Research directors from Robert Gordon University (RGU) have signed an international cooperation agreement with Russia’s principal oil and gas university.
The agreement, which has been signed with Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, marks the beginning of a proposed ongoing relationship that would see the two institutions establish areas of joint research and opportunities for staff and student exchanges.
Professor Susan Craw, of RGU’s Research Institute for Innovation, Design & Sustainability (IDEAS), and Professor Cherry Wainwright, of the Institute for Health and Welfare Research (IHWR), signed the agreement following an exploratory visit of Gubkin’s facilities in Moscow in March.
Potential areas of collaborative research were identified as; nanotechnology; occupational health; digital technology; environmental science; oil and gas drilling; and inorganic chemistry.
