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NDI Scientific Thematic Groups (NDI STG) NDI STGs are to be created in priority sectors on the ND Policy. Every group will have a leader, a key person that monitors the work of the group. The tasks of NDI STGs consist of the following:

  1.  to sense the demand for research, to generate joint research ideas and to participate in relevant research projects;
  2.  to apply for funding for joint research projects:
  3.  to look for new inter- and multidisciplinary directions for the group;
  4.  to create guidelines for political decision-making;
  5.  to consult public and private bodies on ND issues;
  6.  to promote educational cooperation

 

Culture and Society

Group leaders: Associate Professor Dmitri Lanko, St. Petersburg State University, Russia Associate Professor Rikard Bengtsson, Lund University, Sweden

 

 

Energy and Environment

Wind energyGroup leader: Senior Researcher Urban Wråkberg, Barents Institute, Norway

 

 

 

Public Health and Social Well-being

Group leader: not yet nominated. For more information, please contact NDI   Coordinator, Katja Lahikainen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland.

 

 

 

Transport and Logistics

Group leader: Vice-rector for Research, Veli Matti Virolainen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland