Erasmus+ project "INTENSE: Integrated Doctoral Program for Environmental Policy, Management and Technology”

Project duration: October 15, 2017 – October 14, 2020

The project addresses such root causes of environmental problems in Mongolia, Ukraine and Vietnam as poorly formulated policies, inadequate selection of management actions and the lack of suitable technology, by building capacity for academic excellence in doctoral training in environmental studies in partner countries (and beyond).

The project aims to integrate PhD programs dealing with environmental policy, management and technology in 7 PCIs to 3 nationwide integrated doctoral schools, consolidated into the international network, improve them by innovative training and management infrastructure, as well as ensure their sustainability and further growth.

Expected results:

• in-depth survey of end-users and institutional contexts;
• code of viable practice, research framework, plans of transitional measures and standard agreements;
• recommendations for reviewing “PhD specializations passports”;
• INTENSE national schools and INTENSE international network;
• open educational platform INTENSE;
• eLearning modules and MOOCs;
• eScience modules;
• transferable skills courses and learning materials;
• INTENSE business plan.

Project partners:

• Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia – grant coordinator
• University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
• University of Latvia, Latvia
• Odesa State Environmental University, Odesa, Ukraine
• V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
• Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
• National University of Mongolia, Mongolia
• Khovd University, Khovd, Mongolia
• Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
• Ho Chi Minh University of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam

Associated partners:

• “Erda Research Technology Education” Company (ERTE), Racewijk, the Netherlands
• “RZ. Research. Management. Communication” Company (RZ), Lund, Sweden