Kinossian, Nadir

Education

2005-2010, PhD (City and Regional Planning), Cardiff University, UK. Title: Governing a Regional Capital in Russia. The Pursuit of Competitiveness and Identity: a Case Study of Kazan. Date of award: 29 July 2010.

2003-2005, MA in Political Science, University of Missouri in St. Louis, USA.

2000-2001, MSc in Urban Planning (International), School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, UK.

1989-1996, Dip. Architecture (Distinction), Kazan State Academy of Architecture and Building, Kazan, Russia.

2011,  Research Associate, Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning, UK.

2010,  University Tutor, Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning, UK.

2006-2009,  Urban Planner, Ove Arup and Partners Int., Cardiff, UK.

2002-2003,  Advisor to the Mayor of Kazan on Architecture and Urban Planning. Office of the Mayor, Kazan, Russia.

2001-2002,  Advisor to the Director in Urban Planning. JSC Urban Development Directorate, Kazan, Russia.

1997-2000,  Assistant Lecturer (part-time), Kazan State Academy of Building and Architecture, Kazan, Russia.

Borders; Urban governance in transitional cities; Identity, politics of heritage; Contemporary modernisation in Russia; Regional development in Russia.

Peer-reviewed articles

Kinossian, N. 2012. “Urban entrepreneurialism” in the post-socialist city: government-led urban development projects in Kazan, Russia, International Planning Studies 17(4), pp. 333-352.

Kinossian, N. 2012. Post-socialist transition and remaking the city: political construction of heritage in Tatarstan, Russia, Europe-Asia Studies, 64(5), pp. 879–901.

Kinossian, N. 2008. The politics of the city image: The resurrection of the Kul-Sharif Mosque in the Kazan Kremlin (1995–2005). Architectural Theory Review 13(2), pp. 190–208.

Kinossian, N. 2007. Americanization of Russian cities? Berkeley Planning Journal 20, pp. 125–128.

Book sections

Kinossian, N. and Wråkberg, U. Palimpsests in the borderland: the awakening of Soviet and Cold war symbols. In: Russia and Scandinavia’s New North, in: Brambilla, C. et al., Border Aesthetics (in progress).

Kinossian, N. Resurrection of the Temple. The role of the state in shaping regional political identity. In: Gerlach, J. & Topfer, J. (eds.) Under Construction: The Role of Religion in Eastern Europe. Berlin: Springer (in progress).

Kinossian, N. 2006. Urban Redevelopment Programmes in Kazan (Russia). In: Tsenkova, S. and Nedovic-Budic, Z. (Eds.) The Urban Mosaic of Post-Socialist Europe. New York: Springer, pp. 319–337.

Book reviews

Kinossian, N. 2008. The transformation of urban space in Post-Soviet Russia; K. Axenov, I. Brade and E. Bondarchuk (book review). The Geographical Journal March, 174(1) pp. 89–90.

Conference papers

Kinossian, N. (2013) Urban agglomerations in Siberia: tackling peripherality by aggravating spatial disparities? RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, 28-30 August 2013, London. 

Kinossian, N. (2013) Redefining borders: architectural project as a microcosm of identities and conflicts, EastBordNet International Conference “Relocating Borders: a Comparative Approach”, 11–13 January 2013, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, pp. 95-96.

Kinossian, N. 2012. ‘The Image of a Competitive City: the Gap between Aspiration and Reality’,12th Annual Aleksanteri Conference, “Competition and Good Society - The Eastern Model”, 24–26 October, 2012, Helsinki, Finland.

Kinossian, N. 2012. ‘Places, geographical scales and borders’, International Conference, “Border Aesthetics”, 5–7 September, 2012, University of Tromsø, Norway.

Kinossian, N. 2011. ‘The conceit of the centre: “Authoritarian Modernization” in the Russian Federation’, 11th Annual Aleksanteri Conference, “The Dragon and the Bear: Strategic Choices of China and Russia”, 9–11 November, 2011, Helsinki, Finland.

