic Society, and operates an active social, webinar, and science-policy engagement channel mix to support researchers, early career scientists, educators, and science journalists.

Name

European Geosciences Union

Legal name

European Geosciences Union

Website

https://egu.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is a Munich-based non-profit scientific union founded in 2002 that serves European and global researchers in Earth, planetary, and space sciences through open-access journals (via Copernicus Publications), the EGUsphere preprint platform, the annual General Assembly in Vienna, and 23 scientific divisions covering the full geoscience spectrum.

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Product category

Scientific Publishing and Conferences

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Educational Resources (OER) & Curriculum Repositories (EDAFACAJ)

Keywords

• Geoscience publishing
• Scientific conferences
• Open access journals
• Scientific membership organization
• Geoscience education

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is a non-profit international scientific organization that fosters the advancement of the geosciences. It publishes a portfolio of peer-reviewed open access journals, organizes the annual EGU General Assembly (one of the largest geoscience conferences in the world), and runs topical conferences, training schools, awards, and educational outreach programs for the global geoscience community.

Product overview

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) operates as a scientific membership organization rather than a commercial product company. Its portfolio consists of open access publishing services (including multiple peer-reviewed journals and EGUsphere preprint platform), the annual General Assembly conference, educational outreach programs, scientific blogs, and awards/medals recognition. The open access journals and EGUsphere are managed in partnership with Copernicus Publications. The organization structure includes 23 scientific divisions covering all aspects of Earth, planetary, and space sciences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EGU General Assembly: Europe's largest geoscience conference, held annually in Vienna, Austria
• EGU24
• EGU26
• EGUsphere
• Imaggeo
• Galileo Conferences

Products and services

• EGU General Assembly
• EGU Open Access Journals
• EGUsphere
• Galileo Conferences
• Education and Outreach Programmes

Quantifiable outcome

• 22,497 participants at EGU26 General Assembly in Vienna and online

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• Copernicus PublicationscoreTechnology or IntegrationEGU's official publishing partner for its portfolio of open-access peer-reviewed journals. Copernicus Publications provides the technology platform for hosting, peer review, and distribution of EGU journals including Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Biogeosciences, The Cryosphere, and others.
• American Geophysical Union (AGU) - Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (VGP) DivisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative relationship between EGU's Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (GMPV) Division and AGU's VGP Division for joint activities in volcanology and geochemistry research communities.
• European Association of Geochemistry (EAG)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional society collaboration with EGU's GMPV Division for geochemistry community activities and joint initiatives.
• European Mineralogical UnionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional society partnership with EGU's GMPV Division for mineralogy research community engagement.
• Young Hydrologic SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting young hydrologists through sessions, social events, and short courses at EGU's annual General Assembly, providing professional development opportunities for early career researchers in hydrology.
• European Space Agency (ESA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on space weather research including the Swarm-AWARE project unveiled at EGU26, using satellite data and machine learning to distinguish space weather signals from natural hazards.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Geological Society of America: GSA is a major geoscience professional society publishing Geology, Geosphere, and GSA Bulletin journals, and hosting a large annual meeting. It overlaps directly with EGU's geological sciences divisions (Geomorphology, Stratigraphy/Sedimentology/Palaeontology, Tectonics and Structural Geology).
• American Geophysical Union: The American Geophysical Union is the largest global geoscience society, publishing AGU journals (JGR, Geophysical Research Letters) and hosting the massive AGU Fall Meeting. It is EGU's most direct counterpart, competing for the same authors, members, and conference attendees worldwide.
• International Association of Hydrological Sciences: IAHS is a global scientific association for hydrology research, a constituent of IUGG, and a direct peer to EGU's Hydrological Sciences Division. It organizes its own assemblies and publications in overlapping areas.
• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics: IUGG is the global scientific union coordinating geophysics and geodesy research across national member associations. EGU is effectively the European regional counterpart in many of IUGG's constituent disciplines, sharing overlapping scope in geodesy, geodynamics, and Earth sciences.
• Royal Astronomical Society: RAS is a UK-based learned society publishing Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Geophysical Journal International. It is a direct peer in astronomy, geophysics, and planetary sciences, overlapping with several EGU divisions.
• International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior: IAVCEI is the international association for volcanology research and a constituent of IUGG. It overlaps directly with EGU's GMPV and Natural Hazards divisions on volcanology research and community organizing.

Regional players

• European Association of Geochemistry: EAG is a European scientific society for geochemistry that collaborates with EGU's GMPV Division on joint activities. It is a regional peer in geochemistry research community organizing and Goldschmidt Conference co-sponsorship.

Others

• Copernicus Publications: Copernicus Publications is EGU's core publishing partner, providing hosting, peer review management, and distribution infrastructure for EGU's open-access journal portfolio and EGUsphere preprint platform. Comparable as the publishing technology backbone to other society publishers like Oxford University Press or Wiley.

Emerging players

• European Physical Society: EPS is a European scientific society organizing physics conferences, publications, and divisional activities. It is comparable as a fellow European non-profit scientific society with similar member-funded governance and conference-led engagement model.

Broad incumbents

• American Association for the Advancement of Science: AAAS publishes Science and operates as a broad scientific membership society with public engagement and policy advocacy. It is a broader incumbent peer covering geosciences within a wider scientific scope, comparable in mission to EGU's interdisciplinary scientific society model.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EuroGeosciences
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/EuroGeosciences
• Facebookfacebook.com/EuropeanGeosciencesUnion

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