TOMSK, Aug 31 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk State University (TSU) opened a center "Science about Siberia in Siberia" on the basis of which scientists of the higher education institution of different directions will be engaged in studying of Siberia, and in particular - its economies, history, ethnography, urban studies, language, the press service of the HEI reports on Monday.
"The Mission of the center is involvement of Siberia in world development and involvement of the world in development of Siberia. The center has to become a uniform information resource, an accumulator and a source of information on Siberia in the different directions of science, on the other hand, a platform for communication of teachers, museum workers, for organization of joint scientific researches", – it is told in the message.
It is specified that seven main directions are allocated so far in work of the center: sciences about Earth and ecology, history, archeology and ethnography, economy, human science and health science, language and culture, materials and technologies, urban studies, media and design.
It is reported that the working group headed by TSU scientist is created on each of the directions. "Governing body is council under the chairmanship of the TSU rector professor Eduard Galazhinsky. The leading Russian and foreign scientists, including three Nobel laureates, representatives of regional administration, deputies became part of it", – the press service specifies."Creation of such center is, first of all, work for the future. <…> (We) need to think how to grow up new research teams, to connect humanities to this process", – the press service of the TSU scientific secretary quotes Lyudmila Borilo. The emphasis in the work of the center will be placed on scientific researches of historians, philologists, archeologists, economists.
It is specified that within the center the carrying out of projects competitions is planned, groups of TSU scientists with involvement of the leading foreign and Russian experts will be able to take part in it. "Requirements for participants will be not really rigid, the main thing is relevance of the planned researches and their value for development of knowledge about Siberia", – is specified in release.