Kinossian, N. 2011. “Authoritarian Modernization” and regional development in the Russian Federation’, International Conference, “Urban Development and Politics in Europe and Russia”, 28–30 October, 2011, Zentrum für Deutschland- und Europastudien, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Kinossian, N. 2011. “Authoritarian modernisation” and regional development in Russia’, 4th International workshop on post-communist urban geographies, “Space, Culture and Transition”, 14–17 September, 2011, University of Bucharest, Romania.

Kinossian, N. 2011. ‘The politics of symbolic urban projects. The resurrection of the Kul-Sharif Mosque in the Kazan Kremlin (Tatarstan, Russia)’ Urban Symbolic  Landscapes: Power, Language, Memory, 3–5 May, 2011, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland.

Kinossian, N. 2009. ‘The role of image in creating the post-Socialist city’, 4^th Forum of the International Forum of Urbanism, 26–29 November, 2009, Delft TU, Delft, the Netherlands, pp. 1255–1262.

Kinossian, N. 2009. ‘Local Politics and Development Choices in the City of Kazan, Russia’ 3rd International workshop on post-communist urban geographies ‘Actors Shaping Urban Change’, 17–19 September, 2009, Tartu University, Estonia.

Kinossian, N. 2009. ‘The role of place identities in creating the post-Socialist city’ Post-Socialist Urban Identities Workshop II, the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, 7–8 May, 2009, Jagiellonian University at Krakow, Poland.

Kinossian, N. 2007. ‘Constructing the Image of a Competitive City’ 2^nd International Urban Geographies of Post-Communist States Workshop, Stockholm School of Economics, 9–11 December, 2007, Stockholm–Tallinn.

Kinossian, N. 2007. ‘Future of urbanisation in Russia’ 4th International Seminar on Urbanism and Urbanisation. The European Tradition in Urbanism and its Future, Technical University Delft, the Netherlands, 24–27 September, 2007, pp. 367–374.

Publications for professional audiences

Kinossian, N. (2012) Tsentr – eto nash brend (The centre is our brand), interview in All-Kazan Real Estate 09(339), 8–14 March, 2012 (in Russian).

Kinossian, N. (2012) Mi dolzhni iskluchit opasnost´raspolzania goroda (We must eliminate the threat of the territorial expansion of the city), interview in All-Kazan Real Estate 12(342), 29 March–4 April, 2012 (in Russian).

Kinossian, N. (2007) Budushee urbanizatsii v Rossii (The future of urbanisation in Russia),Russian Expert Review 4–5(22), pp. 22–24 (in Russian).

Kinossian N. (2007) Iskusstvennii stsenarii rosta (An artificial scenario for growth), Top-Builder1(1), February 2007, pp. 30–31 (in Russian).

Kinossian, N. (2006) Kazanski Millenium: politika I arhitektura (Kazan Millennium: politics and architecture), Project Russia (Moscow) 39(1), pp. 22–24 (in Russian).

Kinossian, N. (2006) Novii genplan Kazani (Kazan new general plan), Design and Modern Architecture (Kazan) 22, pp. 28–35 (in Russian).

Kinossian, N. (2006) Vozdushnie zamki kazanskogo genplana (The ‘cloud castles’ of the Kazan General Plan), Vostochnii Express 51(491), 21 December, 2006, p. 33.

Kinossian, N. (2006) The experience of the Design Commission for Wales. Interview with John Punter, Design and Modern Architecture (Kazan) 22, pp. 88–91.

Theses

Kinossian, N. (2010) Governing a regional capital in Russia: the pursuit of competitiveness and identity. A case study of Kazan, Russia, PhD Thesis, Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff, UK.

Kinossian, N. (2005) Urban governance in a transitional economy. MA Dissertation, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri in St. Louis, USA.

Kinossian, N. (2001) Urban planning system in a transitional economy, MSc Dissertation, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

2011,  Visiting Fellow, the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland.

2005-2010,  Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award, Research Councils UK.

2005,  Pi Sigma Alpha, American Political Science Honour Society, UMSL Chapter, USA.

2003-2005,  Edmund Muskie / FSA Graduate Fellowship, US Department of State.

2002,  MATRA (MOP) Fellowship, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2000,  Chevening Scholarship, Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK.

1996, Graduation with Distinction, Kazan State Academy of Architecture and Building, Kazan, Russia.