The income level of residents and the age of the settlement head influence the use of social media by local authorities

Digital inequality disadvantages many groups of people. This is especially evident when comparing the digitalization of large cities vs villages. However, this phenomenon has hardly if at all been studied at the level of individual districts and settlements. Specialists at the Institute of Economics KarRC RAS are working on ways to measure the digital divide at the municipal level by examining the extent to which social networks are used for communication between the authorities and citizens.

A study by scientists from KarRC RAS helping to analyze the traffic situation in Petrozavodsk

Mathematicians from the Karelian Research Centre RAS are working on the Petrozavodsk City traffic model. It will enable researchers and authorities to analyze how temporary street closures, new bypasses, tunnels and bridges will affect the traffic situation. Scientists study the road situation using game-theoretic mathematical methods, searching for optimal strategies for car drivers, transport operators and public transport passengers.

Scientists from KarRC RAS substantiated the designation of territories to be protected within a new national park

Vottovaara National Park is being established in Karelia in an area of around 14 thousand hectares. The relevant Russian Government Ordinance was signed on October 20th. The new protected area will consist of three separate clusters. The scientific component of the nomination papers was prepared by specialists at the Karelian Research Centre RAS.

KarRC RAS and Ladoga Skerries National Park sign a cooperation agreement

Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Ladoga Skerries National Park signed a cooperation agreement. The document was signed by Olga Bakhmet, KarRC RAS Director General, and Elena Kutukova, Acting Director of the protected area, during the 21st Strategic Planning Leaders Forum (Forum Strategov), which took place in St. Petersburg on October 30-31. Also, during the forum events Olga Bakhmet presented proposals for strengthening cross-border cooperation between regions of Russia and Belarus and the emerging avenues of scientific cooperation with African countries.

The discovery and analysis of zircon in iron ore in Karelia can ease the search for more valuable raw materials

Karelian scientists discovered zircon within the Kostomuksha iron ore. This mineral helps determine the rock's age and genesis environment. Having analyzed this finding, specialists from the Institute of Geology KarRC RAS learned more about the history of iron ore formation in one of the largest deposits in Russia. In practice, this information can help predict where the best quality ore is to be found.

Scientists from KarRC RAS explored unique natural objects on the Kola Peninsula

Karelian scientists explored unique natural objects on Tersky Coast of the White Sea: palsa mires, which have permafrost at their base, and Kuzomen Sands – a desert in the Arctic. Using remote sensing methods, experts compiled the vegetation map of difficult-to-access areas. Information was collected on rare and conservation-concern species of plants and insects. A more detailed account of the results of integrated expeditions to the Tersky Coast was given at a meeting of the Learned Council of the Karelian Research Centre RAS by Senior Researcher at KarRC RAS Department for Multidisciplinary Research (DMR) Aleksey Kravchenko.