Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism

Publications

• Book

  Gershman M., Gokhberg L., Ivanova E. et al.

  The Innovation Competitiveness of BRICS Countries

  The book is devoted to the assessment of innovation competitiveness of BRICS countries. It covers different aspects of science, technology and innovation in BRICS including status of STI in each country, the intra-BRICS collaboration in the field of STI, prospects of collaboration with BRICS+ countries, as well as a special chapter covering innovation development of BRICS in ICT.  The book presents chapters authored by leading experts in STI policy and analysis from BRICS countries. The key questions addressed in the book cover peculiarities of national innovation systems of BRICS countries, their science, technology and innovation policies.

  Springer, 2025.

• Article

  Nefedova A., Chefanova E., Dunde T. O. et al.

  International Doctoral Students in Russia: Integration, Mobility Intentions, and the Limits of Academic Internationalization

   This article examines the attraction, integration, and retention of international doctoral students in Russia within the broader context of science and technology development. The study employs a mixed-method design combining survey data from 187 international PhD students enrolled in Russian universities with 12 semi-structured interviews conducted with doctoral candidates at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. The analysis integrates human capital theory with the push–pull model of international mobility to explore how institutional, financial, linguistic, and social factors shape doctoral students’ experiences and post-graduation mobility intentions.

  The findings indicate that Russia has developed a certain capacity to attract international doctoral students, particularly from Asian and post-Soviet countries, largely through scholarship programs and relatively accessible admission procedures. However, several structural barriers limit the country’s ability to retain this talent. Financial constraints, bureaucratic procedures, language barriers, and limited academic career opportunities function as “push” factors that weaken long-term integration. At the same time, positive supervision relationships, peer networks, and cultural affinity with the host country operate as “anchoring mechanisms” that increase the likelihood of remaining in Russia after graduation.

  The study also identifies several motivational pathways shaping international doctoral mobility to Russia, including scholarship-driven, research-driven, cultural-affinity, and constraint-driven mobility. While a substantial share of international PhD students consider remaining in Russia, their decisions are strongly influenced by everyday adaptation challenges and perceived labor market opportunities.

  The article concludes that Russia’s policy of doctoral internationalization currently prioritizes quantitative expansion over the creation of sustainable research careers for foreign graduates. Strengthening financial support, improving administrative transparency, and developing clearer postdoctoral career pathways are essential for transforming international doctoral mobility into a stable source of scientific and technological human capital. The findings contribute to broader debates on the role of international doctoral education in non-Anglophone and emerging research systems.

  Мир России: Социология, этнология. 2026. Vol. 35. No. 4.

• Book chapter

  Morozova A., Monahhova E., Gorodnicheva Y. et al.

  Time-Frequency Representations in response to true and fake news: Pilot study

  In bk.: 2025 Seventh International Conference Neurotechnologies and Neurointerfaces (CNN). IEEE, 2025. P. 78-82.

• 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.