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The DIMA Network (Developing Innovative Multiproxy Analyses - in Siberia and the Russian Far East [SRFE]) started from a small nucleus of palaeoenvironmental researchers in the UK and SRFE at a workshop in 2008 and currently includes researchers from over 25 institutions. The mutual interest in creating long-term records of environmental change was rekindled during workshops in Magadan (2018), Tomsk (2018) and Southampton (2019). These events were organised to connect researchers from the UK and SRFE with these aims: (1) provide training in new techniques and methods, (2) facilitate knowledge transfer about local sites and conditions, (3) stimulate large-scale collaborative projects across SRFE, and (4) inspire a new generation of palaeoenvironmental researchers. DIMA Network participants are now applying for joint research funding and creating a special section in a peer-reviewed academic journal to unlock unpublished Russian data sets to an international readership. The greatest success is the start of six pilot projects – all of these are driven by or include early career researchers from the UK/SRFE. The shared enthusiasm for the research field and mutual respect demonstrated by members in this network have gone a long way to overcome the inevitable difficulties around language, culture, or travel/logistics.
Author(s): van Hardenbroek M, Edwards M, Blyakharchuk T, Lozhkin A, Bezrukova E, Grenaderova A, Ryabogina N, Antipina A, Cherepanova M, Anderson P
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Polar Record
Year: 2023
Volume: 59
Online publication date: 12/06/2023
Acceptance date: 13/04/2023
Date deposited: 12/09/2021
ISSN (print): 0032-2474
ISSN (electronic): 1475-3057
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247423000116
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247423000116
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