The next meeting of the Academic Council was chaired by Zakir Eminov, Director General of the Institute of Geography, Doctor of Geographical Sciences.

The event discussed the issue of admission to doctoral and dissertation programs for the preparation of a Doctor of Philosophy and a Doctor of Science in Geography for 2022 and the topics of their dissertations. An exchange of views on topics took place and proposals were made. The head of the institution noted that when writing dissertations, it is necessary to choose more important and relevant topics for the country. Z. Eminov also considered it expedient to use geoinformation tools in conducting research in accordance with the requirements of the modern era.

The following dissertation topics were approved:

“Structural-genetic characteristics and anthropogenic transformation of the geosystems of the Lesser Caucasus”, “Caspian Sea level fluctuations against the background of modern global climate changes”, “Economic and geographical study of the territorial organization of areas of socio-cultural services in the Republic of Azerbaijan”, “Influence of modern climate change on water resources of the northeastern slope of the Lesser Caucasus”, “Transformation of geosystems of the southeastern slope of the Lesser Caucasus and landscape planning model”, “Study of microtoponyms of the Sheki-Zagatala economic region”, “The role of political and geographical position Nakhchivan MD in socio-economic development", "Study of climatic changes in the territory of Eastern Zangezur based on reanalysis data", "Problems of territorial organization of production of technical plants in the Central Aran economic region", "Economic and geographical characteristics of changes in the economic structure of the Mil-Mugan economic region "and" The impact of land use on the territorial organization of agriculture in the Ganja-Dashkasan economic region.