
At the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Laura Kenespayeva will defend her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the topic: «Assessment of territorial differentiation of the quality of the urban environment of Almaty city» by specialty «6D060900 – Geography».
The dissertation was performed at the Department of Geography, Land Management and Cadastre of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
Form of defense - dissertation work.
Language of defense – Russian.
Official reviewers:
- Alla Makhrova – Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor, and Leading Research Fellow at the Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Speciality: " 11.00.02 - Economic, social and political geography (Moscow, Russia).
- Zharas Berdenov, PhD, Associate Professor, and Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. Speciality: "6D060900 – Geography" (Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan).
Scientific supervisors:
1. Gulnara Nyusupova – Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor at the Department of Geography, Land Management and Cadastre, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan).
2. Isolde Brade – Doctor of Natural Sciences, Professor, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Regional Geography (Leipzig, Germany).
Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:
- Pavel Kirillov – Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia).
- Ivan Alov – Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Urban and Regional Development, A.A. Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) (Moscow, Russia).
- Karlygash Muzdybayeva – Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geography and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Geography, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan).
The defense will be held on June 27, 2025, at 11:00 at the dissertation council at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in educational programs of the group of specialties "8D07304 – Land Management"; "8D07302 – Geoinformatics"; "8D07303 – Cartography"; "8D11101 (6D090200) – Tourism"; "8D01503 – Geography"; "8D05202 (6D060900) – Geography»; «8D05207 (6D060800) – Ecology».
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Conference ID: 910 0386 1479
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