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Pan-Eurasian EXperiment – Academic Challenge (PEEX-AC) Network
The PEEX-AC main goal is to strength international added value and prestige of the Finnish Universities educational system.
Main objectives:
- To strength the University of Helsinki (UH) and Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU) collaboration in the PEEX research and education agenda;
- To share knowledge, experience and promote state-of-the-art research and educational tools through organization of research training Intensive Course (IC) on “Multi-Scales and -Processes Modelling and Assessment for Environmental Applications”;
- To improve added value of research oriented education in Finnish and Russian Universities systems and boost the PEEX international collaboration.
The added value of the PEEX-AC network and IC will allow to add more strengthen horizontal collaboration among young generation of Finnish and Russian students. It will speed-up building professional contacts for students and local networks for future carrier and collaboration; additionally contributing to realization of practical themes of the PEEX agenda. Students will get a unique knowledge and experience in integrated approaches for atmospheric, climate, ecosystems, etc. processes measurements; observational and modeling systems understanding; global-regional climate changes; methodological approaches for meteorology-chemistry-aerosols-etc. measurements and modelling; atmosphere–land–ocean interactions and feedbacks; etc. These will significantly enhance on-going values received by students’ Russian and Finnish Universities curriculum and joint co-supervision of students on research projects. It will allow to educate a new generation of future professionals for multi- and interdisciplinary studies on national/ international levels.
The added value is also linked to the UH Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) state-of-the-art modelling systems (EC-Earth, Enviro-HIRLAM, MALTE-Box - part of PEEX-Modelling-Platform) and flagship observation stations (SMEAR – PEEX-Observational-Platform) to be promoted and demonstrated. It will show advanced capabilities of multi-scale and -processes modelling for environmental applications and PEEX tasks. Modelling and observation results (with GIS integration for assessments) will be used in students’ research projects under joint co-supervision. UH will also benefit from exchange of knowledge regarding Russian and Finnish approaches to observational and modelling strategies. All these contributions are valuable asset for further improvement of the University curriculum from educational and research points of view. These will lead to more advanced levels and quality of taking classes/ disciplines with modern knowledge incorporated into lecture and practicum materials. Such updates are needed practical step towards a better quality University educational system.
Duration of the project: 1 Jun 2019 – 31 August 2020
Project Coordinator HEI: Prof. Tuukka Petäjä, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/ Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki (UH), Helsinki, Finland
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- Phone: +358-9191-50878
Project Partner HEI: Prof. Sergey Smyshlyaev, Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU), Department of Meteorology, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Funding: Finnish National Agency for Education (FIRST+ 2019-2020, Finnish-Russian Student and Teacher Mobility Programme)
See more detailed Project’s Description of Work (DoW)
23 April 2020 - RSHU & UHEL virtual meeting on academia/university education collaboration
Meeting presentations:
- RSHU & UHEL collaboration: history, past and present projects – Eduard Podgaiskii (slides, video)
- RSHU international collaboration. student and teacher exchanges – Katerina Ryazanova (slides, video)
- RSHU scientific research: main directions, existing collaboration and future perspectives - Alexandra Ershova (slides, video)
- Faculty of meteorology and its current challenges: education and research - Yana Drobzheva (slides, video)
- Institute of hydrology and oceanology: education and research - Larisa Timofeeva (slides, video)
- Meteorological practice, training & research at Daimische - Eduard Podgaiskii (slides, video)
- Global-regional scales interactions for atmospheric chemical transport modelling – Sergey Smyshlayev (slides, video)
- Anthropogenic impacts on urban atmosphere: observations and modelling - Aaed Mkhanna (slides, video)
- Distance learning tools for environmental data collection and analysis - Vladimir Chukin (slides, video)
- Science-oriented university education at INAR – Katja Lauri (slides, video)
- PEEX (Pan-Eurasian Experiment) Programme – Hanna K. Lappalainen (slides, video)
- Stations for Measuring Ecosystem - Atmosphere Relation: research and sci. education – Tuukka Petaja (slides, video)
- Earth system and climate modelling – Risto Makkonen (slides, video)
- Online integrated meteorology-chemistry-aerosols modelling: research and sci. education – Alexander Mahura (slides, video)
- Process-based fine scale modelling for meteor-chemistry-aerosol system: research & sci. education – Michael Boy (slides, video)
24 April 2020 - SPBU & UHEL virtual meeting on PEEX collaboration
Meeting presentations:
- Total column ozone winter and spring anomalies over the territory of North Eurasia: measurements and numerical modeling – Sergey Smyshlayev (slides, video)
- Essential climate and ecological atmospheric gases – monitoring and modelling – Yuri Timofeev (slides, video)
- Department of cartography and geoinformatics: education and research – Evgeny Panidi (slides, video)
- Atmospheric aerosol: field and laboratory measurement – Evgeny Mikhailov (slides, video)
- Numerical simulations of the stratospheric warming events - Andrei Koval (slides, video)
- PEEX (Pan-Eurasian Experiment) Program – Hanna K. Lappalainen (slides, video)
- SMEAR (Station for Measuring Ecosystem - Atmosphere Relation) concept and measurements – Tuukka Petaja (slides, video)
- Earth system and climate modeling – Risto Makkonen (slides, video)
