Maria Tislenko

Maria Tislenko graduated in 2018 from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) with BA Political Science with honors. She received her MA in Economics with honors at Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) in 2020. She worked as a research fellow at the Center for Spatial Analysis in International Relations at MGIMO University as well as a teaching and research assistant at RUDN University in 2020-2024.

Maria Tislenko completed her B.A. in Political Science at MGIMO University in 2018 (with honors), holds a master’s degree in Economics in 2020 (with honors) from RUDN University in Moscow.

Before joining UGA, Maria led the Political Geography Club at MGIMO, where she explored territorial identity through fieldwork in Moldova, Georgia, Estonia, and various Russian regions. During her master’s studies, she was awarded several scholarships and specialized in urban development focusing on European smart cities and digital divide, which led to several peer-reviewed publications.

Maria is particularly interested in the spatial analysis of political processes, a passion that developed during her participation in 6 research projects as a research fellow at MGIMO and teaching assistant at RUDN. Her experience in teaching multicultural student groups has deepened her appreciation for diversity in academic and professional settings, inspiring her to pursue further academic endeavors.

Maria is fluent in four languages: Russian as her mother tongue, English, German and Italian.

The Russian Association of Political Consultants national award ”Choice” for the best book on Political Counseling “The Merger of the Regions of the Russian Federation: sociological data, in-depth interviews, a comparative analysis” (co-author, in Russian), 2019

The Vladimir Potanin Foundation Scholarship, 2019-2020

RUDN University Full Scholarship, 2018

MGIMO University Full Scholarship, 2016

Urban politics, inequalities, political representation, underprivileged communities.

Igor Okunev, Maria Tislenko, Emma Bibina, Petr Oskolkov and Rostislav Shilovskiy. 2022. Transforming the Administrative Matryoshka: The Reform of Autonomous Okrugs in the Russian Federation 2003-2008. ibidem-Verlag.

Maria Tislenko. 2022. Ratings as a way of assessing the effectiveness of smart city policies. RUDN Journal of Economics, Vol. 30 #2, pp.242-252.

Igor Okunev, Maria Tislenko, et al. 2020. Atlas of International Relations: Spatial Analysis of World Development Indicators. Aspect-Press. Chapters on various indicators (in Russian).

Igor Okunev, Maria Tislenko, et al. 2016. Geopolitical codes of post-soviet ethno-national communities. Mezdunarodnye process, Vol. 14, #1, pp. 156-171.