Vitaliy S. Belozerov

Academic rank:
Professor

Degree:
Dr. Sci. (Geogr.)

Job title:
Head of Department

Department:
Socio-Economic Geography Department, Higher School of Geography and Geoinformatics, North-Caucasus Federal University

General information:

Head of the scientific school “Transformation of reproduction, settlement and lifestyle of the population”, head of the strategic projects of North-Caucasus Federal University “Transformation of reproduction, settlement and lifestyle of the population” and “School of Caucasian hospitality”, head of post-graduate course in 1.6.13. "Economic, social, political and recreational geography." Scientific supervisor of 14 candidates of science. Currently supervises one doctoral student, and 2 post-graduate students.

Editor-in-Chief of the NCFU scientific journal “Science. Innovations. Technologies". As part of the team of authors of the monograph “Ethnic Atlas of the Stavropol Territory”, he was awarded the National Prize of the Russian Geographical Society, the National Prize in the field of geography, ecology and natural heritage “Crystal Compass” (2015). He was awarded the prize by the Association of Russian Geographers and Social Scientists named after V.P. Semenov-Tien-Shansky (2016). Honorary member of the Russian Geographical Society from 2014, member of the RGS Commission "Tourism Development", member of the Ethnographic Commission of the RGS. President of the North-Caucasus Federal University Geographical Club “Discover Russia. Tell me about your country".

Work experience – 40 years.

Continuous development programs:

“New requirements for teacher competence in the context of innovative transformations of higher education” (Moscow, 2018), “Internationalization of education: organizing academic mobility and export of educational services” (Stavropol, 2018), “Theory and methodology of using information and communication technologies in the higher education system" (Stavropol, 2018), "Geoinformation technologies in socio-economic and physical geography" (Stavropol, 2019), etc.

List of main courses taught:

• Geography of population with basic demography
• Undergraduate fieldwork
• Research and production internship for postgraduate students
• Pedagogy fieldwork of post-graduate students

Areas of scientific interests:

transformation of the reproduction and settlement of the population, the ethnic structure of the population of Russia and its regions, geoinformation monitoring of ethno-demographic processes, problems of sustainable development of tourism, geoinformation monitoring of recreational activities

Contacts:

Telephone:
+7 (8652) 33-02-86

Address:
room 403, academic building No. 16, 16/1, Kulakov Avenue. Stavropol, 355035, Russia 

E-mail: vsbelozerov@yandex.ru

Scopus: 24464148100

ORCID: 0000-0002-2627-657X

RSCI Author ID: 107627

SPIN-code: 1680-5165

North-Caucasus Federal University (personal page): https://ncfu.ru/sotrudniku/lichnye-stranitsy-sotrudnikov/?ysclid=m38i826unj426345759#/info/13213

List of significant publications:

