Dr Maria Plotnikova
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Lecturer in Economics
Contact Details
- Email: map26@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-9439-587X
- Office: C9, Hugh Owen Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622507
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
Dr. Maria Plotnikova received her PhD at the University of Illinois. She is a member of the Regional Science Association and has been successful in attracting a number of funding awards, including Horizon 2020 and ESRC funded awards on spatial justice and inequality in Europe and poverty and vulnerability in Wales. Maria's research interests are in Regional and Urban economics, economics of poverty and inequality, as well as economics of housing in transition economies.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- AB33320 - History of Economic Thought
- EC31920 - Industrial Organisation and Policy
- AB23320 - Managerial Economics
- EC31020 - Advanced Topics in Microeconomics
- EC31320 - Economics of Labour and Industrial Relations
- AB33620 - Labour Economics
- EC32320 - Independent Research Project
Tutor
- AB33620 - Labour Economics
- EC31920 - Industrial Organisation and Policy
- AB33320 - History of Economic Thought
- EC31320 - Economics of Labour and Industrial Relations
- EC31020 - Advanced Topics in Microeconomics
- AB23320 - Managerial Economics
- AB33120 - Contemporary Issues in Economics and Policy
- AB35540 - Dissertation
- AB13120 - Understanding the Economy
- AB23220 - Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy Applications
- AB23420 - Econometrics
- AB33420 - Growth, Development and Sustainability
- AB33520 - Trade and International Monetary Systems
- AB13220 - Economic Theory and Policy
Lecturer
- EC31920 - Industrial Organisation and Policy
- AB33120 - Contemporary Issues in Economics and Policy
- AB33320 - History of Economic Thought
- AB33620 - Labour Economics
- AB23320 - Managerial Economics
- EC31120 - Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics
- EC32320 - Independent Research Project
- ABM1960 - Dissertation
- ABM1820 - International Finance and Capital Markets
- ABM5560 - Managerial Report
- EC31020 - Advanced Topics in Microeconomics
- EC31320 - Economics of Labour and Industrial Relations
- EC32520 - The Business Cycle and Macroeconomic Policy
- AB33420 - Growth, Development and Sustainability
- AB15120 - Fundamentals of Management and Business
- AB15220 - Data Analytics
- AB17120 - Marketing Principles and Contemporary Practice
- AB13220 - Economic Theory and Policy
- AB19120 - Principles of Tourism Management
- AB11120 - Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance
- AB11220 - Accounting and Finance for Specialists
- AB13120 - Understanding the Economy
- PGM4710 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Arts and Humanities) (2210)
- EN19920 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change
Coordinator
Research
- Regional and Urban Economics
- Environmental Economics
Responsibilities
Degree Scheme Coordinator, Economics
Publications
Plotnikova, M & Ulceluse, M 2022, 'Inequality as a driver of migration: A social network analysis', Population, Space, and Place, vol. 28, no. 8, e2497. 10.1002/psp.2497
Dong, MM, Midmore, P & Plotnikova, M 2022, 'Understanding the experiences of Indigenous minorities through the lens of spatial justice: The case of Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia', Regional Science Policy & Practice, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1223-1239. 10.1111/rsp3.12512
Gutierrez Posada, D, Plotnikova, M & Rubiera Morollon, F 2021, '“The grass is greener on the other side”: The relationship between the Brexit referendum results and spatial inequalities at the local level', Papers in Regional Science, vol. 100, no. 6, pp. 1481-1500. 10.1111/pirs.12630
Plotnikova, M & Vinuela, A 2020, 'Editorial: Uncovering territorial inequalities and spatial justice in the EU', Romanian Journal of Regional Science, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 1-4. <http://rjrs.ase.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/V142/V1421.Edit.pdf>
Plotnikova, M 2020, 'Explaining spatial patterns of incapacity benefit claimant rolls in the UK', Romanian Journal of Regional Science, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 35-48. <http://rjrs.ase.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/V142/V1423.Plotnikova.pdf>
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