The document provides information about the Department of Human Geography and Regional Studies at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. It summarizes the history and present state of the department, the programs and specialties offered, faculty members and their areas of research, opportunities for students such as international exchange programs and academic competitions, and advantages for graduates such as professional knowledge and skills in technologies and foreign languages. The department aims to provide students with a modern education to succeed in their future careers.

1. Department of Human
Geography and Regional Studies -
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Your way to a successful future!
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2. History and present of the
department
 Department of Economic Geography of the Faculty of Geology and Geography of
Kharkiv university was founded in 1934
 In 2002 – it received the name of the department of "Human geography and
regional studies".
 The department is headed by the D.Sc. In Geography, professor Liudmyla
Niemets.
 Thaining of specialists is carried out by 4 doctors of science, professors,
11 PhD, associate professors who provide training of students with use of
contemporary methods and the latest technologies of studying.
 An educational laboratory at the faculty of geology, geography,
recreation and tourism functions, which provides educational process of
lecturers of the department where students have possibility to use computers and
the Internet .
 Library fund of the department counts over 750 copies, which students use
during preparation for classes .
 Today 142 students study at the department, among them 2
foreigners, 5 PhD students.
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3. Preparation of bachelors
Department of Human Geography and Regional Studies trains
bachelors according to the following specialties, educational and
professional programs:
 Bachelor of Secondary Education (Geography): Geography, Economy, Local
Studies and Tourism Work (Specialty 014.07 «Secondary Education
(Geography)", educational and professional program "Geography, Economy,
Local Studies and Tourism Work", term of study is 4 years)
 Bachelor of Geography: Economic, Social geography and Regional Development
(Specialty 106 "Geography", educational and professional program "Economic,
Social Geography and Regional Development, term of study is 4 years)
 Bachelor of Geograph: Geography of Recreation and Tourism (Specialty 106
"Geography", educational and professional program "Geography of Recreation
and Tourism" , term of study is 4 years)
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4. Head of the Department
Liudmyla NIEMETS –
Doctor of Geographical Sciences,
Professor, Honorary Professor of
Education of Ukraine, Honored
Professor ofV.N. Karazin Kharkiv
National University
She teaches courses: tourist and recreational
resources of the world, scientific and natural picture of
the world, scientific workshop, pedagogical
management, methodology and contemporary
technologies of human-geographical research, regional
problems of sustainable development, foreign
educational technologies and systems, preparation of
scientific publications and presentations of research
results, workshop on problems of regional
development
Scientific interests: theory and methodology of
geographical research, sustainable development and
global problems of humanity, methodology of social
geography, territorial planning and regional
management, tourist and recreational resources of
Ukraine and the world.
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5. Lecturers of the department
Sergiy KOSTRIKOV –
professor of the department,
doctor of geographical sciences,
professor
He teaches courses:
Computer sciences with the basics of geoinformatics,
Geographic information systems,
Information Technologies in Areal Management,
Working with geodatabases in Human Geography
Scientific interests: geo-information modeling,
development of geo-information platforms and modules,
information technologies in areal management, urban
studies through GIS.
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6. Lecturers of the department
Kostyantyn MEZENTSEV –
doctor of geographical sciences, professor,
professor of the Department of Human
Geography and Regional Studies;
Head of the Department of Economic and
Social Geography, Faculty of Geography,
Taras Shevchenko National University of
Kyiv
He teaches courses: Basics of human-
geographical modeling, Human-geographical
forecasting, Contemporary Debates in Human
Geography
Scientific interests : spatial transformations
of cities and urbanized regions, uneven regional
development, population migrations,
perceptions and images of cities and regions,
human-geographical forecasting.
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7. Lecturers of the department
Kateryna SEGIDA –
Professor of the department , doctor
of geographical sciences, professor
She teaches educational courses:
Excursion studies, Introduction to the profession
Methodology and modern technologies of socio-
geographic research, Demographic problems in
Ukraine, Social geography, History of urbanization and
the basics of urban geography / Cities of the world,
Geography of population and settlement
Scientific interests: population geography,
geodemography, geourbanism, social geography,
statistical and mathematical methods in geography,
modeling and forecasting in human geography,
problems of regional development, geography of
recreation and tourism.
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8. Lecturers of the department
Liudmyla KLIUCHKO –
Assistant Professor of the
Department, PhD in Geography,
Associate Professor
She teaches courses: Computer technologies
(workshop), Fundamentals of human geography,
Business management, Management of tourist and
recreational activities, Workshop: Planning excursion
routes, Economic geography, Geography of services
and tourism.
Scientific interests: territorial management,
management of tourist and recreational activities,
problems of social infrastructure development,
social security.
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9. Lecturers of the department
Yuriy KANDYBA –
Assistant Professor of the
Department, PhD in Geography,
Associate Professor
He teaches courses: Geography of the agricultural
sector, Economic and social geography of Ukraine,
Methodology of teaching geography and economics in
specialized high school, Historical geography with the
basics of ethnography, History of geographical
discoveries, Political geography with the basics of
geoglobalism, Geography of domestic tourism,
Fundamentals of management, Geopolitics
Scientific interests: historical geography, political
geography and geopolitics, ethnogeography,
geography of agro-industrial complexes, regional
studies, tourism industry.
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10. Lecturers of the department
IevgeniiaTELEBIENIEVA –
Assistant Professor of the
Department, PhD in Geography,
Associate Professor
She teaches courses: Geography of the
service sector and the tourism industry,
Recreational country studies, Geographical
country studies, Foreign economic relations of
Ukraine, Geography of the Kharkiv region
with the basics of regional studies,
Introduction to regional studies and country
studies / Regions and countries of the world,
Spatial and systemic analysis in social
geography, Systemic analysis of tourist and
recreational activities, Regional problems of
sustainable development, Recreational
geography
Scientific interests: geography of industry,
socio-economic development of regions,
geography of Kharkiv region, recreational
geography.
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11. 11
Lecturers of the department
Kateryna KRAVCHENKO –
Assistant Professor of the Department, PhD in
Geography, Associate Professor, Deputy Dean
for EducationWork
She teaches courses: Regional development
and planning of territories, Regional
economic and social geography, Scientific
and natural picture of the world, Theory and
methodology of human geography, Geo-
urbanism, Economic geography, Urban
geography
Scientific interests: population geography,
geo-urbanism, geography of Kharkiv region,
alternative energy.

