Election Campaign for the Director General of KarRC RAS Officially Begins

The Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education has approved the candidates for the position of Director General of the Karelian Research Centre RAS, previously nominated by KarRC RAS Learned Council. The candidates are the current acting Director General Olga Bakhmet, Deputy Director General Yuri Zaika, and Director of the Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS Alexander Kryshen. At an extraordinary meeting on 26 May, KarRC RAS Learned Council approved the composition of the electoral commission, which will organize the election process.

Exhibition “Watermill: a Symbol of the Karelian Countryside” prepared by KarRC RAS scientists opened in Kondopoga

The exhibition “Watermill: a Symbol of the Karelian Countryside” opened in the Museum of the Kondopoga land. Its core is the materials and exhibits collected and created by staff of the Karelian Research Center RAS within the same-named educational project. The exhibition centerpiece is a 1:10 architectural and landscape model recreating the appearance of the watermill of peasant Ivan Martynov from the village of Käppeselga, made by the scientists.

Young scientist researching the history of forest fires using sawn sections of trees receives Presidential Scholarship

Junior Researcher of the KarRC RAS Forest Research Institute, Doctoral Student Foma Vozmitel received Russian Presidential Scholarship. The young researcher makes reconstructions of the history of forest fires using dendrochronological methods. Sawn sections of trees can show when forest fires occurred with down to season precision, sometimes as far back as the 12th century. These data are important for understanding how forest ecosystems have evolved in different areas, and the impact of human activities and climate change on fire activity.

KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet delivered at the 25th Baltic Sea Day Forum in St. Petersburg

KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet took part in the 25th Baltic Sea Day Forum in St. Petersburg. At the round table session on coastal and marine protected areas, the Director presented the experience of the Karelian Research Center in the study of such areas in Northwest Russia.

The results of a study of global investment flows and the question of creating a new journal considered by KarRC RAS Learned Council

The last meeting of the KarRC RAS Learned Council before the summer break took place on May 19. The results of a study of the flows of direct foreign investment in the new world economy circuits were presented by Lyudmila Rozanova, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Economics KarRC RAS. The Council also considered the question of KarRC RAS creating a new scientific journal on research in the humanities.

Young scientists’ plans

On May 15, KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet had another meeting with the Chairperson of the KarRC RAS Young Scientists Council Svetlana Egorova to discuss the YSC's work plan for helping young scientists grow as professionals.

Scientists from Russia, Belarus, China, India and Ethiopia discussed modern approaches in climate change research

An international online seminar focusing on modern approaches to the study of various forcings of global climate change was held the other day at KarRC RAS. Its participants were scientists from five countries. The event is a continuation of the networking between scientists from regions of BRICS+ countries initiated by the Karelian Research Center RAS.

Archaeologists from different regions of Russia discuss modern working methods at a conference in Petrozavodsk

The All-Russian conference of archaeologists “Connecting Space and Time” is taking place in Petrozavodsk on May 14-17. About 50 specialists gathered in person at the KarRC RAS to discuss modern methods of spatial analysis in the study of the Late Stone Age of Eurasia and another 20 experts joined online. The conference is dedicated to the memory of outstanding Soviet archaeologists - A.Y. Brusov and G.A. Pankrushev, who made a significant contribution to the development of archaeological science in the country as a whole and Karelia in particular.