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Faculty of Urban and Regional Development

 

We are a faculty about the city and for the city. 

The Faculty of Urban and Regional Development integrates a wide range of HSE University competences in the fields of economics, sociology, law, management, etc., related to urban development and management. We view urbanism as a universal reference frame uniting multiple interpretations of the city based on the complex study of the urban lifestyle phenomenon, critical revision of current professional practices, urban planning approaches and decision-making technologies.

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On March 2, an HSE Open Day for prospective undergraduates and specialist students will take place — one of the largest and most significant events for applicants, their parents, and the entire university. Visitors will have the opportunity to speak with students and representatives of educational programmes, plan their admission process, and immerse themselves in the HSE University atmosphere for a day. The event will be held in Russian.
February 11
A team from HSE University's Faculty of Urban and Regional Development took part in the Global Mayor’s Forum—a global event in urban development. Held in December 2023 in Guangzhou (PRC), the largest congress of urban planners brought together more than 800 guests from 65 cities and 37 countries, as well as nine international organisations.
January 10, 2024
An international consortium of research organisations from China, India, and Russia, including HSE University’s Faculty of Urban and Regional Development represented by experts from the Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urban Studies and Planning and the Centre for Social Research and Technological Innovation (CITY), is developing an index of technological and spatial urban development (the Urban & Innovation Environment Index). Recently, a list of the top 10 largest cities of the BRICS countries was published on the project’s website. The Russian capital took the first place in the ranking, followed by Beijing, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, and Guangzhou.
September 12, 2023

Publications

  • Book

    Bobrova E., Zhukov A., Asamatdinov M. et al.

    International Scientific Forestry Forum 2024: Forest Ecosystems as Global Resource of the Biosphere: Calls, Threats, Solutions (Forestry Forum 2024)

    Bk. 145. Voronezh: EDP Sciences, 2024.

  • Article

    Rakhmankulova Z., Asgarov R., Monahhova E. et al.

    Validation of the Russian Version of the Realistic Moral Vignettes for Studies of Moral Judgments

    Moral judgments and behavior are shaped by individual experiences and cultural environments. In two online studies, we used a standard set of moral vignettes to examine the generalizability of factor structure of moral judgments originally identified in American samples (Knutson et al., 2010; Kruepke et al., 2018) by testing two independent samples of the Russian population (Study 1, N = 247; Study 2, N = 223). In Study 1, the exploratory factor analysis revealed three components that accounted for most of the variance: norm violation, social affect, and intention. In Study 2, the factor structure of the identified moral components was validated by confirmatory factor analysis. Latent profile analysis revealed five distinct profiles of moral scenarios: Peccadillo, Illegal-Antisocial, Controversial Act, Prosocial, and a novel profile specific to our Russian samples—Social Conflict—as compared to the previous study of the American population. These findings suggest fundamental similarities in moral judgment processes across cultures while also highlighting culture-specific patterns in moral scenario categorization. This study also provides researchers with a battery of the real‐life experience‐derived vignettes that can be used in cross-cultural studies of moral judgment.

    Behavior Research Methods. 2025. Vol. 57.

  • Book chapter

    Boos V., Ivanova E., Kutsenko E. et al.

    Portraying Creative Industries in the BRICS Economic Specialisations: A Superstar Approach

    This chapter provides a detailed assessment of creative industries in the BRICS countries by comparing each country’s share in the world creative sector to the country’s share in the world GDP. The method applied is rooted in the superstar economy: creative industries were assessed with the indicators that confirm the presence of their most successful representatives— “creative superstars” — in the BRICS countries. The research uses data on individuals and enterprises related to filmmaking, electronic games, music, fashion, advertising and PR, architecture, education in the field of culture and arts, industrial design, and literature. The revealed superstars allow for the first-time-ever identification of the BRICS countries’ creative profiles and the assessment of each country’s comparative advantages in terms of creative industries. The quantitative analysis is supplemented by the descriptive study of the creative sector development background and current creative policies in the BRICS countries. The research outcomes add not only to a better comprehension of the creative landscape within BRICS but also to tailoring support measures for creative industries in each of the bloc’s country.

    In bk.: The Innovation Competitiveness of BRICS countries. Springer, 2025. Ch. 15. P. 315-348.

  • Working paper

    Muleev Y. Y.

    EXPLORING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PARKING OCCUPANCY RATE AT RESIDENTIAL ESTATES AND SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS. THE CASE OF YEKATERINBURG

    Financial losses due to low demand for parking spaces in garages at residential estates is a key motivation for this research. The purpose of this paper in particular is to statistically explore the relationship between parking occupancy rates and various factors on transport supply, characteristics of location and the building. The occupancy rate of parking was measured as the ratio of actual number of cars to total number of parking spaces. The fieldwork on counting occupied parking spaces was conducted 2 times per day during a week on a sample of 13 locations in different areas of a 1.4-million Yekaterinburg city in Russia. 4700 observed parking spaces give sample size of 173 records. Statistical analysis shows that the crow-fly distance to the city center as well as the number of public transport stops are strongly associated with occupancy rate for parking. Also, occupancy rate is much more affected by the type of parking ownership. Private owning means purchase of a parking space or renting it while public ownership suggests free access. So private parking means a 45% decline in occupancy compared to the public parking regime. Research provides empirical results and some theoretical underpinnings are also highlighted.

    Urban and Transportation Studies. URB. НИУ ВШЭ, 2020. No. 9.

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