1. Belozerov V.S. Caucasian Mineral Waters: evolution of the system of cities in the ecological resort region. M., 1997-135.p.
2. Belozerov V.S. Ethnic map of the North Caucasus. M., 2005. 299 p.
3. Belozerov V.S. Panin A.N., Chikhichin V.V. Ethnic atlas of the Stavropol Territory. Stavropol, 2008. 207 p.
4. Belozerov V. S., Suprunchuk I. P. Geography of terrorism: multi-scale analysis of terrorist activity. Information and analytical atlas. Stavropol: publishing house NCFU, 2012. 48 p.
5. Belozerov V.S., Panin A.N., Chikhichin V.V., Korzhov I.Yu. Russian-Kazakh borderland: theory and practice of studying socio-demographic processes. Regional Studies. 2012. No. 3(37). P. 117-127.
6. Belozerov V.S., Cherkasov A.A. Study of ethnic aspects of urbanization in Russia using GIS technologies. Bulletin of the Stavropol State University. 2012. Issue. 80 (3). P. 183–188. 
7. Shchitova N. A., Belozerov V. S. Modern challenges and risks of labor migration in the Stavropol Territory. Ecology of urbanized territories. 2013. No. 4.
8. Belozerov V.S., Korzhov I.Yu., Cherkasov A.A. Dynamics of migration processes and ethnic structure of the population in the oil and gas producing regions of Western Siberia (Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug). Ecology of urbanized territories. 2013. No. 4.
9. Belozerov V.S., Cherkasov A.A. Regional features of the formation of the ethnic structure of the urban population of Russia. Problems of regional ecology: social and scientific journal. 2013. No. 3. P. 218-220.
10. Shchitova N. A., Belozerov V. S. Modern challenges and risks of labor migration in the Stavropol Territory. Ecology of urbanized territories. 2013. No. 4.
11. Avdeev E. N., Belozerov V. S., Boykov A. M., Solovyov I. A. Adaptation of foreign-ethnic labor migrants in the Stavropol Territory. Materials of the All-Russian scientific and practical video conference “Migration processes in Russia: problems of adaptation and integration of migrants”. Stavropol, 2013.
12. Belozerov V.S. Panin A.N., Chikhichin V.V., Prikhodko R.A., Cherkasov A.A. Ethnic atlas of the Stavropol Territory. Stavropol, 2014.
13. Tikunov V.S., Belozerov V.S., Shchitova N.A., Panin A.N., Cherkasov A.A. Geoinformation monitoring: a tool for spatiotemporal analysis of population migration. Bulletin of Moscow University. Series 5 Geography. 2015. No. 2.
14. Belozerov V.S., Panin A.N., Cherkasov A.A. Migrations and settlement in Russia of the titular ethnic groups of the countries of the South Caucasus. Geography and region: materials of the international. scientific-practical conf. (September 23–25, 2015): in 6 volumes. Perm. state national research univ. Perm, 2015. Vol. II: Socio-economic geography. 320 p.
15. Belozerov V.S., Polyan P.M., Shtadelbauer J. Geodemographic aspects of interaction between mountains and plains (on example of Northern Caucasus). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2008. No. 6. P. 42-50.
16. Belozerov V.S., Tikunov V.S., Panin A.N. Atlas informational system for the investigation of ethnodemographic processes in the Stavropol Krai. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 5: Geografiya. 2008. No. 1. P. 39-44.
17. Vendina O.I., Belozerov V.S., Gustafson A.The wars in Chechnya and their effects on neighboring regions. Eurasian Geography and Economics. 2007. No. 48 (2). P. 178-201.
18. Belozerov V.S., Suprunchuk I.P. Spatiotemporal features of terrorist activity in Europe in the 1970s–2010s. Smolensk Humanitarian University. Regional studies. No. 3 (49). 2015. P. 39-47.
19. Belozerov V.S., Cherkasov A.A. Geoinformation modeling of ethnic and migration processes in Russia. Geography and region: materials of international. scientific-practical conf. (September 23–25, 2015): in 6 volumes. Perm. state national research univ. Perm, 2015. Vol. IV. Hydrometeorology. Cartography and geoinformatics. 251 p.
20. Belozerov V.S. ... Lesdiasporas armenienne et grecgue dans La mozaigue ethnigue du Caucase du Nord. Revue Europeenne des migrations internationals. 1998. Vol. 14. No. 3. P. 103-125.
21. Belozerov V.S. Dynamics of the Ethnic Structure of the North Caucasus population. Stavropol, 2001.
22. Belozerov V. und аndere. Arbeitsmarkte und Arbeitskrafte in der Ruslanddischen Federation. Zeitschrift fur Mirtschaftsgeographie, 41. Jahrgang, 1997. Helf 2-3. 174-183 S.
23. Belozerov V.S., Vendina O.I., Gustafson A. The Wars in Gheghnya and Their Effects on Neighboring Regions. Eurasianography and economics. 2007. Vol. 48. No. 2.
24. Belozerov V.S. Pavel Polian De-Russifirierung: aktuelleethno demographische Prozesse in Nordkaukasien. Geographische Rundschau. 2006.
25. Schitova N.A. Post-Soviet transformation of rural lifestyle in Stavropol region. Regional Research of Russia. 2013. Vol. 3. No. 3.
26. Tikunov V.S., Belozerov V.S., Panin A.N., Antipov S. Geoinformation monitoring of key queries of search engines, and geotagging photos in the North-Caucasian segment of the tourist route ‘Great Silk Road’. 2018. Annalsof GIS.
27. Suprunchuk I.P., Belozerov V.S., Polian P.M. Regional features of the dynamics and structure of terrorist activity in 1970–2012. Regional Rese.
28. Suprunchuk I.P., Belozerov V.S., Polyan P.M. Spatial-temporal analysis of terrorist activity: approach to thestudy and regional peculiarities. Izvestiya Rossiiskaya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2017.
29. Chikhichin V.V., Belozerov V.S. The ethnic map of Stavropol krai: space–time dynamics for the last half-century. Regional Research of Russia. 2016.
30. Tikunov V.S., Belozerov V.S., Shchitova N.A., Panin A.N., Cherkasov A. Geoinformational monitoring as aninstrument of the spatial-temporal analysis of population migrations. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 5: Geografiya. 2015.
31. Belozerov V., Chikhichin V., Soloviev I., Cherkasov A. Titular ethnicities of the South Caucasian countries in Russia: comprehensive analysis of migration and settlement. Central Asia and the Caucasus. 2016.
32. Tikunov V.S., Belozerov V.S., Antipov S.O., Weihong C., Purevjav D. Geoinformation technologies in the promotion of tourist destinations in thezone of the great silk road. Geography, Environment, Sustainability. 2017.
33. Tikunov V.S., Belozerov V.S., Antipov S.O., Suprunchuk I.P. Social media as a tool for analyzing the attendance of tourist sites (using the example of the Stavropol Territory). Bulletin of Moscow University. Series 5: Geography. 2018. No. 3. P. 89-95.
34. Shchitova N.A., Belozerov V.S., Tikunov V.S. Socio-economic component of assessing the quality of life of the rural population of the Stavropol Territory. Bulletin of Moscow University. Episode 5: Geography. 2019. No. 2. P. 69-77.
35. Soloviev I.A., Belozerov V.S., Shchitova N.A. Demographic development of urban agglomerations of the North Caucasus. Geopolitics and ecogeodynamics of regions. 2020. Vol. 6. No. 3. P. 268-278.

Data on publication activity in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI):

• Number of publications – 166
• Number of citations – 1885
• Hirsch index – 14