Varvara Molodtsova

Senior Lecturer, Junior Research Fellow: Faculty of Urban and Regional Development / Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism

Varvara Molodtsova has been at HSE University since 2018.

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Education

2019

Master's in Urban Development
HSE University

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

2020 Advanced training of Academic Writing Center HSE "Introduction to Academic Writing"

Professional Interests

Urban Spatial Structure agglomeration processes urban planning socio-economic geography

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2023
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2024, 2023
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Researchers" (2022–2023)

Courses (2024/2025)

Mentor's Seminar "Digital Urban Analytics" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1, 2 semester)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 Urban Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Urban Geography: a Variety of Forms (Minor; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2023/2024)

Mentor's Seminar "Digital Urban Analytics" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 1, 2 semester)Rus
Mentor's Seminar "Regional Planning and Consulting" (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
Methods of Spatial Urban Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Urban Geography: a Variety of Forms (Minor; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2022/2023)

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
Urban Geography: a Variety of Forms (Minor; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

Methods of Spatial Urban Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2020/2021)

Methods of Spatial Urban Data Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Urban Informatics and Spatial Analysis (Minor; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1, 2 module)Rus
Urban geography: a variety of forms (Minor; Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; 1, 2 module)Rus

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
CAT-ference 2019: 8th International Urban Geographies of Post-communist States Conference (Белград). Presentation: Transformation of local identities in peripheral districts of large Post-Socialist cities (A case of Yasenevo, Moscow, Russia)
Всероссийская научно-практическая конференция по вопросам сохранения объектов культурного наследия в рамках II Всероссийского фестиваля «Архитектурное наследие 2019» (Казань). Presentation: Среда как фактор капитализации объектов культурного наследия

Employment history

since 2020 Junior Research Fellow at Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism

2018 - 2019 Freelance employee (analyst) FURD HSE

2018 Analyst at the consulting company "Novaya Zemlya"

Oct

2021

‘Expeditions Give Students a Chance to Experience Field Work’

The student research expedition of the Graduate School of Urbanism has concluded its field work in the Sovetsko-Gavansky region. The data collected will form the basis of a booklet about the main features of the region’s urban space. Other outcomes of the expedition include a preprint of a research publication and the creation a systematized database with metadata on collection methodology.

Oct

2019

Faculty of Urban and Regional Development Discusses Transformation of Post-Socialist Cities at an International Conference in Serbia

Vera Smirnova, Ivan Mitin, Varvara Molodtsova, and Alexander Mikhaylov spoke at the 8^th Urban Geographies Conference held at the University of Belgrade