Lecturers of the Department of Economic and Social Geography

Sergii ZAPOTOTSKYI

Dean of the Faculty of Geography, Professor of the Department of Economic and Social Geography, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor

Research profiles

Education:

2009–2012 – Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Doctoral studies in Economic and Social Geography

2008–2009 – International Institute of Business, Property and Land Valuation Expert Certification

1999–2001 – Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of Economics, Finance

1998–2001 – Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, PhD studies in Economic and Social Geography

1993–1998 – Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of Geography

 

Academic Degrees:

2013 – Doctor of Geographical Sciences (Economic and Social Geography)

2002 – PhD in Geographical Sciences (Economic and Social Geography)

 

Positions:

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Since 2021 – Dean, Faculty of Geography

2016–2021 – Vice-Dean for Research and International Cooperation

Since 2015 – Professor

2007–2015 – Associate Professor

2002–2007 – Assistant Professor

 

Academic Mobility and Professional Development:

Tallinn University (Tallinn, Estonia) under the Erasmus+ Teaching Staff Mobility Programme (April 2025);

Mariupol State University, advanced training under the Professional Development Programme for Academic Managers implemented by the British Council within the joint project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the World Bank “Ukraine Improving Higher Education for Results” (2025);

Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary) under the Erasmus+ Teaching Staff Mobility Programme (October 2024);

Adam Mickiewicz University under the programme “Contemporary Problems of Urban Development” within a research-based educational project (August 2023); Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary) under the Erasmus+ 1st International Credit Mobility Staff Training Week (October 2018); Prague Institute for Advanced Training, Prague, Czech Republic (April 2016).

 

Courses Developed and Taught:

  • Bachelor’s level: “Introduction to University Studies (Geography Module)”, “Urban Planning”, “Urban Land Use Planning and Land Valuation”, “Regional Business Planning”
  • Master’s level: “Regional Logistics”, “Methodology and Organisation of Scientific Research”
    “Anthropogenic Transformation of Geosystems: Countries / Regions of the World”
  • PhD level: “Methodology and Organisation of PhD Research”

Programme Leadership: Academic Coordinator (Programme Guarantor) of the PhD Programme “Geography”

 

Public Engagement and Professional Memberships:

  • Head of the NGO “Alumni Association of the Faculty of Geography, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv” (since 2022)
  • Member of the Kyiv Branch of the Ukrainian Geographical Society (since 2012)
  • Member of the Sectoral Expert Council of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (2020–2025)
  • Member of the Academic Council of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Member of the Standing Committee on Academic Staff Affairs (2020–2025)
  • Chair of the Standing Committee on Research Organisation (since 2025)
  • Member of the Working Group of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on State Power Organisation, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning for drafting the Urban Planning Code of Ukraine (since 2023)
  • Expert of the Regional Development Agency of Kyiv Region (since 2025)
  • Member of the Scientific and Expert Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2017–2020)
  • Member of the Coordination Council on Tourism and City Branding Policy of the Kyiv City State Administration (since 2021)
  • Chair of the Jury of the III (IV) Stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in Geography (since 2021)

Editorial Board Memberships:

  • Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Geography (since 2013) Editor-in-Chief
  • Geography and Tourism (since 2015)
  • Economic and Social Geography (2020–2025)

Research Interests:

  • Geographical education and science
  • Human geography, regional development, regional competitiveness
  • Urban planning, urbanisation, urban transformation, construction industry, real estate markets
  • Tourism and recreation

International Projects:

  • 2024–2026 DOMANI – Developing Micro-credentials Ecosystems in Ukraine and Mongolia for Competitive and Resilient Green Economies (Project No. 101179859)
  • 2023–2026 Erasmus+ Programme Virtual Exchanges in Higher Education and Youth
    “CLUVEX – Climate University for Virtual Exchanges” (Project No. 101111959)
  • 2023–2024 Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Design Measures “Joint Degree in Political Geography” (Grant Agreement No. 101127749, EACEA)
  • 2023–2024 Diversification of Rural Economies through the Network of Community-Based Tourism Consultation Centres
  • 2021–2023 International Ukrainian–Lithuanian Project “Improvement of Small Businesses and Development of the University Education System through Research and Promotion of Tourism Clusters in Rural Areas in Ukraine” (Principal Investigator from Ukraine)

Supervision and Examination of Academic Staff:

  • Supervised and successfully completed:

– 1 PhD (Candidate of Sciences) dissertation in Geography

– 5 PhD dissertations in Geography

  • Deputy Chair of the Specialised Academic Council D001.07, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • Member of the Specialised Academic Council K 76.051.04, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (2016–2021)
  • Chair and member of ad hoc dissertation committees at:

– Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

– Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

– V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

  • Official Opponent for PhD and doctoral dissertations at:

– V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

– Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University

– Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

 

Publications:

Author and co-author of more than 170 scientific and educational publications, including 8 textbooks and teaching manuals, 5 monographs

 

Selected Publications:

Monographs

Oliinyk, Ya. B., Zapototskyi, S. P., & Zapototska, V. A. (2019). Housing Market of the Kyiv Region: A Socio-Geographical Perspective [in Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Kyiv University Publishing and Printing Centre. 172 p.

Zapototskyi, S. P. (2012). Regional Competitiveness: Socio-Geographical Foundations. Kyiv: Business Media Consulting. 424 p.

