Structure

Education

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (2007-2011, 2011-2012), Bachelor and Master in «Political Science».

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (2013-2016), PhD in «Philosophy».

Experience

2012-2017 – Researcher, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies of the SC MES RK.

2017-2019 – senior lecturer, assistant professor at the Suleiman Demirel University.

2019-2020 – Associate Professor at the K.I. Satpaev Kazakh National Research Technical University.

Since August 2020 – Leading Researcher, Head of the Political Studies Department at the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Awards

Laureate of the Akim of Almaty Region “Leader 2017” award in the nomination “Best Young Scientist”, a letter of thanks from the President of Kazakhstan (2022).

Education

 L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (bachelor’s degree in religious studies 2006-2010, master’s degree in religious studies 2010-2012, doctoral studies in religious studies 2019-2022)

 Professional experience

 Senior Researcher – Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Department of Political Studies (since 2022)

Analyst-manager – Kazakhstan Institute of Social Development “Rukhani Zhangyru”, Group for studying Processes in the Field of Public Consent-The Center for the Study of the Institute of the Family (2019-2022)

Senior Expert of Public Policy Department, Expert of Political Research Programs and Projects – Institute of Strategic initiatives of Nur Otan Party – Institute of Public Policy of Nur Otan Party

2016-2019

Senior lecturer – KazGUU University, Department of History of Kazakhstan and General Disciplines (part-time)

2015

Senior lecturer, Lecturer – L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Department of Religious Studies

2013-2016  

Senior Researcher, Researcher – Research and Analytical Centre of Religious issues under Religions affairs Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Department for the Study of Christian Confessions and Protestant Movements

2011-2013  

 Training

 School of Analytics. Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2022

“Introduction to Islamic Law”. Course of Professor L. Sukiyainen. Ibn Sina Foundation, Allameh Tabataba’i University (Iran), Institute of Oriental Studies RAS (RF), 2021

International training program “New Technologies in Education”. Leuven, Belgium; Granada, Spain. “Educouncil” European Education Center, 2014.

Advanced training programs for ISO WS, quality management. Kazakhstan Quality Organization, 2013, 2014.

Women’s Leadership Program. Association of Business Women of Kazakhstan, 2012

 Publications

More than 20 scientific and analytical publications, among them co-authorship in 2 collective monographs, 2 national reports, a study guide, etc.

Open-access analytical publications:

“Kazakh families – 2022” National report/ A.S. Kaidarova, Zh.S. Battalova, O.V. Nikolaev, G.K. Baybolatova, A.A. Orazbayeva, T.A. Rezvushkina, K.A. Zharova, A.Zh. Koishygarin, Sh.A. Turez, T.A. Lipina, A.I. Dosmukhambetova, B.K. Yermekbayeva – Astana, 2022 – p. 300

Presidential elections-2022: background, chronicle and results: a collective monograph // Ed. A.S. Zholdybalina. – Astana: Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2022. – p.148

Lipina Tatyana. Youth and Religion. Policy paper. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Kazakhstan Office. «DELUXE Printery», 2021. – p. 26

National Report “On the Spread of Destructive Religious Beliefs Among Youth”. Oishybaev K.B., Kaidarova A.S., Kamarova R.I., Lipina T.A., Burova E.E., Shapoval Yu.V., Smagulov E.M., Kozyrev T.A., Musina D.R. – Nur-Sultan, 2019. – p. 300.

Personal information

born on 6th November, 1992, Karaganda city

Education:

• 2010 – 2014 – Karaganda State University named after academician E.A. Buketov, “Jurisprudence”
• 2014 – 2016 – Karaganda State University named after academician E.A. Buketov, Master of Political Science
• 2015-2016 – Erasmus Mundus grant holder funded by European Union, at the University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
• Finalist of the student exchange program at Vilnius University, Riga, Lithuania
• 2022-2023 – The Lane Kirkland Program Fellow (Polish-American Freedom Foundation), Wroclaw, Poland.

Professional experience

•  2014 – 2015 – Specialist of the Committee on Youth Affairs of the KarSU named after E.A. Buketov
•  2015 – Assistant Interpreter for International Observers at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in the Presidential Election
•  2016 – 2017 – analyst of the Information and analytical Center of Karaganda Region, Department of Internal Policy of Karaganda Region
•  2018 – leading expert of the Center for the Study of Interethnic and Interfaith Relations in the Central Asian region of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Researcher, Center for Social and Political Studies of the University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
•  2019 – Assistant Interpreter for International Observers at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in the presidential election;
• 2019 – Leading Manager, “Ideas hub” of the Office for the Implementation of Creative Ideas of the Center “Rukhani Zhangyru”, Kazakhstan Institute of Public Development “Rukhani Zhangyru”
• Since October 2019 – Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Political Studies, now Leading Expert of the Strategic Analysis Department, KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Training and internships

•  2012 – Internship at the AIESEC Local Committee in Bursa, Turkey, as part of the “Meet my friend” Global Community Development Program.
•  2014 – Advanced training course “International Relations. International and European law. Diplomacy”. Institute of International and Public Relations, Prague, Czech Republic.
•  2015 – Summer School on Human Rights “Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights” and MISK, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
•  2016 – Summer School Times and spaces of Globalization: Necessary Translations for Global Understanding”, Padova, Italy.
•  2018 – Global minority rights summer school, Budapest, Hungary
•  2019 – Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations Conference, Astana, Kazakhstan.

