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 (2023/2024)
- Basics of human geography and area studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Geography of population (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Theory and Methods of Political Geography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Basics of human geography and area studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Theory and Methods of Political Geography (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
Courses (2020/2021)
20232
- Article Vladimir Kolosov, Zotova M. The ‘Pivot to the East‘ and China in Russian Discourse // Geopolitics. 2023. Vol. 28. No. 2. P. 879-903. doi
- Book Аникин В. А., Антонов Е. В., Антонова В. К., Боос В. О., Вишневский К. О., Власова В. В., Воронина Н. Д., Гершман М. А., Глезер О. Б., Гребенюк А. Ю., Демидкина О. В., Демьянова А. В., Денисенко М. Б., Зотова М. В., Карданова Е. Ю., Каширская Е. В., Козлов В. А., Корешникова Ю. Н., Коршунов И. А., Куричев Н. К., Куценко Е. С., Леонтьев Д. А., Мильшина Ю. В., Михайлова Н. С., Нагерняк М. А., Нефедова А. И., Овчарова Л. Н., Орел Е. А., Петракова А. В., Позднухова Е. А., Канонир Т., Потапчик Е. Г., Рогов М. И., Рудь В. А., Сажина С. В., Сафронов С. Г., Селезнева Е. В., Синявская О. В., Сорокин П. С., Сушенцова М. С., Тер-Акопов С. А., Тимонин С. А., Тимофеев А. А., Фрёлих К., Хархурин А. В., Шелудков А. В., Ширкова Н. Н., Шматко Н. А., Щур А. Е. Человеческий потенциал: современные трактовки и результаты исследований / Науч. ред.: Л. Н. Овчарова, В. А. Аникин, П. С. Сорокин. М. : Всероссийский центр изучения общественного мнения, 2023. doi
20225
- Article V. A. Kolosov, M. V. Zotova, Turov N. L. Geopolitics and Political Geography in Russia: Global Context and National Characteristics / Пер. с рус. // Regional Research of Russia. 2022. Vol. 12. No. 1. P. 80-95. doi
- Article Gritsenko A. A., M. V. Zotova. Local Responses to the Contested Border in Northern Crimea // Regional Research of Russia. 2022. Vol. 12. No. 4. P. 589-599. doi
- Chapter Glezer Olga, Antonov E., Safronov S., Sheludkov Alexander, Strakhov K., Zotova M. The Role of Regional and Local Governance in Dealing with the Socioeconomic Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Russia, in: Local Government and the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Global Perspective. Cham : Springer, 2022. doi Ch. 21. P. 537-585. doi
- Article Голунов С. В., Зотова М. В. Въездной туризм в постсоветских де-факто государствах // Известия РАН. Серия географическая. 2022. Т. 85. № 5. С. 699-713. doi
- Article Колосов В. А., Зотова М. В. Экономическое развитие и внутренний суверенитет Приднестровья и Абхазии: 30 лет фактической независимости // Международные процессы. 2022. Т. 20. № 2(69). С. 6-24. doi
20214
- Article Vladimir Kolosov, Maria Zotova. "De-Facto Borders" as a Mirror of Sovereignty: The Case of the Post-Soviet Non-Recognized States // Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung. 2021. Vol. 46. No. 3. P. 178-207. doi
- Article Safronov S. G., Zotova M. Tertiarization of the Economy in Russian Regions: Deindustrialization or Postindustrialization? // Regional Research of Russia. 2021. Vol. 11. No. 3. P. 294-307. doi
- Preprint Колосов В. А., Zotova M. The ‘Pivot to the East‘ and China in Russian Discourse / Taylor and Francis. Series 10.1080/14650045.2021.1952184 "Published online". 2021. 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. Т. 85. № 4. С. 565-578. doi
20205
- 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
20193
- 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
20186
- 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
‘The “Butterfly Effect” Is no Longer an Abstract Idea, but a Reality that You Constantly Observe’
The bachelor’s programme ‘Geography of Global Changes and Geoinformation Technology’ is offered by the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology, one of the newest at HSE University. One year ago, Yulia Kuznetsova came on as the programme’s academic supervisor. In this interview for the HSE News Service, Yulia Kuznetsova explains her job duties, where HSE geography students do their field work, and why geography itself can make you happy.
Reactions of Regional Economies and Communities to the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Russia
The scientific seminar of the Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technologies took place in May. This time, the topic of discussion was the socio-economic reactions of various regions of Russia to the shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.