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Lecturers of the department
Nataliya DOBROVOLSKA –
Assistant Professor of the Department, PhD in
Geography
She teaches courses: Methodology of
scientific research, Fundamentals of
economics and its teaching methodology,
Local studies and tourism activities,
Regional economic and social geography,
Information geography and GIS, Informatics
with the basics of geoinformatics,
Geographical information systems, Spatial
and systemic analysis in human geography,
Workshop: economics at school,
Management of tourist and recreational
activities, Geography of population and
settlement, Basics of scientific activity and
methods of scientific work with
schoolchildren, Basics of economics and
financial literacy
Scientific interests :
GIS technologies, tourism, rational
environmental management

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Lecturers of the department
Pavlo KOBYLIN –
Assistant Professor of the Department, PhD in
Geography, head of theTeaching Laboratory
for Socio-economic and Information
Technologies
He teaches courses: Human-
geographical regionalism of Ukraine,
Basics of human-geographical modeling,
Human-geographical forecasting,
Geographical information systems ,
Informatics with the basics of
geoinformatics, Regional economic and
social geography.
Scientific interests: geography of social
infrastructure, geography of trade,
geography of the Kharkiv region,
geography of agriculture.

14. Lecturers of the department
Volodymyr REDIN –
Assistant Professor of the Department, PhD in
Geography, Associate Professor, Honors in
Education of Ukraine
He teaches courses: Geographical country
studies, Geography of the world economy and
international trade, Basics of human geography,
Business management, Urban geography, System
analysis in tourism and recreation activities,
Excursion studies, Social geography
Scientific interests : location of productive
forces, regional studies, geography of transport,
economic and social geography of the world.
She teaches courses: Logistics in recreation and
tourism, Organization of local studies and tourism
work at school, Local studies and tourism activities
Scientific interests: excursion studies, recreational
geography, regional excursion activities, organization
of children's and youth tourism.
Iryna SKRYL –
Assistant Professor of the Department, PhD in
Geography,
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15. Lecturers of the department
Olga SYPTELO –
Assistant Professor of the Department,
PhD in Earth Sciences
She teaches courses: Regional economic and
social geography, Statistical methods and
processing of geoinformation, Social geography,
Contemporary Debates in Human Geography ,
Organization of local studies and tourism work at
school
Scientific interests: population geography,
geodemography, geo-urbanism, problems of
regional development.
Maryna LOHVYNOVA –
Assistant Professor of the Department,
PhD in Earth Sciences
She teaches courses: Methods of educational work,
Geography of population and settlement, Geography of
the Kharkiv region with the basics of regional studies,
Regional development and planning of territories,
Workshop: Planning excursion routes
Scientific interests: geodemography, urbanism,
migration processes, problems of regional
development.
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16. PhD students of the department
Chekhov Serhii is the 1st year PhD
student
Scientific interests: sacred geography, gender
geography, political geography and geopolitics,
foreign economic relations.
Academic supervisor: Doctor of Geographical
Sciences, Professor Kateryna Sehida
The topic of the thesis research: “Human-
geographical study of the post-war development
of the urban environment (case study of the city
of Kharkiv)".
Kostyantyn MALYARENKO is a 1st year PhD
student
Scientific interests: geography of industry,
socio-economic development of regions of
Ukraine, problems of regional development.
Academic supervisor: Doctor of
Geographical Sciences, Professor Kateryna
Sehida.
The topic of the thesis research: “Human-
geographical features of the economic
potential of Ukraine". 16