- Online integrated meteorology-chemistry-aerosols regional/subregional/urban scale modelling – Alexander Mahura (slides, video)
- Atmospheric aerosols and its impact on climate and health – Michael Boy (slides, video)
- Science-oriented university education at INAR – Katja Lauri (slides, video)
17 June 2020 - SRCES & UHEL virtual meeting on PEEX collaboration
Meeting presentations:
- Levels of ecological safety mapping for the sub-Arctic regions of Russia – Andrei Tronin (slides, video)
- Satellite mapping of ecological risks and damages – Viktor Gornyy (slides, video)
- Mapping of taiga ecosystems evapotranspiration by using results of EOS and flux tower observations – Sergei Kritsuk (slides, video)
- Long-term observations of remote-measured characteristics of Northern Europe ecosystem – Andei Kiselev (slides, video)
- Monitoring and assessing the anthropogenic influence on soil health – Yulia Polyak (slides, video)
- Spectral response of plants on technogenic loadings – Viktor Gruzdev (slides, video)
- Pan-Eurasian Experiment Program – Hanna K. Lappalainen (slides, video)
- Station for Measuring Ecosystem - Atmosphere Relation – Tuukka Petaja (slides, video)
- Multi-Scale Modelling: from Micro-scale Processes to the Earth System – Risto Makkonen (slides, video)
- Observing the forest ecosystems: links between climate change, biodiversity and human activities - Janna Back (slides, video)
- Science-oriented university education at INAR – Katja Lauri (slides, video)
12 November 2020 - INEP KSC RAS & UHEL INAR virtual meeting on PEEX collaboration
Meeting presentations:
- INEP structure and main activities – Vladimir Masloboev (slides, video)
- Terrestrial ecosystems studies – Eugene Borovichev (slides, video)
- Euro-Arctic freshwater studies – new challenges and solutions – Dmitri Denisow (slides, video)
- Ecology of microorganisms – directions for research collaboration – Maria Kornejkova (slides, video)
- Decrease the environmental hazard of mining waste and ecofriendly technology development – Dmitri Makarov (slides, video)
- INEP socio-economic studies – Elena Klyuchnikova (slides, video)
- INEP modelling approaches –Vladimir Masloboev (slides, video)
- Educational approaches and science promotion – Eugene Borovichev (slides, video)
- Pan-Eurasian Experiment Program (PEEX) program, science plan and collaboration – Hanna K. Lappalainen (slides, video)
- Earth system and climate modeling – Risto Makkonen (slides, video)
- SMEAR (Station for Measuring Ecosystem - Atmosphere Relation) concept and measurements – Tuukka Petaja (slides, video)
- Online integrated meteorology-chemistry-aerosols regional/subregional/urban scale modelling – Alexander Mahura (slides, video)
- Process-based fine scale modelling for meteorology-chemistry-aerosol system – Michael Boy (slides, video)
- Science-oriented university education at INAR – Katja Lauri (slides, video)
- Observing the forest ecosystems: links between climate change, biodiversity and human activities - Janna Back (slides, video)
19 February 2021 - PEEX collaboration online research seminar on "Holistic multi- and interdisciplinary approach in supporting the Arctic sustainable development"
Research seminar presentations:
- Interdisciplinary nature-socio-economic studies for Kola/Arctic domain – Elena Klyuchnikova (slides, video)
- FutArcSoc as a novel inter- and transdisciplinary research concept for an analysis of Arctic environment and societies – Lassi Heininen (slides, video)
- Center of Environment, Energy and Health concept – Alexander Baklanov (slides, video)
- Sustainability of the Northern Eurasia forest sector in a changing world: ecological, economic and social challenge– Anatoly Shvidenko (slides, video)
- Integration of local data, local models and local socio-environmental scenarios – Igor Esau (slides, video)
- Statistical approach to solving socio-economic problems using remote sensing methods – Viktor Gornyy (slides, video)
- Indigenous people use traditional knowledge as a tool for study of nature and climate change processes – Petr Terentev (slides, video)
- Climate change based response of Arctic ecosystem – Eugene Borovichev (slides, video)
- In-situ and ground based observations/ data in support SES – Pavel Konstantinov (slides, video)
- Remote sensing/ satellite observations/ data in support SES – Larisa Sogacheva (slides, video)
- Global-hemispheric scales (climate & atmospheric composition) modelling in support SES – Risto Makkonen (slides, video)
- Regional-urban scales (meteorology & atmospheric composition) modelling in support SES – Alexander Mahura (slides, video)
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Explore on-screen Download (Right click to save) How to cite: Altimir, N. 2017 “A glance at PEEX through its conference proceedings” PEEXVisual1, PEEX Arctic-Boreal HUB Newsletter issue #3, December 2017. |
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Download (Right click to save) How to cite: Altimir, N. 2108 “Build a global earth observatory” PEEXVisual2, PEEX Arctic-Boreal HUB Newsletter issue #4 April 2018. Retrieved from |
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Download (Right click to save) How to cite: Altimir, N. 2018 “Differential warming by regions, an example” PEEXVisual3, PEEX Arctic-Boreal HUB Newsletter issue #5 June 2018. Retrieved from |
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Download (Right click to save) How to cite: Altimir, N. 2018 “PEEX Projects: schedule, areas, and themes” PEEXVisual4, PEEX Arctic-Boreal HUB Newsletter issue #6 October2017. |
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Modernization of Doctoral Education in Science and Improvement Teaching Methodologies (MODEST)
The Erasmus+ MODEST project aims at modernization of doctoral education in Science in European countries and Armenia, Belarus, and Russia. A wider project objective is "To enhance cooperation capacities of Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) of Partner Countries in the field of Doctoral Studies within European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and European Research Area (ERA)".
