Daria Platonova
- Research Fellow:Institute of Education / Laboratory for University Development
- Science editor:Editorial Office of the ‘Issues of Education’ Journal
- Senior Lecturer:Institute of Education / Department of Educational Programmes
- Daria Platonova has been at HSE University since 2013.

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2015-2016)
Courses (2023/2024)
- Current Issues of Education System Development (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1, 2 semester)Rus
- Economics of Education (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Economics of Education (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Evidence-based Education Development" (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; field of study "38.04.04. Государственное и муниципальное управление", field of study "38.04.04. Государственное и муниципальное управление", field of study "38.04.04. Государственное и муниципальное управление"; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Current Issues of Education System Development (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1, 2 semester)Rus
- Economics of Education (Postgraduate course’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Economics of Education (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Evidence-based Education Development" (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; field of study "38.04.04. Государственное и муниципальное управление", field of study "38.04.04. Государственное и муниципальное управление"; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Evidence-based Education Development" (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; field of study "38.04.04. Государственное и муниципальное управление", field of study "38.04.04. Государственное и муниципальное управление"; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Economics of Education (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Economics of Education (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Evidence-based Education Development" (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Evidence-based Education Development" (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Project seminar "Production of Intelligent Products" (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Project seminar "Production of Intelligent Products" (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Public Economics (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar - 2 (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; field of study "38.04.04. Государственное и муниципальное управление", field of study "38.04.04. Государственное и муниципальное управление"; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Evidence-based Education Development" (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2019/2020)
- Current Issues of Education System Development (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Project seminar "Production of Intelligent Products" (Master’s programme; Institute of Education; 1 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Conferences
- 2015The 59th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society "Ubuntu! Imagining a humanist education globally" (Washington DC). Presentation: Alia Tempora. Higher Education Systems' Changes in Post-Soviet Countries
- ECER 2015 Education and Transition - Contributions from Educational Research (Будапешт). Presentation: States Faces Market: Implication from Russian Case Study
CHER 28th Annual Conference - Global Challenges, National Initiatives, and Institutional Responses – The Transformation of Higher Education (Лиссабон). Presentation: Does competition matter? Efficiency of regional higher education systems and the role of competition: case of Russia
- VI международная конференция Российской ассоциации исследователей высшего образования «Переосмысливая студентов: идеи и новые исследовательские подходы». Presentation: Региональные системы высшего образования: связаны ли эффективность и конкуренция?
- VI международная конференция Российской ассоциации исследователей высшего образования «Переосмысливая студентов: идеи и новые исследовательские подходы». Presentation: Diversification in Russian higher education
- 201427th conference of Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER) (Рим). Presentation: Videre majus quiddam: the diversification in higher education institutions
- "Дифференциация в динамично меняющихся системах высшего образования: вызовы и возможности", V Международная конференция Российской ассоциации исследователей высшего образования (Москва). Presentation: Специализация и программная дифференциация вузов в России
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- Book Assessing the Contributions of Higher Education: Knowledge for a Disordered World / Ed. by S. Marginson, B. Cantwell, D. Platonova, A. Smolentseva. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. doi
- Chapter Cantwell B., Platonova D., Froumin I. Understanding the contributions of higher education through the politics of reform, in: Assessing the Contributions of Higher Education: Knowledge for a Disordered World / Ed. by S. Marginson, B. Cantwell, D. Platonova, A. Smolentseva. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. doi Ch. 11. P. 218-242. doi
20223
- Article Agasisti T., Froumin I., Platonova D. Introduction to the Special Issue on Public Administration in Education // International Journal of Public Administration. 2022. Vol. 2. No. 45. P. 81-83. doi
- Article Egorov A., Platonova D. Perception of strategies by university middle managers: is there any relationship with actual universities’ operations? // Tertiary Education and Management. 2022. Article 1. doi
- Article Smolentseva A., Platonova D. The transformations of higher education in 15 post-Soviet countries: the state, the market and institutional diversification // Higher Education Policy. 2022. Vol. 36. No. 2. P. 370-393. doi
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- Book Abankina I., Alashkevich M., Bolotov V., Dobryakova M. S., Dudyrev F., Froumin I., Koreshnikova Y., Korshunov I., Kosaretsky S., Mertsalova T., Odoevskaya E., Ovakimyan A., Platonova D., Semenov A., Semyonov D., Sergomanov P., Sorokin P. S., Uvarov A., Zinkovsky K. 12 Solutions for a New Education: Report by the Center for Strategic Research and the Higher School of Economics / Ed. by Y. Kuzminov, I. Froumin. M. : National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2018. doi
- Article Shibanova E., Platonova D., Lisyutkin M. 5-100: Development Dynamics and Patterns / Пер. с рус. // Russian Education and Society. 2018. Vol. 60. No. 8-9. P. 682-715. doi
- Chapter Froumin I., Platonova D. Higher Education Expansion in Brazil, Russia, India, and China, in: Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Dordrecht : Springer, 2018. P. 1-7. doi
- Chapter Platonova D. Key Data on pre-Soviet, Soviet and Post-Soviet Higher Education, in: 25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries. Reform and Continuity / Ed. by J. Huisman, A. Smolentseva, I. Froumin. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. doi P. 461-482.
