NARFU — Research profile

Due to current economic, social and environmental conditions of the Arkhangelsk region, core tasks of scientific research in the institute include the following ones:

In the field of integrated security at industrial facilities and in the whole region:

Implementation of research projects connected to assess and risk management of fire and explosion hazards on technological processes in the Arkhangelsk region.
Development of integrated logistics subsystems for monitoring and modeling of causes and consequences of emergencies.
Creation of databases for dangerous industrial objects and objects of life support systems.
Organization and conduction of monitoring of social defense of population and territories (fire defense and population protection in emergency situations).

In the field of fire defense:

Mathematical modeling of combustion and explosion processes with the purpose of development and modernization of technical methods and organizational activities for the industries connected to mining and processing of hydrocarbons.
Analysis of properties of substances and construction materials when using them in the conditions of Far North.
Development of tactical plans and methods of fire extinguishing at low temperatures.

In the field of population protection in emergency situations:

Planning and evaluation of the effectiveness of fire-fighting and rescue teams.
Improvement of the system of radiation monitoring and emergency response in the Arkhangelsk region.
Identification of radionuclide composition and measurement of gamma-emitting radionuclides in the objects of unknown or complex composition.
Development of the project of implementation of system for automated video monitoring of forest and water bodies in the Arkhangelsk region.
Creation of complexes for emergency response in the Far North.
Development of methods for monitoring of the flood situation in order to improve the effectiveness of preventive measures.
Development of equipment for ice breaking.
Use of sonar equipment for cartography and monitoring of ice.

Institute	Research fields	Research Supervisor
Integrated Safety Institute	Core research area: Complex safety as a priority issue of the national policy in the Arctic (emergency response, natural hazards, social security)	Mikhail Busin, Director, PhD in Pedagogy E-mail: m.busin@narfu.ru Elena Golubeva, Deputy Director on International Cooperation Mob.: 8 921 720 43 11 E-mail: e.golubeva@narfu.ru E-mail: scorpic2005@mail.ru
*Department of social work and social security*	Topical aspects of North population quality of life within the context of social work Dynamics of historical and social processes in the North Social security of health and healthcare Social status of family at the modern stage Social work with the youth	*Raisa Danilova*, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor E-mail: rid65@inbox.ru
*Department of civil protection and Department of industrial safety*	Mathematical modeling of combustion and explosion processes for developing and modernization of engineering solutions and organizational arrangements under low temperatures for the manufactures related to hydrocarbon production and processing Improving the system of radiation monitoring and emergency response in the Arkhangelsk Region Developing all-terrain mobile complexes for emergency response in the conditions of the Arctic Analyzing properties of substances and construction materials when operation in the Arctic aiming at improvement of methods and research modeling of combustion processes Evaluating and managing the risks related to fire and explosion hazardous technological processes in the Arkhangelsk Region	*Mikhail Busin,* PhD in Pedagogy E-mail: m.busin@narfu.ru *Evgeny Tsarev*, PhD in Technical Sciences, Professor E-mail: e.tsarev@narfu.ru
	Studying issues of caving (shore cutting)	*Aleksey Klimov,* Deputy Director on educational and methodological issues Tel.: 8 (8182) 21-61-00 (ext. 2518) E-mail: a.klimov@narfu.ru

Updated 13.11.2013