Project objectives:
- To improve the structure and content of Doctoral Education and the internal capacities of services that manage doctoral studies by set up of Doctoral Training Centers (DTC) in partner universities in accordance with the modern European practices.
- To facilitate a successful adherence with Bologna process reforms and its instruments by the academic and administrative staff involved in doctoral studies and research management through the organization of special training sessions in Armenia, Belarus and Russia
- To improve/increase the quality of international and national mobility of doctoral students of Armenia, Belarus and Russia for training and research based on development of double degree programmes and joint supervision
- To ensure sustainability of DTCs and their cooperation with European partners by establishing a sustainable professional network providing the use of participatory approaches and ICT-based methodologies.
To meet these objectives, MODEST will make use of the analysis of the EU best practices and of the needs of PC to develop training materials and organize intensive retraining of HEI’s staff. Structure and content of DTCs will be worked out, including set of regulatory documents, instructions for DTC creation, programs and materials for DTCs and interdisciplinary summer schools for doctoral students. To ensure sustainability, a web-platform and Virtual Network Environment (VNE) will be developed using participatory approaches and ICT methodologies. Synergy with other European initiatives will be sought via participation of the consortium members in EU networks and organizations (Coimbra Group, EURASHE, etc.).
Planned activities (Work Packages, WP):
- WP1 (Preparation): Analysis of organization of doctoral studies and research management structures (on basis of the existing, state-of-the-art and emerging trends in EU and Armenia, Belarus, Russia);
- WP2 (Development): HEIs staff development (training materials, study visits, training sessions, courses, etc.);
- WP3 (Development): Establishing Doctoral Training Centres, DTCs (on basis of acquired experiences, setup of new training courses, improvement of internal services, pilot mobilities, summer schools, workshops, etc.);
- WP4 (Development): Virtual Network Environment, VNE (modern web-based platform for network interactions, technical documentations, user guides, educational content, etc.);
- WP5 (Dissemination & Exploitation): Development of action plans (open access to learning materials of trainings and courses, admission procedures; dissemination conferences – Minsk, Moscow, Yerevan; communication with stakeholders; etc.);
- WP6 (Quality Assurance): Evaluation (requirements/ specifications for deliverables; meetings to elaborate quality evaluation reports, external evaluation reporting; etc.);
- WP7 (Management): Coordinator activities (project web site, documentations, meeting on status/ progress and sumups of meetings, internal and external reporting, etc.).
Duration of the project: Nov 2018 – Nov 2021
Project Coordinator: Inga Skendere, University of Latvia (UL, Riga, Latvia)
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PI University of Helsinki: Prof. Sergej Zilitinkevich (UH, Helsinki, Finland)
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- Phone: +358 294 151 063
Project partners (14 in total):
- UL – University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia) – coordinator;
- UH – University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science (Helsinki, Finland);
- JUK – Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Krakow, Poland);
- BUL – Brunel University London (London, UK);
- MIPT – Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies (Moscow, Russia);
- MIIGAiK – Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (Moscow, Russia);
- RSVPU – Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University (Ekaterinburg, Russia);
- KNRTU – Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev (Kazan, Russia);
- YSU – Yerevan State University (Yerevan, Armenia);
- NPUA – National Polytechnic University of Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia);
- ASPU – Armenian State Pedagogical University named after Kh. Abovyan (Yerevan, Armenia);
- BNTU – Belarusian National Technical University (Minsk, Belarus);
- PSU – Polotsk State University (Polotsk, Belarus);
- YKSUG – Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (Grodno, Belarus).
Funding: Program Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education
See more detailed Project’s Description of Work (DoW).
More information and results of the ERASMUS+ MODEST project are available at the official website.
MODEST virtual meeting (7 April 2020) on curriculum development and learning outcomes for doctoral training centers (agenda, summary, presentations).
MODEST virtual training (27-28 May 2020) on organization and management of doctoral training and research methodology (agenda, summary, presentations).