Shalaiev, V. M., Zapototskyi, S. P., et al. (2012). Real Estate Market Trends in Ukraine: Realities and Forecasts (2007–2013) [in Ukrainian]. O. Drapikovskyi & I. Ivanova (Eds.). Kyiv: Art Ekonomi. 240 p.

Shalaiev, V. M., Ivanova, I. B., Drapikovskyi, O. I., Zapototskyi, S. P., et al. (2009). Real Estate Market Trends in Ukraine: Crisis and Development Prospects [in Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Art Ekonomi. 227 p.

 

Textbooks and teaching materials

Zapototskyi, S., Zapototska, V., & Levytska, O. (2025). Urban Planning and Fundamentals of Urban Development: Teaching Manual [in Ukrainian]. Kyiv. 156 p. https://geo.knu.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/miske-planuvannya_navch.metod.posibn_zapotoczkyj-1.pdf

Dronova, O. L., & Zapototskyi, S. P. (2018). Contemporary Nature Management: A Socio-Geographical Context [in Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Print-Service. 214 p.

Oliinyk, Ya. B. (Ed.), Zapototskyi, S. P., Hrodzynskyi, M. D., et al. (2018). Faculty of Geography – 85 Years: Reference Book [in Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Kyiv University. 133 p.

Oliinyk, Ya. B., Zapototskyi, S. P., Hrodzynskyi, M. D., et al. (2018). Geographers of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: Reference Book [in Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Kyiv University. 333 p.

Oliinyk, Ya. B. (Ed.), Zapototskyi, S. P., et al. (2016). Rakhiv District: Nature, Population, Economy [in Ukrainian].

Kyiv: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. 253 p.

Oliinyk, Ya. B., Peresekin, V. M., & Zapototskyi, S. P. (2008). Management of Natural Resource Use [in Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Obrii Publishing. 284 p.

Oliinyk, Ya. B. (Ed.), Zapototskyi, S. P., Kononenko, O. Yu., Melnychuk, A. L., & Pasko, V. F. (2008). Regional Economics (2nd ed.) [in Ukrainian]. Kyiv: KNT. 444 p.

 

Articles

Zapototskyi, S., Ulyhanets, S., Marymorych, A., Molochko, M., & Syrovets, S. (2025). Constructive-geographical analysis of the formation of tourist-recreational zones (case study of Kobleve territorial community). Journal of Geology, Geography and Geoecology, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.15421/112520  (WoS)

Shevchenko, O., Snizhko, S., Zapototskyi, S., Matviienko, M., & Matzarakis, A. (2022).Long-term analysis of thermal comfort during heat waves in Ukraine. Palaeontologia Polonica, 95(1), 53–70. https://doi.org/10.7163/GPol.0226  (Scopus)

Zapototskyi, S. P., & Ryndich, L. O. (2025). Everyday life in wartime in the border areas of Chernihiv region: security practices and socio-cultural transformations [in Ukrainian]. Geography and Tourism, 81, 55–62. https://doi.org/10.17721/2308-135X.2025.81.55-62

Samoilenko, V. M., Bilous, L. F., Zapototskyi, S. P., & Vishnikina, L. P. (2025). Present state of land use and anthropization in the Polissya region. Ukrainian Geographical Journal, 4, 20–30. (Scopus) https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2025.04.020

Reznik, N., Zapototskyi, S., Tyshchenko, S., Valinkevych, N., & Shestakova, A. (2025). Economic aspects of sustainable tourism in Ukraine and worldwide: problems and opportunities. In Digital Disruption and Business Innovation (pp. 505–516). https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-00444-4_48) (Scopus)

Zapototskyi, S., & Zaikin, S. (2025). Concept of integrated development: approaches to implementation in planning and recovery management of de-occupied territories [in Ukrainian]. Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Geography, 90–91, 25–30. https://doi.org/10.17721//1728-2721.2024.90-91.3

Smyrnov, I., Lyubitseva, O., Zapototskyi, S., Hryniuk, D., & Stepanets, I. (2023). European transport corridors: experience and opportunities for Ukraine in times of danger. In Smart Technologies in Urban Engineering. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-46874-2_35 (Scopus)

Zapototskyi, S., Provotar, N., Trusii, O., & Zapototska, V. (2022). Agrarian potential of Ukraine under post-Maidan crisis and armed conflict. Visnyk of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Geography, 57, 103–120. https://doi.org/10.26565/2410-7360-2022-57-0 (WoS)

Khilchevskyi, V., & Zapototskyi, S. (2022). Citizen science and environmental monitoring: world trends and the situation in Ukraine. Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Geography, 82–83, 2–9. http://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2721.2022.82.1

Zapototskyi, S., & Teleshman, V. (2022). Financial capacity of territorial communities of Chernivtsi region.

Economic and Social Geography, 87, 14–25. https://doi.org/10.17721/2413-7154/2022.87.14-25.

Shevchenko, O., Snizhko, S., Zapototskyi, S., & Matzarakis, A. (2022). Biometeorological conditions during mega heat waves in Ukraine. Atmosphere, 13(1), 99. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13010099  (Scopus)

Zapototskyi, S., Zapototska, V., Trusii, O., & Pasko, V. (2021). Social and affordable housing in Ukraine: mechanisms and practices. Journal of Geology, Geography and Geoecology, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.15421/112117  (WoS)

Bilan, Y., Simionescu, M., Vojtovic, S., & Zapototskyi, S. (2019). The impact of religiosity on perception of wellbeing and living standards. Journal of Population and Social Studies, 27(4), 347–358. https://doi.org/10.25133/JPSSv27n4.023  (Scopus)