1. Extractive Industries in the High North By Anatoli Bourmistrov
HIGH NORTH CENTER FOR BUSINESS
“Arctic Bridge”
Cooperation on PhD Education and Research Training in the field of Management in
Extractive Industries in the High North
By Anatoli Bourmistrov
Professor, PhD
September
St. Petersburg

2. Background
Increasing industrial cooperation between BEAR countries especially related to development of the Arctic Extractive Industry (petroleum-, mining- and supply industry) requires:
More research based knowledge through joint research projects
Joint and harmonized training of researchers

3. HOW TO SECURE QUALITY? Bourmistrov & Mellemvik (2007) RUSSIA NORWAY
Quality standard-setters in education
Central Ministry of Higher Education and Research
National and international committees and organizations: e.g. NOKUT
Autonomy of educational institutions
Compliance to the national, regional and local education standards
Autonomy in filling in the education programs
How relevance of the program is defined?
Relevance as following the standards
Relevance to the business community and students
Program management
Management by standard-following
Management by reputation
Bourmistrov & Mellemvik (2007)

4. Important differences
RUSSIA
NORWAY
Levels
Doctor and candidate of science
PhD
Language of the dissertation
Russian
Norwegian/English
Publications
Russian language journals approved by SAC
National and international journals, depending on the dissertation type
Number of supervisors
One
Two (three)

5. Comparison of quality understanding of the Ph.D. programs
in Norway and Russia
RUSSIA
NORWAY
Quality focus
The country: development of the economic and defense potential
The student, research community and the society in general
Quality control
Primary focus: output control
Input control is important too.
Primary focus: input and process control.
Output control is important too.
Quality standard-setters
Central Ministry of Education
National and international committees and organizations
Bourmistrov & Mellemvik (2007)

6. Application to SIU Main application partners: Network partners:
Bodø Graduate School of Business
Baltic State Technical University, St. Petersburg
Network partners:
NARFU
MGIMO
MSTU
USTU
TSU
Other NAREC partners
Gubkin University

7. Goals and sub-goals
Main goal: To strengthen Norwegian-Russian knowledge cooperation in the field of Management in Extractive Industries in the High North between institutions in the network Sub-goals: 1. To develop a Norwegian-Russian model of cooperation in an International PhD education in accordance with the Bologna process, including the enrollment, education, supervision and defense components of such a program 2. To implement the joint research training program in the partner institutions step by step by involving young researchers in the joint research projects 3. To establish an academic panel for the PhD program (PhD Education Board) aiming at securing quality of joint research training program in institutions 4. To promote long-term academic research and attractiveness of graduate and post-graduate studies in the field of management with focus on High North and widening the prospects of further joint research projects both in Norway and Russia 5. Network development: develop contacts’ network, also outside Norway and Russia - international conferences, seminars, guest lectures and other networking activities that will be an important part of the project

8. Developing a model
Based on the institution’s own PhD programs, but harmonize the following components:
Goals of PhD education
Enrollment requirements
The content of the education components in the program and methods (joint courses: compulsory/electives)
Thesis writing
Ways to secure student exchange and international internships: participation in conferences/colloquiums
Joint supervision and how to carry out the dissertation
Defense component of the program

9. Joint PhD courses
Promoting fundamental understanding of opportunities and challenges in developing Arctic resources and extractive industries from cutting edge and multidisciplinary academic perspectives
More professors and students’ mobility, team teaching at each other universities
Rotate location of the PhD course

10. Joint research activities
Involving PhD students and researchers into joint research projects:
Joint applications
Cooperation between researchers
Example:
NAREC
ALTECH II (FRIENDLY BOARDERS)
NORRUSS

11. PhD Education Board
Aim: quality assurance and securing relevance of the PhD education program
Members: members from each institution and internationally recognized researchers
Meeting annually
Responsibility: reviewing, evaluating and providing guidance of how to improve and secure the quality of the PhD education of young Norwegian and Russian research students
Also inviting representatives from private industry and government to join the panel (or establishing a separate panel)