Doctoral Studies in GeoInformation Sciences Erasmus Project

Project Title

Doctoral Studies in GeoInformation Sciences

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Geospatial Science (GISc) integrates three traditional geosciences: Geodesy as the science of precise spatial data acquisition; Geography as the science of studying human and physical aspects; Cartography as the science of making maps. The integration of these sciences is based on the rapidly evolving computer science. The methods of GISc are widely applied in other sciences, essential in decision making for sustainable development.There are several challenges in UZ, where GISc may efficiently support solutions, for such issues as climate change, land degradation, heavy use of agrochemicals, diversion of huge amounts of irrigation water from the two main rivers of the region, water scarcity, the chronic lack of water treatment, e.g. Aral Sea, or the growing threat to air quality. UZ society will benefit from innovations to enhance quality, performance and interactivity of public services, to reduce costs and resource consumption and to improve contact between citizens and government.The wider aim of the project was to support Uzbekistan in sustainable development by GISc. The objectives envisaged with the project was to establish a missing puzzle from the Uzbek educational system after the MSc level has been completed and before the DSc is targeted. The project established an accredited Doctoral School in the field of GISc, developed its programme, defined the requirements, advanced supporting teaching and learning materials in English or Uzbek languages, all developed in accordance with international standards and in accordance with the Uzbek education system.As a support for the new Doctoral programme, a network of activities is conducted to improve the educational and research capacity of the Uzbek society. Among these activities, an international network of the 5 leading Uzbek universities is established. Also, their education capacity is developed by creating a Knowledge Centre at each Uzbek universities containing an e-learning platform with a jointly developed Knowledge Pool. The Knowledge Pool is a database of teaching and research materials, supporting research activity of future PhD students. Furthermore, a Joint Research Centre has been developed, which is equally accessible by all Uzbek universities for improving the research capacity of related PhD programmes. For potential Uzbek PhD students, a scholarship has been offered for 2-month visiting research at an EU university, which has proved to be efficient in adopting the researcher’s approach and developing research skills, in general, by experiencing international standards. Also, annual GI conferences have been organized (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) to provide a platform for presenting research results, which is planned to be continued after the project period as well.

Project Website

http://www.dsingis.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 992169 Eur

Project Coordinator

OBUDAI EGYETEM & Country: HU

Project Partners

• LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER AGRARENTWICKLUNG IN TRANSFORMATIONSOEKONOMIEN (IAMO)
• BERDAQ ATINDAG’I QARAQALPAQ MA’MLEKETLIK UNIVERSITETI
• MIRZO ULUG’BEK NOMIDAGI O’ZBEKISTONMILLIY UNIVERSITETI
• MIRZO ULUGBEK NOMIDAGI SAMARQUAND DAVLAT ARXITEKTURA QURILISH INSTITUTI
• TOSHKENT ARXITEKTURA-QURI-LISH INSTITUTI
• PARIS-LODRON-UNIVERSITAT SALZBURG
• KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN