Ruslan Goncharov
- Head of the School, Associate Professor: Faculty of Urban and Regional Development / Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism
- Ruslan Goncharov has been at HSE University since 2013.
Education and Degrees
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Courses (2024/2025)
- Advanced Urban Data Analytical Methods (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Urban Studies and Analytics" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Urban Studies and Analytics" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Methods of Spatial Urban Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in Urban Studies 2" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Spatial Analysis and Introduction to GIS (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- 12 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- GIS Analysis of Urban Data (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Introduction to Urban Data (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Urban Studies and Analytics" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Urban Studies" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Methods of Spatial Analysis. Advanced Level. (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Methods of Spatial Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 2 semester)Rus
- Methods of Spatial Urban Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Methods of Spatial Urban Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in Urban Studies" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Spatial Analysis and Introduction to GIS (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Spatial Analysis and Introduction to GIS (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Mentor's Seminar "Urban Studies" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor's Seminar "Urban Studies" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Methods of Spatial Analysis. Advanced Level. (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 4 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Methods of Spatial Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 2 semester)Rus
- Methods of Spatial Urban Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Research Methods in Urban Studies" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Spatial Analysis and Introduction to GIS (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Spatial Analysis and Introduction to GIS (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Mentor's Seminar "Urban Studies" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Methods of Spatial Urban Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Urban Studies Agenda" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Spatial Analysis and Introduction to GIS (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Introduction to Urban Studies (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Methods of Spatial Urban Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Spatial Analysis and Introduction to GIS (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning, field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Urban Informatics and Spatial Analysis (Minor; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1, 2 module)Rus
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2021–2024, 2018–2019, 2016
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2024
Conferences
- 2021
XXII Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества (Москва). Presentation: Типология городов России в контексте социально-экономических взаимодействий и эпидемиологической безопасности
- 2019
Arctic Circle (Рейкьявик). Presentation: Networks in the Arctic Cities: Peculiarities and Cycles
- 2017
The 57th Congress of the European Regional Science (ERSA) (Groningen). Presentation: The Arctic urbanization: how to get resilience in a condition of permanent disaster?
Управление инновационным развитием Арктической зоны Российской Федерации (Северодвинск). Presentation: Феномен урбанизации в комплексном развитии Арктической зоны
- 2015
Большой Географический фестиваль (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Территориально-организационная структура основных отраслей топливной промышленности
Mongolia’s New Capital: FoURD Team Presents Master Plan in Finals of International Architectural Competition
During the finals of an international competition in Ulaanbaatar, the team from HSE University’s Faculty of Urban and Regional Development (FoURD) and Graduate School of Urbanism presented a master plan for the future capital of Mongolia—New Kharkhorum—to the country’s leadership and the international jury.
Moscow and St Petersburg Rank among Global Leaders in Spatial and Technological Development
HSE experts, in collaboration with researchers from China and India, have participated in the development of the Urban & Innovation Environment Index, a global ranking of cities. Moscow ranks fifth in the final global rating of urban agglomerations and first in the rating for those in BRICS+ countries. St Petersburg ranks seventh in the global rating and third in the BRICS+ rating.
HSE University Urban Planners Take Part in Global Mayors’ Forum in Guangzhou, China
A team from HSE University's Faculty of Urban and Regional Development took part in the Global Mayor’s Forum—a global event in urban development. Held in December 2023 in Guangzhou (PRC), the largest congress of urban planners brought together more than 800 guests from 65 cities and 37 countries, as well as nine international organisations.
‘Keeping a Student’s Attention Online Is Harder Than in the Classroom’
After a week off, HSE students returned to their online classes this week. HSE News spoke with instructors of the Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism about what kinds of new strategies and approaches they are using in their online instruction.
The sixth graduation ceremony of the Graduate School of Urbanism
On 25 June the graduates of the master’s programmes ‘Urban Development and Spatial Planning’ and ‘Advanced Urban Design’ got their HSE master’s degrees
HSE Staff Members Moderated Design Sessions on Cycling Navigation in Moscow
The Moscow Department of Transport has launched a series of regular workshops aimed at discussing current and future projects of the Moscow transport network. The first meeting was dedicated to cycling navigation. Pavel Akimov, Ruslan Goncharov and Tatyana Shvareva, staff members of the Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism, moderated the design sessions.