Saint Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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| Established | 2023 |
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| President | Andrey I. Rudskoy |
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The Saint Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: Санкт-Петербургское отделение Российской академии наук), official acronym SPBRAS[1] (more natural would be SPbB RAS, Russian: СПбО РАН) is the fourth territorial branch of the Academy established in 2023 by the Decree of the Government of Russia signed by its Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.[2]
The three earlier existing branches are the Ural, Siberian and Far Eastern ones.
The idea to create an additional branch was promoted by the Nobel prize laureate Zhores Alferov during many years until his death in 2019. Later, in 2022 this idea was approved by the general meeting of the Academy[3] and finally by the Russian state authorities.
According to the decision, the St. Petersburg branch should be engaged in participation and conduct of fundamental and exploratory scientific research, forecasting the main directions of development of St. Petersburg, the Leningrad Region and, to some extent, Russia as a whole from the point of view of the scientific sphere. The activities of the new branch were launched in autumn 2023. At that time the St. Petersburg branch included 187 members.[4] As of November 10, 2024, there were 177 members: 70 full (including 5 females) and 107 corresponding (including 11 females).
The elected chair of the St. Petersburg territorial branch is academician Andrey Rudskoy, a rector of the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University personally specializing in material science.[5] The branch comprises five joint scientific councils focusing on life sciences, natural sciences, humanities, applied industrial technologies and agriculture.[6] Along with the members of the Academy, some prominent researchers such as RAS professors are enrolled into these councils.
The office of the SPBRAS is located in the historical building (s. photo) in the Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg.
References
[edit]- ^ Info on the Saint-Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (s. item 9 of the extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities).
- ^ Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 17.05.2023 г. № 1260-р [Decree of the Government of Russia № 1260-р from 17.05.2023].
- ^ В. Кузьмицкий, Д. Дмитриева (2023-05-31). "Ума палата: создание отделения РАН в Петербурге укрепит позиции местных учёных" [A brain chamber: creation of the Academy branch would strengthen the status of the scientists from St. Petersburg]. Delovoy Peterburg. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ "24 октября состоится общее собрание Санкт-Петербургского отделения РАН" [Kick-off meeting of the St. Petersburg branch on Oct. 24, 2023; Remark: the article contains a link to the list of members of the branch]. «Поиск» (газета). 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Петербургское отделение РАН возглавит ректор Политеха Андрей Рудской" [The St. Petersburg branch will be headed by the rector of the Polytech Andrey Rudskoy]. Kommersant. 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ М. Ледяева (2024-02-26). "Академик Андрей Рудской о... новом отделении РАН" [Academician Rudskoy on... the new branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 2024-05-08.