KarRC RAS international cooperation results in 2024
The past year 2024 saw active work on expanding the geography of scientific contacts, as well as deepening cooperation with new partners in certain activity areas KarRC RAS is engaged in.
As of December 2024, KarRC RAS and its institutes have 38 valid cooperation agreements and memorandums of understanding with scientific and research-and-educational organizations of the following countries: Belarus (5 – KarRC RAS, 1 – IB KarRC RAS, 1 – IG KarRC RAS, 1 – FRI KarRC RAS, 2 – IE KarRC RAS, 1 – ILLH KarRC RAS, 1 – DMR KarRC RAS), Armenia (1 – IG KarRC RAS), China (2 – KarRC RAS, 1 – IG KarRC RAS), India (2 – IG KarRC RAS), Czechia (1 – ILLH KarRC RAS), Estonia (1 – IB KarRC RAS, 1 – ILLH KarRC RAS), Finland (2 – IB KarRC RAS, 1 – IG KarRC RAS, 1 – FRI KarRC RAS, 5 – ILLH KarRC RAS), Serbia (1 – IB KarRC RAS), Spain (1 – ILLH KarRC RAS), Norway (1 – IG KarRC RAS, 1 – FRI KarRC RAS); National Committee on BRICS Research, Russia (1 – KarRC RAS), Russian-African Network University consortium (RAfU, 1 – KarRC RAS), Publishers International Linking Association (PILA Membership Agreement).
In 2024, the Center continued developing partnerships with CIS countries (primarily Belarus), Central and South Asia, Africa, and Latin America. There are 9 active cooperation agreements with scientific organizations of Belarus (with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Belarus, Belarus State Economic University, Institute of Economics NAS of Belarus, Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperation, Center for the Belarusian Culture, Language, and Literature Research NAS of Belarus, Polesie Agrarian and Ecological Institute NAS of Belarus, Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany NAS of Belarus, Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute NAS of Belarus, Institute for Fruit Growing of the Republic of Belarus), 3 agreements with China (with Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology CAS, Institute of Hydrobiology CAS in Wuhan, Beijing University’s School of Earth and Space Sciences), 2 with India (with the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani).
Seeking to establish new partnerships, KarRC RAS Department for International Cooperation has for the second consecutive year organized the large international conference “Regional Cooperation within the BRICS” (September 18-20, 2024), which gathered over 200 participants from Russia, Belarus, China, India, Ethiopia.
On the other hand, the project activities of KarRC RAS and its institutes have diminished significantly relative to four years ago, with only 2 international projects underway: IG KarRC RAS – RFBR grant # 20-53-04013, together with the Joint Institute of Mechanical Engineering NAS of Belarus; DMR KarRC RAS – jointly with the Institute for Fruit Growing of the Republic of Belarus. During the year, constant work was underway to prepare joint grant applications with partners from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (areas of interest: limnology, hydrology, ecology), and Chinese scientists were very interested in conducting joint basic and applied research.
The geography of scientific cooperation of KarRC RAS and its institutes is not limited to the neighboring nations and countries of the Southern Hemisphere: there are still interactions with foreign scientists from Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, USA, etc. The main form of joint activities are publications in printed and online scientific outlets, as well as participation in international congress and exhibition events held in Russia as well as abroad. The topics of joint publications in Russian and foreign scientific journals include molecular genetics, ornithology, soil science, biodiversity, ichthyology, limnology, geology, physics of nanostructures, game theory, archaeology, economics, etc.
Within the framework of acting agreements with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and its institutes and seeking to fulfill the tasks of KarRC RAS under the project “All-Russian Climate Monitoring System” (VIP GZ of the RITM Carbon Consortium), an official delegation of the Center visited scientific institutions in Beijing and Nanjing (China) in November 2024. During this visit, researchers from KarRC RAS presented to their Chinese colleagues the results of their studies in the field of ecology and carbon cycle research, and discussed directions for future joint research. Chinese scientists participated in various scientific events held by KarRC RAS last year; their papers were included in the Center's conference proceedings.
Staff of the Department for International Cooperation contributed to the implementation of the KarRC RAS research assignment “ Estimation of carbon pools in mire ecosystems and agricultural landscapes of the Republic of Karelia, development of a monitoring system for measuring carbon fluxes in the region's agricultural landscapes” within the Key innovative project of state importance (VIP GZ) “All-Russian Climate Monitoring System” (under RITM Carbon Consortium leadership), concerning the estimation of carbon pools in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the Republic of Karelia.