The IUGS-COGE institutes the Chris King Medal to recognize and reward outstanding educators who have made significant contributions to the field of geoscience education.
The COGE's primary goal is to actively collaborate with other Commissions, organizations, and networks at all scales to develop activities and resources to support geoscience education across the globe.
We are a team of experienced specialists in geosciences and education from different parts of the world who are committed to improving the quality of geoscience education globally.
CSIRO/Charles Darwin University
Peru
Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
Malaysia
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
UNICAM - Camerino University, Italy- Education committee of National Association of Geologists- Italy
University of South Australia
Australia
Supervises development and co-ordination of the GEFO Program in coordination with EGU Education team.
Responsible: Susana Occhipinti
Members: Young-Shin Park, Marian Selorm Sapah, Tiago Ribeiro
Focused on enhancing our engagement with the public and communicating the value of geoscience education to a broader audience.
Responsible: Agogo Abraham
Members: Roberto Greco, Kholoud Mohamed
Supervise initiatives for ensuring the diverse voices and perspectives within the geoscience community.
Responsible: Liliana Corona
Members: Susanna Occhipinti, Sandra Villacorta
Oversee agreements of cooperation with international bodies and try to search for external funding
Responsible: Miguel Cerna Cano
Members: Sharon Locke, Jorge Gomez Tapias
Prepares an annual budgetary proposal to be submitted to IUGS
based on the proposed annual work plan of the Commission.
Responsible: Ian Clark
Members: Sandra Villacorta, Susana Occhipinti
Supervises development and co-ordination of COGE publications and contents (COGE journal on geoscience education, books, academic articles, abstracts and others).
Responsible: Susana Alaniz-Alvarez
Members: Sandra Villacorta, Nicanor Prendes, Clara Vasconcelos, Rajib Kumar
Is responsible for the nomination and selection process for the Chris King Medal and other awards planned to recognize achievements and contributions in the field of geoscience education.
Responsible: Roberto Greco
Members: Ian Clark, Ashvin Wickramasooriya
Advertises and promotes the aims, objectives and achievements of COGE and prepares flyers and other outreach material for social media
Responsible: Enas Ahmed (Acting Lead)
Members: Romina Celabe, Liliana Corona, Enas Ahmed, Scott Miller (on leaving)
To everseeing the membership matters
Responsible: Elvaene James
Members:
Ian Clark, Sandra Villacorta
We share information of interest to our allied supporters and members of the IUGS COGE network here.