Scientific Work
An integral attribute of the Faculty's activity is the research work of its staff. Scientific achievements are represented in monographs and professional publications of Ukraine and abroad. Lecturers and students of the Faculty of Natural Geography are constantly involved in the work of scientific-theoretical, scientific-practical conferences on contemporary problems of geography, biology, local history and tourism. Only in the last 3 years, five scientific conferences were organised by the lecturers of the faculty.
The actual direction of the department’s work is in solving important regional problems of socio-economic development. In particular, faculty members and students work closely with local governments to develop recommendations on the use of geographical approaches to regional policy and the tourism industry.
The Department of Geography and Tourism cooperates with scientific institutions, organisations, state administration bodies and higher educational establishments of Ukraine. Close scientific relations have been established with the geographical faculties of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Taras Shevchenko National University, Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, as well as with the Rivne Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education. Cooperation was established with the Department of Tourism of the Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences (Hungary), the Department of Natural and Mathematical Sciences of Baranovichi State University (Belarus), the Higher School of Tourism and Ecology in Sucha-Beskidzka (Poland). ---
On the basis of the Minor Academy of Sciences, students of the Young Tourists Regional Station conduct their scientific and methodological research. The departments of the faculty provide scientific support to the section of geography and local history, meteorology, geology, biology at the Rivne Minor Academy of Sciences.
Over time, their own traditions of scientific work with students have formed. The winners of the university student Olympiads and competitions of scientific works annually participate in all-Ukrainian student professional competitions and competitions of research works in geography and tourism. Each year, students of the Faculty publish about 15 scientific publications in co-authorship with scientific leaders and individually, present the results of their own research at student scientific conferences.
The Department is fruitfully working on scientific topics: "Geography and Tourism Studies of the Plains and Related Areas - Geo-ecological and Socio-Economic Problems" state registration No. 0114U006029 and "Problems of Mineral Resources of Ukraine" state registration No. 0106U004424, ""Mineral and recreational resources of Rivne region: economic-geographical and tourist aspects" state registration number 0118U001569.