Daria Maltseva
- Daria Maltseva has been at HSE University since 2023.
Education
HSE University
HSE University
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Participation in the academic exchange programme: master's degree in Urban Planning and Policy Design, Politecnico di Milano. Milan, Italy (2020-21)
Advanced training programme Urban Cultural Landscape (2022)
Coursera online courses: Writing in the Sciences, Stanford University (2024); Classical Sociological Theory, University of Amsterdam (2020); Studying Cities: Social Science Methods for Urban Research, Erasmus University Rotterdam (2020)
DataCamp online courses: Correlation and regression in R (2019); Intermediate R (2020).
Awards and Accomplishments
- Best Teacher — 2025
- Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)

Category "New Lecturers" (2025–2026)
Courses (2025/2026)
- Research Seminar "Academic Culture of Urban Studies" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Urban Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Urban Sociology: the City and the Citizens (Minor; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development)Rus
- Urban Sociology: the City and the Citizens (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Economics; 2 year, 2 semester)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2024/2025)
- Research Seminar "Academic Culture of Urban Studies" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Urban Planning) (Optional course; 1, 2 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (Urban Planning) (Optional course; 1 semester)Rus
- Scientific Research Seminar "Urban Planning" (Optional course; 1 semester)Rus
- Urban Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Urban Sociology: the City and the Citizens (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Economics; 3 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Urban Sociology: the City and the Citizens (Minor; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development)Rus
- Urban Sociology: the City and the Citizens (Minor)Rus
- Междисциплинарные исследования города (Optional course; 1, 2 semester)Rus
- Междисциплинарные исследования города (Optional course; 1 semester)Rus
Courses (2023/2024)
- Research Seminar "Culture of Critical Thinking" (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Urban Sociology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development field of study Urban Planning; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Urban Sociology: the City and the Citizens (Minor; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1, 2 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2025
Общероссийская научная конференция «Выставка Достижений Научного Хозяйства — XVIII» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Типология неформальной застройки в России
XXIII Международная конференция молодых ученых «Векторы» (Москва). Presentation: Что такое Новая Москва? Методология и теоретические предпосылки исследования постгородского производства пространства
«Маргинальные» и «опасные» городские пространства: дискурсы и практики (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Голубятни Москвы: от общих благ к маргинальным пространствам
«Маргинальные» и «опасные» городские пространства: дискурсы и практики (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Искож не предлагать: маргинальность как ресурс устойчивости территориального сообщества
«Маргинальные» и «опасные» городские пространства: дискурсы и практики (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Почему «трущобы»? Практики неформальной урбанизации в России
Конференция имени А.А. Высоковского (Москва). Presentation: Границы управляемого развития: разнообразие практик самостроя в России
Конференция имени А.А. Высоковского (Москва). Presentation: Кто такой «урбанист» в 2025 году?
Конференция имени А.А. Высоковского (Москва). Presentation: Перспективные системы расселения и Новая Москва: коридоризация, трансграничность и постгородские геокультурные ассамбляжи
Конференция имени А.А. Высоковского (Москва). Presentation: Периферия в центре внимания
Association of European Schools of Planning: Planning as a transformative action in an age of planetary crisis (Стамбул). Presentation: Patterns of development and integration of new residential areas on the periphery of Moscow: post-urban growth strategies for space production
- 2024
Форум имени А.А. Высоковского «Доказательная урбанистика: инструменты профессионалов» (Москва). Presentation: Неформальная урбанизация в России: опыт и перспективы исследования
31th International Seminar of Urban Form (ISUF). Future horizons for urban form: disruption, continuity, expansion, and reverberation. (Сан-Паулу). Presentation: Urban Morphology in the Twenty-First Century, through the Lens of Bibliometric Analysis
31th International Seminar of Urban Form (ISUF). Future horizons for urban form: disruption, continuity, expansion, and reverberation. (Сан-Паулу). Presentation: Investigating informal urban development through Urban MorphoMetrics (UMM): a perspective from Sochi, Russia
- 2023
30th International Seminar of Urban Form (ISUF): Praxis of Urban Morphology (Белград). Presentation: Assemblage as the possible bridge between morphological approaches: the case of informal settlements in Sochi, Russia
Форум имени А.А. Высоковского. Доказательная урбанистика: новые вызовы (Москва). Presentation: Сравнение стратегий политического вмешательства в неформальные поселения городов Глобального Юга
Ежегодный семинар фонда поддержки социальных исследований "Хамовники" (Переславль-Залесский). Presentation: Этнографические и геоинформационные методы в изучении неформальных (сквоттерских) поселений России: возможности и ограничения
- 2022
29th International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF): Urban Redevelopment and Revitalisation. A Multidisciplinary Perspective (Лодзь, Краков). Presentation: Russian Informal Settlements: Morphology and Reasons Behind the Spread
29th International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF): Urban Redevelopment and Revitalisation. A Multidisciplinary Perspective (Лодзь, Краков). Presentation: Reality vs Regulation: Informal Practices of Spatial Development in Krasnodar, Russia
I Международная научная конференция. Цивилизации Востока: взгляд из XXI века (Москва). Presentation: Сравнение стратегий политического вмешательства в неформальные поселения городов Глобального Юга
Ordinary Cities in Exceptional Times (RC21) (Афины). Presentation: Russian Informal Settlements: Morphology and Reasons Behind the Spread
The collaborative research project Cities Building Culture. PhD-school: Heritage at Home. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Heritage of Residential Districts in the Post-Socialist/Soviet Cities (онлайн). Presentation: Russian Informal Settlements: Morphology and Reasons Behind the Spread
Grants
Grant for participation in an international scientific event. Winner of the student competition in the nomination "The best research in urban studies, urban and transport planning" (2023)
Grant for organising the School of Urbanism in Tarusa. Project-winner of the HSE Student Initiatives Competition, track "Urbanistics" (2022)
Erasmus+ grant for participation in the academic exchange programme: master's degree in Urban Planning and Policy Design, Politecnico di Milano. Milan, Italy (2020-21)
Grant for a summer research program within the HSE international mobility. Winner of the Research Day 2.0: competition in oral session, fundamental track (2020)