China-Russia research and education collaboration in the Arctic: opportunities, challenges, and gaps

IF 0.8 Q2 AREA STUDIES

Polar Journal Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/2154896X.2021.1889837

Gao Tianming, V. Erokhin

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Scientific cooperation in the Arctic has been rapidly developing in recent decades. In both technical and technological terms, the capability of Arctic research has significantly increased. The number of stakeholders has expanded, particularly, due to the involvement of non-Arctic countries with China being one of the most prominent actors. Many research and education projects are currently being carried out in close collaboration between China and Arctic states, including Russia. In this paper, the authors summarise priorities and objectives of China and Russia in research and education agenda in the Arctic and reveal promising areas for the two countries to collaborate in multidisciplinary areas of Arctic studies, including environment and climate, ecosystems and ecology, geology and geophysics, hydrology and sea ice. In addition to these, the authors address opportunities and gaps in collaboration in economic, social, and regional development studies, as well as maritime engineering, shipbuilding technologies, and the studies on natural resources. The paper ends up with a discussion of current capacities, potential opportunities, and major challenges for China and Russia to break through in joint research and education projects for the benefit of development and exploration of the Arctic.

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中俄北极科研与教育合作:机遇、挑战与差距

近几十年来，北极的科学合作发展迅速。从技术和技术角度看，北极研究能力显著增强。利益相关者的数量已经扩大，特别是由于非北极国家的参与，中国是最突出的参与者之一。目前，中国和包括俄罗斯在内的北极国家正在密切合作开展许多研究和教育项目。在本文中，作者总结了中国和俄罗斯在北极研究和教育议程中的优先事项和目标，并揭示了两国在北极研究的多学科领域进行合作的有希望的领域，包括环境和气候、生态系统和生态学、地质和地球物理、水文和海冰。除此之外，作者还讨论了在经济、社会和区域发展研究以及海事工程、造船技术和自然资源研究方面合作的机会和差距。文章最后讨论了中国和俄罗斯在联合研究和教育项目中取得突破的现有能力、潜在机遇和主要挑战，以造福北极的开发和勘探。

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期刊介绍： Antarctica and the Arctic are of crucial importance to global security. Their governance and the patterns of human interactions there are increasingly contentious; mining, tourism, bioprospecting, and fishing are but a few of the many issues of contention, while environmental concerns such as melting ice sheets have a global impact. The Polar Journal is a forum for the scholarly discussion of polar issues from a social science and humanities perspective and brings together the considerable number of specialists and policy makers working on these crucial regions across multiple disciplines. The journal welcomes papers on polar affairs from all fields of the social sciences and the humanities and is especially interested in publishing policy-relevant research. Each issue of the journal either features articles from different disciplines on polar affairs or is a topical theme from a range of scholarly approaches. Topics include: • Polar governance and policy • Polar history, heritage, and culture • Polar economics • Polar politics • Music, art, and literature of the polar regions • Polar tourism • Polar geography and geopolitics • Polar psychology • Polar archaeology Manuscript types accepted: • Regular articles • Research reports • Opinion pieces • Book Reviews • Conference Reports.