In the school year 2002/03 we implemented in the premises of our institute and within the programmes of the University of Nova Gorica the post-graduate study of Karstology, which is unique in the world. In the year 2006/07 it was rearranged accordingly to the Bologna reform. Most of the lecturers belong to our institute or to other ZRC SAZU institutes and to the University of Ljubljana, and the holders of subjects are also university teachers from Czech Republic, France, Croatia, Italy and Poland. In these years altogether more than 20 students inscribed from 7 countries.
D.02 Establishment of a research centre, laboratory, study course, association
COBISS.SI-ID: 26719277The International Karstological School has been organised each year since 1993. Different topics are presented during each School, and the emphasis is on the field work. Since 2005 the School has been included in the project SMART-KARST: International KARSTological School »Sustainable MAnagement of natural Resources on karsT« (No. MSCF-CT-2005-029674). Each year more than hundred participants from almost 30 countries is present at the School. It has grown into a biggest annual meeting of karstologists in the world.
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects
COBISS.SI-ID: 22661933Acta Carsologica has become one of the world's leading karstological journals. Since 2006 it is indexed by Thomson's SCI Expanded. We publish over 30 papers with various topics in two to three issues per volume. Many of the world's leading karstologists regularly publish in it. In the last four years the size and form of the journal was changed, international editorial board and the international scientific council of the journal were broadened. New web site with open access to the content has been published.
C.04 Editorial board of an international magazine
COBISS.SI-ID: 6427138Book series Carsologica is published since 2002 at ZRC Publishing (Založba ZRC). It publishes the results related to study of karst, karst geology, genesis and development of karst surface, properties of karst hydrology, safeguarding and age of sediment on karst. In the years 2004-2008 in this series 5 books were published related to modelling the early speleogenesis, diversity of epikarst fauna, protection of karst waters, construction of motorways over karst and researches of karst sediments by paleomagnetic method and magnetostratigraphy.
C.07 Other editorial board
COBISS.SI-ID: 28981805Since 1994 we have been continuously cooperating at planning and construction of motorways and railways over karst. We must consider the integrity of karst landscape and recommendations for avoiding more important superficial karst phenomena and already known caves. A special attention is paid to impact on karst water. Construction works uncovered a lot of important comprehensions how the karst is formed and how it develops in different rocks, under different conditions and by different processes. More than 350 caves were newly discovered, which is extraordinary lot for this part of Europe.
F.23 Development of new system-wide, normative and programme solutions, and methods
COBISS.SI-ID: 235874304Acta Carsologica has become one of the world's leading karstological journals. Since 2006 it is indexed by Thomson's SCI Expanded. We publish over 30 papers with various topics in two to three issues per volume. Many of the world's leading karstologists regularly publish in it. In the last four years the size and form of the journal was changed, international editorial board and the international scientific council of the journal were broadened. New web site with open access to the content has been published.
C.04 Editorial board of an international magazine