Russia seminar

Every year Nuffic puts a specific country in the spotlight. In 2013, the focus is on Russia. Nuffic started its activities around this focus year with the Russia seminar at the Hermitage.

Below you can read more about the programme and download the presentations of the day.

General seminar

Presentation by Irina Dezhina, specialist in the Russian science and higher education system, professor at the Russian Academy of National Economy, Stanford class, and head of the Group on Science and Industrial Policy at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (SKTech): The Future of Russian Universities: 'Growth or something else?'

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Workshop sessions

1. Best Practices on Institutional Cooperation with Russia

How to start, how to deepen your relationship, how to make it a success? 

• Introduction: Charles Hoedt, director Nuffic Neso Russia.
• Duke Meijman, specialist in Russian language and culture, about institutional cooperation and exchange programmes with five Russian universities and the Hague University of Applied Sciences.
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• Arjan van Vliet, strategist at RDW, the Dutch vehicle and driving license registration authority: about joint project with Twente University, University of Nizhny Novgorod financed by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
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• Hans van Koningsbrugge, professor in Russian history and politics, University of Groningen: introduction on the cooperation of Groningen with Skolkovo.
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2. Russians Today Talk Show

Discussion forum with Russian students and alumni in the Netherlands: Why did they choose the Netherlands and what can Dutch institutions learn from their experiences?

• Introduction: Anna Agaltsova, former student counsellor at Nuffic Neso Russia.
• Presentation ‘What do Russian students want?
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• ‘Russians Today Talk Show’ by Kysia Hekster. The former Russia-correspondent will lead a discussion forum with Russian students and alumni currently working in the Netherlands.
• Participating Russian students and alumni.

3. Living Lab Energy Russia

Which lessons can be drawn from this new instrument to profile Dutch universities of applied sciences in the Neso countries? First experiences from the Russia initiative will be shared.

• Introduction: Anna Stepina, Project Officer 2013, Nuffic Neso Russia.
• Living Lab Energy Russia: Arjan Koeslag, Coordinator Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences, Nuffic.
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• Living Lab Energy Russia from a Dutch perspective - a growth model: Jan Jansen, Lecturer/ Researcher, Arnhem Business School, HAN and/or Aart-Jan de Graaf, Professor of Measurement and Control Technology, HAN University of Applied Sciences.
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4. Workshop VSNU

What are the possibilities and how to find funding for academic cooperation?

During this session successful examples of scientific research in cooperation with the Russian Federation will be introduced. How did these researchers find the right counterparts? How did they get the necessary financing? Where are research possibilities in Russia currently?

We provide you with the tools to strengthen your scientific relationship with the Russian Federation and to make use of the opportunities there.

• Introduction by the VSNU
• Presentation: Introduction to the contemporary Russian scientific and political context, chances and possibilities, by Dr Maxim S. Pshenichnikov. This Moscow-born scientist was educated at Moscow State University and is specialised in the field of ultrafast dynamic processes in condensed matter.
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• Presentation: Lessons learnt from 15 years of Dutch Russian scientific cooperation, by Dr Bas Pedroli. Dr Pedroli is currently a senior researcher and university lecturer at the Alterra institute, Wageningen University.
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• Presentation: How to set up research cooperation with Russia, covering financing and communication issues amongst others, by Prof. D. Thomas Palstra. Professor Palstra holds a chair in solid state chemistry and has a leading research group in electric conduction, magnetism, superconductivity and ferroelectrics.
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