Author(s):
Silva, A.M. 
; Araújo, A.A. ; Reis, A.H. ; Morais, M. ; Bezzeghoud, M.
Date: 2012
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/6949
Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
Subject(s): Solid Earth; Atmosphere & Hydrosphere; Scientific Policy
Description
In 2012, the Évora Geophysics Centre (CGE) celebrates 20 years of activity. In
these two decades, the national scientific system underwent a profound
transformation, new organizational structures appeared, and participation in
structures and international networks, and scientific integration reached very high
levels. The national scientific environment is now more qualified and competitive;
however the available funding per researcher became scarcer.
Currently the CGE team includes 67 full members, and is organized in two
main Lines of Research: (1) Atmosphere and Hydrosphere, (ii) Solid Earth. The first one
comprises the centers of activity: Meteorology & Climate, Water, Environment, & Surface
Processes, and Energy & Flow Structures, while the latter is composed of the centers of
activity: Active Tectonics & Risks, Lithosphere, Mantle & Geological Resources, and
Heritage & Archeometry.
The time of maturity has come for GCE as a research unit, with a growth
trajectory that was not always linear; however it has been progressive with respect to
scientific quality, organizational structure, and the scientific and training outputs that
were made available to the community.
It is also the time to reflect on the past and to define future strategies. This
debate is carried out within the evolving framework in which the CGE develops its
activity. Actually, CGE faces new challenges on the times ahead. At the national
level new rules of public funding have been announced, which are expected to
increase competition for national funding, together with a strong pressure to make
networking among the teams for the use of the available facilities. At the
international level, CGE is challenged to collaborate with national and international
teams to get access to the new European funding program HORIZON 2020.
The workshop “Two Decades of Earth Science Research” was held at the
University of Évora, on 23 November 2012, as the closure of the Program of
Celebrations, which spanned over the year of 2012. For this workshop we invited
national and international key figures as "keynote speakers", and other colleagues,
which with us will reflect on the evolution of Earth Sciences, Atmosphere and
Hydrosphere, and the national and European science on these two decades. With
this initiative we will also make our contribution to the community for the analysis
of this framework and define new directions for the scientific activity.
Document Type
Book
Language
English
Editor(s)
Silva, A.M.; Araújo, A.A.; Reis, A.H.; Morais, M.; Bezzeghoud, M.
