Maria Zotova
- Associate Professor:Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology / Joint Department with the RAS Institute of Geography
- Maria Zotova has been at HSE University since 2020.
Education and Degrees
- 2008
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD)
- 2004
Master's
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.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
2011. Université de Lausanne (UNIL). «Scientific & Technological Cooperation Programme Switzerland-Russia: «Marketing de territoires regards croisés en Russie et en Suisse»
Courses (2021/2022)
- Basics of human geography and area studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2020/2021)
Publications16
- Article Колосов В. А., Zotova M. The ‘Pivot to the East‘ and China in Russian Discourse // Geopolitics. 2021. P. 1-25. doi
- Article Вендина О. И., Гриценко А. А., Зотова М. В., Зиновьев А. С. Идентичность калининградцев: влияние социальных убеждений на выбор самоидентификации // Известия РАН. Серия географическая. 2021. № 4. С. 565-578. doi
- Chapter Zotova M., Гриценко А. А., Себенцов А. Б. Everyday Life in the Russian Borderland, in: Baltic Region—The Region of Cooperation (Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences (SPEES)). Springer, 2020. doi Ch. 9. P. 73-81. doi
- Article Колосов В. А., Zotova M. Multiple borders of Nagorno-Karabakh // Geography, Environment, Sustainability. 2020. Vol. 13. No. 1. P. 84-91. doi
- Article Zotova M., Гриценко А. А. Neighbourhood and perceptions in small cities on different Russian borders // Geography, Environment, Sustainability. 2020. Vol. 13. No. 1. P. 64-73. doi
- Article Неретин А. С., Zotova M., Ломакина А. И., Tarkhov S. Transport Connectivity and Development of Russia’s Eastern Regions // Regional Research of Russia. 2020. Vol. 10. No. 1. P. 56-70. doi
- Article Зотова М. В., Гриценко А. А. Границы, соседи и соседство в жизни малых городов на российских границах // Географический вестник. 2020. № 2. С. 75-90. doi
- Chapter Колосов В. А., Попов Ф. А., Zotova M., Гриценко А. А., Себенцов А. Б., Вендина О. И. Looking East and West: the shifting concepts of Russia’s borders with CIS countries and the EU, in: Post-Cold War Borders Reframing Political Space in Eastern Europe. Routledge, 2019. doi Ch. 4. P. 72-90. doi
- Article Zotova M., Kolosov V. Russian-Chinese Interaction in the Context of the One Belt — One Road Initiative: Discourse Analysis / Пер. с рус. // Geography and Natural Resources. 2019. Vol. 40. No. 4. P. 306-314. doi
- Article Zotova M., Колосов В. А., Гриценко А. А., Себенцов А. Б., Карпенко М. С., Заяц Д. В. Territorial Gradients of Socioeconomic Development of Russia’s Borderland // Regional Research of Russia. 2019. Vol. 9. No. 1. P. 32-43. doi
- Article Колосов В. А., Зотова М. В., Медведев А. А. Comparing the development of border regions with the use of GIS (the case of Russia) // Geographia Polonica. 2018. Т. 91. № 1. С. 47-61. doi
- Article Sagan I., Колосов В. А., Studzińska D., Зотова М. В., Себенцов А. Б., Nowicka K. The local border traffic zone experiment as an instrument of cross-border integration: The case of Polish-Russian borderland // Geographia Polonica. 2018. Т. 91. № 1. С. 95-112. doi
- Article Зотова М. В., Гриценко А. А., Себенцов А. Б. Повседневная жизнь в российском пограничье: мотивы и факторы трансграничных практик // Мир России: Социология, этнология. 2018. Т. 27. № 4. С. 56-77. doi
- Article Колосов В. А., Зотова М. В., Попов Ф. А., Гриценко А. А., Себенцов А. Б. Постсоветское пограничье России между Востоком и Западом (анализ политического дискурса). Часть I. Глядя на Запад // Полис. Политические исследования. 2018. № 3. С. 42-59. doi
- Article Колосов В. А., Зотова М. В., Попов Ф. А., Гриценко А. А., Себенцов А. Б. Постсоветское пограничье России между Востоком и Западом (анализ политического дискурса). Часть II. Глядя на Восток // Полис. Политические исследования. 2018. № 5. С. 57-69. doi
- Article Зотова М. В., Колосов В. А. Трансформация трансграничных взаимодействий на российско-украинском пограничье после 2014 года // Сравнительная политика. 2018. Т. 9. № 2. С. 41-61. doi
Grants
RSF project No. 19-17-00232 "post-Soviet unrecognized States: factors of viability and risks for Russia (2019-2021)
Project No. 24/2018/RGO-RFBR " Transport connectivity and isolation of the territory of Siberia and the Far East "(2018-2020)RSF project "Russian borderland challenges of the neighborhood", No. 14-18-03621, (2014-2018)
Project "Security and Democracy in the neighborhood: the Case of North and South Caucasus - project of the 7th European Framework Program (Cascade, FP7-SSH.2013.4.1-1), (2013-2017)
European Neighborhood Regions - project ESPON (European Spatial Planning Observatory Network) (2012-2015)
Project of the RFBR and the national research center of France " Formation of the EU Eastern Border: Theoretical Approaches and Practical Challenges pratiques”, N 12-06-91052, (2012-2013)
Project “EuroBorderScapes” (SSH.2011.4.2-1) ("Bordering, Political Landscapes and Social Arenas: Potentials and Challenges of Evolving Border Concepts in a post-Cold War World" - Euborderscapes) project of the 7th European Framework Program (2010-2012)
Project "EuroBroadMap" ("Vision of Europe in the modern world" EuroBroadMap FP7-SSH-2007-1), a project of the 7th European Framework Program (2010-2012)
Program of fundamental research of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 31 " the Role of space in the modernization of Russia: natural and socio-economic potential "(2012-2014)
Basic research program of ONZ RAS №12 "Ecological and geographical conditions and limitations of natural resources to diversify the economy of Russia and its regions" (2015-2017) Project "Political and geographical conditions and restrictions on the development of the border regions of Russia"
The project RFBR-DFFD of Ukraine № 13-05-90425 "Satin-information system of the Russian-Ukrainian borderland: the potential of development and cooperation" (2012-2014)
RFBR project 10-06-00198 "Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria: the socio-economic dynamics, territorial identities and prospects of stabilization" (2010-2012)
PRO project "Environmental risks in suburban and inter-settlement territories" (2013) (2013)
PRO project "The Image of Russia in the post-Soviet space and the role of school textbooks in shaping it" (2012)
The project of the Eurasian development Bank "cross-Border cooperation of regions of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine" (jointly with the RAS Institute of Economics) (2013)
Project of the international research group (Groupe de Recherche International) " Urban networks and spaces "(2008-2010)
RFBR project Russian-Ukrainian Borderlands: strategic guidelines and potential for cooperation (2007-2009)
RGNF project Major cities of Russia: development potential and competition for interregional influence (2005-2007)
Russian-French project PICS Large cities and metropolization in Russia and Europe: similarity of processes and convergence of trajectories? (2004-2007)
Employment history
2002-2005: "Eleksnet", marketing specialist
2005-2008: Audit and consulting group "Business Systems Development", consulting department, strategic development and marketing research department, senior consultant
since 2004: Institute of geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Centrre for geopolitical studies, senior researcher