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

REU

1. Paleoclimate study for better environmental change prognosis.

2. Study of geological and tectonic processes for decreasing risks and nature disaster aftermaths.

3. Study of physical and chemical processes of forming natural waters in the Baikal region.

4. Structural and evolutionary study of ecosystems of water bodies in the Baikal region.

5. Mesoscale models of hydrothermal processes and anthropogenic admixture transferring in atmosphere and hydrosphere.

6. GIS and bioinformatics technologies and mathematical methods in study of Baikal.

REU

7. Comprehensive interdisciplinary studies of natural processes using unique large-scaled facilities: Baikal Neutrino Telescope

8. Research and introduction of plants for biodiversity conservation and improvement of people welfare

basic activities

• multidisciplinary research coordination

• multidisciplinary & joint advanced education

• networking• lake.baikal.ru, a

multipurpose portal

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

• management & events organization

• REC English language courses

• ISU journals• Skills improvements

(every year)

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

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.

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

international cooperation

• Joint research projects (Swiss, Germany)• International summer schools (ecology)• Joint educational projects (2 diploma DAAD grant for

Kiel-Irkutsk, 2011-2012)• virtual joint projects through lake.baikal.ru• development of lake.baikal.ru resources

Commercialization

• Skolkovo – Andrei Mantsivoda• Nanotechnologies – regional application to Rosnano

(just now)

Financial resources

I. Federal program "Research and Training Specialists in Innovative Russia, 2009-2013“ (19 of 60)

Act. 1.1 (supporting of RECs) – 2 projects(«Lake Baikal Monitoring», «Geographic estimation of Baikal

rivers water resources»Act. 1.2.1 (Dr. Sc.) -2 projectsAct. 1.2.2 (Cand. Sc.) -3 projectsAct. 1.3.1 (Young Cand. Sc.) -2 projectsAct. 1.3.2 (Ph. D. students) -7 projectsAct. 1.5 (invited researches) – 2 projectsAct. 2.1 (international schools) -1 project

Financial resources - 2

II. Program “Development of a research potential of higher education“

• REC «Baikal» - 1 project (2007-2008), 1 project (2009-2011)

• «Mikhail Lomonosov» Program – 6 grants• Supporting of the ISU Botanic Garden

Financial resources - 3

III. Russian Foundation for Basic Research

• 7 research projects• 1 project for joint research conference with DFG• 3 projects for conferences support• 1 research project of the regional competition «RFRB-

Siberia»

‘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

Sep. 2010

cooperation with other RECs

Kolmakov (REC-02 ‘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