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October 14, 2024
Plant physiologists deliver successfully at a conference in Yekaterinburg

Researchers from the Karelian Research Center RAS took part in the annual assembly of the Russian Society of Plant Physiologists (SPP). This year, the event was hosted by the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg. Scientists from the Institute of Biology and the Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS delivered 11 presentations, some of which were prepared by young scientists.
October 11, 2024
Geological local science conference opened at KarRC RAS

The Institute of Geology of the Karelian Research Center RAS became the venue for the conference “Geological and Mining Heritage of Karelia in Education, Museums and Tourism”. Students and schoolchildren, local lore experts, tour guides, representatives of various organizations listened to 20 presentations on unique sites in Karelia, their study and popularization of geological knowledge.
October 10, 2024
13th Arsenyev’s Readings conference on economic geography started at KarRC RAS

Arsenyev's Readings, a traditional conference dealing with questions of economic geography and spatial development statistics, started at the Karelian Research Center RAS. It is held biennially by the Institute of Economics KarRC RAS. This year the conference is timed to the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the 235th anniversary of birth of Academician Konstantin Arsenyev. “Thanks to him Petrozavodsk and Karelia can be considered the birthplace of Russian statistics and the place where the world-famous Russian economic geography school was born”, - noted Director of the Institute of Economics KarRC RAS Tatyana Morozova.
October 9, 2024
Karelian scientists survey villages in the Kondopoga District of Karelia

Scientists at the Karelian Research Center RAS continue their work on stuffing the audio map of the VepKar language corpus. At the end of September they visited 12 settlements in the Kondopoga District of Karelia. During the expedition they recorded 10 hours of audio fragments of Karelian and Russian speech, collected material on folk beliefs, and investigated the tourist potential of the areas. The activities were conducted within a project supported by the Russian Geographical Society.
October 7, 2024
Experts elucidate how businesses, authorities and citizens interact for ecological wellbeing of Arctic urban communities

Ecological wellbeing of Arctic territories and socio-economic aspects of their sustainable development are in the focus of attention of scientists at the Karelian Research Centre RAS. Economists are investigating how businesses, authorities and citizens view their responsibility for environmental pollution and what practices they use to safeguard the environment. The researchers have already visited towns and cities in the Nenets Autonomous District and the Komi Republic.
October 4, 2024
Career-guidance tours to be given to schoolchildren at KarRC RAS

Karelian Research Center RAS once again joined in the annual federal career guidance project for schoolchildren “Ticket to the Future”. Children will get acquainted with the work of scientists in different fields of science from October 7 to November 23.
October 2, 2024
Young geologists from different cities gather for a traditional conference at KarRC RAS

The scientific youth school and conference “Hot topics of geology, geophysics and geoecology" started in Petrozavodsk. The conference dedicated to the memory of outstanding scientists Kauko Kratz and Felix Mitrofanov is a traditional and important event for geological science. More than 50 participants from Petrozavodsk, St. Petersburg, Apatity, Tomsk, Voronezh, Moscow and Kazan will share the results of their work and exchange experience in academic writing.
October 1, 2024
Researchers from KarRC RAS present their results at a Learned Council meeting

Analysis of the premises of the “green” economy and a unique discovery of hydrocarbons in ancient basalts were presented by Karelian scientists at the first autumn session of the KarRC RAS Learned Council on October 1.
September 30, 2024
Transactions of KarRC RAS Journal included in RSCI core

The Journal “Transaction of KarRC RAS” has been included in RSCI core. This means that after strict selection by experts, the outlet was listed among the most reputable journals that constitute the core of the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). Many Russian journals from RSCI core are indexed in foreign scientometric databases Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus. This, as it is commonly believed, improves the evaluation of the scientific articles published therein.
September 26, 2024
Karelian scientists presented their developments at TechInnoProm 2024 exhibition in Minsk

The 2nd Innovation Forum. Russia-Belarus, co-organized by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Academy of the Republic of Belarus, is taking place in Minsk. Scientists from the Karelian Research Center RAS are taking part. At the forum, Olga Bakhmet, KarRC RAS Acting Director General, talked about the innovations and applied developments of Karelian scientists. Researchers presented their patented developments - laser analyzers of granule and droplet dimensions, as well as a hybrid filler for composite materials - at TechInnoProm exhibition.