17. PhD students of the department
Viktor RODIONOV –
is a 1st year PhD student
Scientific interests: human potential, socio-
economic development Ukraine’s regions,
geography of Kharkiv region
Scientific Supervisor: Doctor of Geographical
Sciences, Professor Liudmyla Niemets
The topic of the thesis research: “Human-
geographical features of the human potential
formation of Ukraine".
Oleksandr LYMAR is a 1st year PhD student
Scientific interests: socio-economic development
regions Ukraine, geography Kharkiv region.
Scientific Supervisor: Doctor of Geographical
Sciences, Professor Liudmyla Niemets
The topic of the thesis research: "Integral
potential of the territory as the basis of regional
development (case study of Kharkiv region".
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18. 18
DariaVenhryn is a 1st year PhD student
Scientific interests: geodemography, urban planning,
migration processes, problems of regional
development.
Research supervisor: doctor of geographical
sciences, professor Liudmyla Niemets.
Dissertation research topic: "Socio-geographic
study of urbanization processes in Ukraine".
PhD students of the department
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Denys Serohin - is a 3rd year PhD student
Scientific interests: geo-information technologies in
social geography, spatial analysis, geography of
urban systems.
Research supervisor: Doctor of Geographical
Sciences, Professor Sergiy Kostrikov
The topic of the dissertation research: "Modeling
and analysis of regional segments of the global
interstate urban space through the geographic
information web portal and implementation of
user’s thematic scenarios (case studies of different
range cities)".

19. The Department of Human Geography and Regional Studies is the only
one in the Faculty of Geology, Geography, Recreation andTourism that
has five active agreements for academic mobility of lecturers and
students with European universities within the framework of the
program Erasmus+, namely with: University Oradea (Romania),
University Girona (Spain),Tallinn University (Estonia), Akdeniz
University (Turkey), University of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
International cooperation of the department
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20. Education for students of the department of human geography
and regional studies in European universities during the semester
is absolutely FREE !
Students receive a European scholarship, their flight is paid
for.
International cooperation of the department
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21. In addition, students of the department actively participate in
various educational programs such as "StudyTours to Poland"
(Republic of Poland) , EGEA and others
International cooperation of the department
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22. The department has a discussion club that unites students, PhD students and
young scientists of the department. At the meetings of this club, which have been
held every month for more than one year, current problems related to modern
socio-geographical research, development of science itself, scientific research of
young people, etc. are discussed.
Discussion club
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23. Innovative teaching methods
Web conferences Interactive lectures
Educational and research laboratories
Use of multimedia technologies 23

24. Meetings with lecturers from different countries of
the world
Lecture by JosepVila Subiros, professor of the
Department of Geography at the University of
Girona (Spain).
Lecture by the Rector ofTallinn University
Tiit Land
Lecture by the adjunct of the Department of
Economic Geography of the University of Silesia in
Katowice (Poland) Andrzej Soczewka
Meeting with the Associate Professor of the
University of Oradea (Romania) Cezar Morar
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25. Students’ scientific work
The university stage of the competition of
student research papers
All-Ukrainian Student
Olympiad in Geography
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26. Students have the opportunity to
participate in conferences
International Scientific
and Practical
Conference "Region:
Optimal Development
Strategy"
International scientific and
practical conference for
students, PhD studens and
young scientists "Region:
human-geographical
aspects"
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27. Own journal
The department publishes an interregional collection of scientific papers “Human
Geography Journal" .
The magazine is included in the List of Scientific and Professional Publications of
Ukraine, category "B", by specialties 103 Earth Sciences and 106 Geography (order
of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Ukraine No. 1643 dated 28.12.2019).
"HumanGeography Journal" is included in 11 international scientometric
databases Index Copernicus, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, Google Scholar, InfoBase
Index, EurasianScientificJournal Index, ResearchBib, Scientific Indexing Services,
CiteFactor, Research Bible, OAJI, ERIH PLUS, DOAJ.
It is published twice a year.
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28. Specialized council for the defense of PhD theses
The specialized academic council K.64.051.23 atV.N. Karazin Kharkiv National
University was established on May 27, 2009 with the right to accept for consideration
and conduct defenses of thesis for obtaining the scientific degree of PhD in
Geography in the specialty 11.00.02 - “HumanGeography".
27 PhD theses have been defended.
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29. Advantages of studying at the Department of
Human Geography and Regional Studies
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opportunities
for travel
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30. Advantages of our graduates
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ADVANTAGES OF
OUR GRADUATES
High level of
professional
knowledge
High level of
computer and
information
technologies
skills
High level of
foreign
languages for
communica-
tion in the
modern world
Effective skills
of self-
improvement
and self-
presentation
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31. Thank you for
your attention!
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The key to success is
to be a student of the Department of Human
Geography and Regional Studies!