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 cubic kilometers of water volume (more than in Baltic Sea) Geographic investigations Geological investigations Biological investigations Limnological investigations Math simulation 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

Russian Academy Of Sciences potentiality Russian Universities young blood for RAS institutes / research for education +=

Russian Academy Of Sciences reality Russian Universities bureaucratic frontiers =

institutes of SB RAS irkutsk state university paradigm: integration researcheducationalcenter 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 irkutsk state university partner 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 interdisciplinary interaction an interdisciplinary research problem REU-A

competitions competitions 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 latest: 6 individual grants for PhD students 15 awards for best student’s works 7 grants for monographs preparation 3+6 courses development 10 travel grants for students

other expenses development of lake.baikal.ru international collaboration managemet & events organization public relations

networking enormous territory distributed ISU infrastructure is needed 11 research stations – but MONODISCIPLINARY necessary to develop a MULTIDISCIPLINARY stations network 

automated stations

further interdisciplinarity gLOCalization REC the REC ‘Baikal’ young people brainstorming result CASE + natural & humanitarian research collaboration

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

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 INP interfaces between courses interface for mathematicians interface for chemists interface for biologists

INP: joint problem solving an interdisciplinary practical problem students In mathematics students in chemistry students in biology

INP: a virtual component course 1 course 2 course N virtual component of INP russian students german students swiss students 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

external linkages institutes of RAS (above) international RECs regional

international cooperation monodisciplinary & interdisciplinary problem solving within REUs development of INPs and international student teams joint teaching virtual joint projects through lake.baikal.ru development of lake.baikal.ru resources virtual baikal future community equivalent russian and english versions web-services for virtual collaboration JUST OPENED

‘shuttle’ visits to international partners discussion on the REC ‘Baikal’ conception at EAWAG, Zurich, Switzerland May 2007

cooperation with other RECs V. Kolmakov (REC ‘Enisei’) is consulting junior researchers from the Buryat State University 1st REC ‘Baikal’ workshop Bolshie Koty June 2006

regional impact the roundtable “REC ‘Baikal’ as an innovation model for the research and education integration” at the Baikal Economic Forum Feb 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

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 & universities convergence