research-educational center ‘baikal’
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research-educational center ‘baikal’. alexander arguchintsev [irkutsk state university]. p. j. Approach 1: focused on a separate and important direction of investigations. Approach 2: focused on a separate and important object of investigation. paradigm: interdisciplinarity. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
research-educational center ‘baikal’ alexander arguchintsev [irkutsk state university]
paradigm: interdisciplinarity
• Approach 1: focused on a separate and important direction of investigations.
• Approach 2: focused on a separate and important object of investigation
• Approach 1: focused on a separate and important direction of investigations.
• Approach 2: focused on a separate and important object of investigation
• a Russian national treasure and a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• a fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh water
• deepest (1,640m) and oldest (25 million years) freshwater lake
• 23.000 cubic kilometers of water volume (more than in Baltic Sea)
Geographicinvestigations
Geologicalinvestigations
Biologicalinvestigations
Limnologicalinvestigations
Mathsimulation
lake baikal
WHY INTERDISCIPLINARITY?• an extremely important
and complex natural object
• a number of separate and incoherent investigations
• conducted by different organizations
• a non-trivial situation around Baikal
importance of effort co-ordination
RussianAcademyOf Sciences
potentiality
RussianUniversities
young blood for RAS institutes / research for education
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RussianAcademyOf Sciences
reality
RussianUniversities
bureaucratic frontiers
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institutes of SB RAS
irkutsk state university
paradigm: integration
research educational center
a soft way for integration!
basic activities
• multidisciplinary research coordination
• multidisciplinary & joint advanced education
• networking• lake.baikal.ru, a
multipurpose portal
a research educational unit
partner 2
irkutskstate
universitypartner 1
re-unit
essentially, the center is the system of research educational units
a REU:• as a rule: focused on a
specific research topic• a collaboration of
personalities from different institutions
• interdisciplinarity – via REU interaction
• REU-1 Paleoclimate study for better environmental change prognosis;
• REU-2 Study of geological and tectonic processes for decreasing risks and nature disaster aftermaths;
• REU-3 Study of physical and chemical processes of forming natural waters in the Baikal region;
• REU-4 Structural and evolutionary study of ecosystems of water bodies in the Baikal region;
• REU-5 Mesoscale models of hydrothermal processes and anthropogenic admixture transferring in atmosphere and hydrosphere;
• REU-6 Geo- and bioinformatics technologies in Baikal investigations
• 6 REUs are working• 14 REUs are being
designed• 11 instititutions are
involved in collaboration
REU-A
REU-CREU-B
interdisciplinary interaction
an interdisciplinary research problem
competitionscompetitions are the
basic principle of money distribution
~80% of REC’s money goes through competitions
levels:• research• education
forms:• research grants• preparation of
monographs • preparation of courses• participation in events
target groups:• postgraduate students• PhD students• junior researhers• teachers• researchers
other expenses
development of lake.baikal.ru
international collaboration
managemet & events organization
networking
• enormous territory
distributed ISU infrastructure is needed
• 11 research stations – but MONODISCIPLINARY
necessary to develop a MULTIDISCIPLINARY stations network
automated stations
136
6 m
1.5km
44
5
11
9
12
13
3600 m
100 m 100 m
1 2 3
6 7 8 10
14
18
17
16
15
600 m
further interdisciplinarity
• gLOCalization
REC
the REC ‘Baikal’ young people brainstorming result
CASE
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natural & humanitarian research collaboration
general architecture
education
education through research• postgraduate & PhD
students• interdisciplinary network
packages of courses• RE- & IE-labs• competitions• motivation increasing• general public education
new generation
students & junior researchers are
• the key target group, and
• the energy generator of the center
junior researchers participate in the REC ‘Baikal’ workshop
at Bolshie Koty, Lake Baikal, 2006
competitions for young people
• selection and support of most gifted and committed
• motivation increasing and ‘dynamization’
• teamwork and team building
interdisciplinary network packages
course 1
course 2
course N
INPinterfaces betweencourses
interfaceformathematicians
interfaceforchemists
interfaceforbiologists
INP: joint problem solving
an interdisciplinarypracticalproblemstudents
In mathematics
students inchemistry
students in biology
INP: a virtual component
course 1
course 2
course N
virtual component of INP
russianstudents
germanstudents
swissstudents
lake.baikal.ru
software for eLectures
collaboration services
eLibrary, etc.
INP: REUs’ collaboration
joint development of a INP
course 1
course 2
course N
REU-C
REU-A
REU-B
INP: pilot projects
• limnoecology• baikalian siberia
international summer school, Aug 2007
general public education
• ecological knowledge in common use
• lake.baikal.ru information resources
• education of local people through research stations
• special activities for secondary schools
• professional skills improvement
• the basic virtual platform of the center
• rus & eng versions
lake.baikal.ru
information support
data & knowledge collection &distribution
specific web-services
eLibs, QA-systems,DBs, knowledge
processing
networking
project management, eLearning
social projects
lake.baikal.ru
external linkages
• monodisciplinary & interdisciplinary problem solving within REUs
• development of INPs and international students teams joint teaching
• virtual joint projects through lake.baikal.ru
• development of lake.baikal.ru resources
international cooperation
• monodisciplinary & interdisciplinary problem solving within REUs
• development of INPs and international students teams joint teaching
• virtual joint projects through lake.baikal.ru
• development of lake.baikal.ru resources
‘shuttle’ visits to international
partners
discussion on the REC ‘Baikal’ conception at EAWAG, Zurich, Switzerland
May 2007
regional impact
the roundtable “REC ‘Baikal’ as the innovation model for research and education integration”
at the Baikal Economic Forum
Feb 2007
cooperation with other RECs
Kolmakov (REC ‘Enisei’) is consulting junior researchers from the Buryat State University
1st REC ‘Baikal’ workshop
Bolshie KotyJune 2006
future work
• the ambition of development of the international research & educationl interdisciplinary center focused on Lake Baikal
• advanced virtual part based on lake.baikal.ru
• further academic institutions & unoversities convergence