13th Arsenyev’s Readings conference on economic geography started at KarRC RAS

Arsenyev's Readings, a traditional conference dealing with questions of economic geography and spatial development statistics, started at the Karelian Research Center RAS. It is held biennially by the Institute of Economics KarRC RAS. This year the conference is timed to the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the 235th anniversary of birth of Academician Konstantin Arsenyev. “Thanks to him Petrozavodsk and Karelia can be considered the birthplace of Russian statistics and the place where the world-famous Russian economic geography school was born”, - noted Director of the Institute of Economics KarRC RAS Tatyana Morozova.

Karelian scientists survey villages in the Kondopoga District of Karelia

Scientists at the Karelian Research Center RAS continue their work on stuffing the audio map of the VepKar language corpus. At the end of September they visited 12 settlements in the Kondopoga District of Karelia. During the expedition they recorded 10 hours of audio fragments of Karelian and Russian speech, collected material on folk beliefs, and investigated the tourist potential of the areas. The activities were conducted within a project supported by the Russian Geographical Society.

Experts elucidate how businesses, authorities and citizens interact for ecological wellbeing of Arctic urban communities

Ecological wellbeing of Arctic territories and socio-economic aspects of their sustainable development are in the focus of attention of scientists at the Karelian Research Centre RAS. Economists are investigating how businesses, authorities and citizens view their responsibility for environmental pollution and what practices they use to safeguard the environment. The researchers have already visited towns and cities in the Nenets Autonomous District and the Komi Republic.

Career-guidance tours to be given to schoolchildren at KarRC RAS

Karelian Research Center RAS once again joined in the annual federal career guidance project for schoolchildren “Ticket to the Future”. Children will get acquainted with the work of scientists in different fields of science from October 7 to November 23.

Young geologists from different cities gather for a traditional conference at KarRC RAS

The scientific youth school and conference “Hot topics of geology, geophysics and geoecology" started in Petrozavodsk. The conference dedicated to the memory of outstanding scientists Kauko Kratz and Felix Mitrofanov is a traditional and important event for geological science. More than 50 participants from Petrozavodsk, St. Petersburg, Apatity, Tomsk, Voronezh, Moscow and Kazan will share the results of their work and exchange experience in academic writing.

Researchers from KarRC RAS present their results at a Learned Council meeting

Analysis of the premises of the “green” economy and a unique discovery of hydrocarbons in ancient basalts were presented by Karelian scientists at the first autumn session of the KarRC RAS Learned Council on October 1.

Transactions of KarRC RAS Journal included in RSCI core

The Journal “Transaction of KarRC RAS” has been included in RSCI core. This means that after strict selection by experts, the outlet was listed among the most reputable journals that constitute the core of the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). Many Russian journals from RSCI core are indexed in foreign scientometric databases Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus. This, as it is commonly believed, improves the evaluation of the scientific articles published therein.

Karelian scientists presented their developments at TechInnoProm 2024 exhibition in Minsk

The 2nd Innovation Forum. Russia-Belarus, co-organized by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Academy of the Republic of Belarus, is taking place in Minsk. Scientists from the Karelian Research Center RAS are taking part. At the forum, Olga Bakhmet, KarRC RAS Acting Director General, talked about the innovations and applied developments of Karelian scientists. Researchers presented their patented developments - laser analyzers of granule and droplet dimensions, as well as a hybrid filler for composite materials - at TechInnoProm exhibition.

Scientific research in the Arctic in the focus of attention of BRICS scientists and experts

Research lines of high relevance for the Arctic zone, their prospects and the opportunities of using the experience and developments of cross-border cooperation were discussed at the Karelian Research Center RAS during the roundtable session “BRICS+ as a platform for joint research in the Arctic”. The event took place on September 19 during the international conference “Regional cooperation within the BRICS: modern environmental and nature management issues”. The roundtable gathered researchers, experts and officials.

The first industrial curly birch crop to be planted in the republic

Karelian Research Center RAS employees prepared planting stock of curly birch for its first industrial-scale crop. The plantation will be created under the three-party cooperation agreement between the Karelian Research Center RAS, the Ministry of Natural Resources of Karelia and Segezha Group PJSC.