- Chapter Semyonov D., Platonova D. Preface: Challenges and advantages of exploring post-Soviet higher education, in: 25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries. Reform and Continuity / Ed. by J. Huisman, A. Smolentseva, I. Froumin. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. doi P. viii-ix.
- Chapter Platonova D., Semyonov D. Russia: The institutional landscape of Russian higher education, in: 25 Years of Transformations of Higher Education Systems in Post-Soviet Countries. Reform and Continuity / Ed. by J. Huisman, A. Smolentseva, I. Froumin. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. doi P. 337-362. doi
- Preprint Shibanova E., Agasisti T., Platonova D., Lisyutkin M. THE RUSSIAN EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: AN ECONOMETRIC EVALUATION OF SHORT-TERM RESULTS WP BRP 201/EC/2018 / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series EC "Economics". 2018.
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- Book Semyonov D., Platonova D. Accountability of higher education institutions. Background paper prepared for the 2017/8 Global education monitoring report, Accountability in education: meeting our commitments ED/GEMR/MRT/2017/P1/7. UNESCO, 2017.
- Article Leshukov O., Gromov A., Platonova D., Евсеева Д. Г. Assessment of the Contribution of Regional Higher Education Systems to the Socio-Economic Development of the Russian Regions / Пер. с рус. // Russian Education and Society. 2017. No. 59. P. 68-93. doi
- Book Isaeva N., Kobtseva A., Semyonov D., Platonova D. Student accountability in post-Soviet countries. Background paper prepared for the 2017/8 Global education monitoring report, Accountability in education: meeting our commitments ED/GEMR/MRT/2017/P1/12. UNESCO, 2017.
- Article Gromov A., Platonova D., Semyonov D., Tatyana Pyrova. The Accessibility of Higher Education in the Russian Regions / Пер. с рус. // Russian Education and Society. 2017. Vol. 59. No. 1-2. P. 38-67. doi
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- Article Semyonov D., Platonova D. Stages of Policy Changes and Institutional Landscape of Russian Higher Education // Higher Education in Russia and Beyond. 2016. No. 2(8). P. 23-24.
- Article Leshukov O., Platonova D., Semyonov D. The Efficiency of Regional Higher Education Systems and Competition in Russia // Economy of Region. 2016. No. 2. P. 417-426. doi
- Book Громов А. Д., Платонова Д. П., Семенов Д. С., Пырова Т. Л. Современная аналитика образования Вып. 8: Доступность высшего образования в регионах России. М. : НИУ ВШЭ, 2016.
20153
- Preprint Leshukov O., Platonova D., Semyonov D. Does Competition Matter? Efficiency of Regional Higher Education Systems and Competition: Case of Russia / National Research University Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Basic research program". 2015. No. WP BRP 29/EDU/2015 .
- Article Платонова Д. П. Горизонтальная и вертикальная дифференциация системы высшего образования в России // Университетское управление: практика и анализ. 2015. № 4 (98). С. 19-30.
- Book Романенко К. Р., Козлов Д. В., Лешуков О. В., Лисюткин М. А., Платонова Д. П., Семенов Д. С. Современная аналитика образования Вып. 2: Уроки международного опыта слияний университетов. М. : НИУ ВШЭ, 2015.
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IOE Scholars Contribute to UNESCO’s 2017/18 GEM Report on Accountability in Education
Researchers at the IOE Laboratory for University Development have been commissioned by UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring (GEM) unit to take part in drafting one of GEM’s latest massive studies, the 2017/18 Report on Accountability in Education. For purposes of this report, IOE's leading experts Dmitry Semyonov, Daria Platonova, Natalia Isaeva and Anna Kobtseva have prepared two background research papers taking national and international perspectives on various facets of university and student accountability.
IOE Experts among Authors of Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions
An article by IOE Academic Supervisor Isak Froumin and Junior Researcher Daria Platonova has been published in Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions.
HSE Scholars at 29th Consortium of Higher Education Researchers Conference
The Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, CHER, is a key event in higher education research in Europe. Traditionally, CHER has attracted the best researchers and experts with a unique opportunity to learn about cutting-edge studies in the field, as well as to present their own research to the global community. This year’s conference took place from September 4 to 7, 2016, in Cambridge, England. A group of staff from the HSE Institute of Education took part in the event, including Isak Froumin, Igor Chirikov, Mikhail Lisyutkin, Dmitry Semyonov, Daria Platonova, Ksenia Romanenko, and Tatiana Semenova.
Annual Conference of Consortium of Higher Education Researchers
On September 7-9 The Annual Conference of The Consortium of higher education Researchers / CHER 28th Annual Conference took place in Lisbon, Portugal. This year’s theme was ‘Global Challenges, National Initiatives, and Institutional Responses – The Transformation of Higher Education’. The participants discussed recent transformations in higher education: what global challenges the universities face and how to cope with these challenges.
Building Partnerships in Central Asia
On July 23, 2015 HSE hosted the delegation from University of Central Asia, represented by Mr Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, Executive Chairman, Board Executive Committee and Dr Ariff Kachra, Dean of Academic Affairs.