Award

• Gratitude “Algys Khat” 2020
• Certificate of honor of the Kazakhstan Institute of Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2021)

Research interests

Information policy, human rights

Personal information

Was born on the 25^th of November 1995, Almaty region

Education

• 2013 – 2017 – graduated from Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University
• 2017 – 2019 – Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi, master of philosophy

Research and trainings

• 2018 – Scientific internship in Moscow at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Professional experience

• 2018-2019 – Research fellow of the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2019 – Research fellow of the Information-Analytical Works at the Kazakhstan institute of strategic studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Since July 2021 – Senior Expert of the Department of Information-Analytical Works at the Kazakhstan institute of strategic studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Since January 2022 – Senior Expert of the Representative Kazakhstan institute of strategic studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Office in Almaty

Awards

• Gratitude “Algys Khat” of the Kazakhstan Institute of Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2020)
• Certificate of honor of the Kazakhstan Institute of Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2021)

Priority scientific interests: social philosophy, philosophy of life, sociology of education, analysis of social networks , the role of mass media in the system of socio-political communications

Researcher, MSc, focuses on poverty and inequality, regional development, labor market and employment, social policy, political culture and participation.

Education, profession (qualification)

2017 – 2020 – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Regional Science (Germany), Master of Social Sciences, specialty “Regional science and spatial planning”

2011 – 2013 – Pavlodar State University named after S. Toraigyrov, Master of Social Science, specialty “Sociology”

2007 – 2011 – Pavlodar State University named after S. Toraigyrov, bachelor of political science.

Work experience

Analyst, senior analyst of the Institute for analysis and forecasting of regional development, Pavlodar (2012-2013)

Inspector of the Center for analysis and development of inter-confessional relations, Ekibastuz (2013-2014)

Expert-analyst, project manager of the Department of human capital development, Department of public administration, National Analytical Center JSC, Astana (2014-2017)

Senior expert of the Division of Methodology of Employment Service Development of the Department for Public Employment Service Development of the Labor Resources Development Centre JSC, Nur-Sultan (2021-2022)

Education

• 2015 – Michigan State University, internship, Presidential Bolashak scholarship
• 2003-2006 – Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEIE SB RAS), postgraduate,
• 2001-2003 – Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi, MA in Sociology
• 1997-2001 – Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi, bachelor

• Candidate of Sciences, Sociologist

2008, Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

2011, recertification in the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Experience

• September, 2022 – head of the Department of Sociological Research at the Kazakhstan Institute of Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2019-2022 – AITU ecosystem, sociologist-analyst
• 2016-2019 – head of the Department of Sociological Research at the Institute for Strategic Initiatives (Astana)
• 2013-2016 – Institute of Public Policy, Coordinator of sociological research programs and projects (Astana)
• 2011- 2013 – Institute of parliamentarism “Nur Otan”, sociologist-analyst (Astana)
• 2010-2011 – Institute of political solutions, sociologist-analyst (Almaty)
• 2009-2011 – Institute of Philosophy and Political Science, Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, researcher (Almaty)
• 2003-2009 – IEIE SB RAS, researcher (Novosibirsk, Russia)
• 2002-2003 – specialist of the Department of internal politics and social issues Administration of Medeu district, Almaty

• Sociologist, specialist in public opinion surveys, economic sociology, ethnosociology, and urban studies.

Education:

• Professor, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 2004;

1. Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Institute of Youth, Moscow, Russia, 1993;
2. Sociologist, Institute of Youth, Moscow, Russia, 1991.

• Teacher of Russian Language and Literature, Central State Pedagogical Institute (ЦГПИ), 1987.

Work Experience:

1. International career experience (Professor at the United Arab Emirates University, 2016–2023);
2. Head of the Department of Sociology, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU), 2004–2015; Design and development of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs in sociology (1997–2005); Supervision of doctoral theses (12 PhD) and master’s theses (32);

• Conducting sociological research and administering scientific projects; execution of international research projects funded by international foundations: Volkswagen Foundation, 2011–2014; University of California, USA (2011); INTAS (2005–2007); TASIS (2007); J.MacArthur (2001–2002, 2002-2003); Open Society Institute (2001, 2002–2003, 2008); Central European University (2001, 2008); Erasmus Mundus grant;

1. Recipient of the Bolashak Program scholarship (2010–2011), recipient of the grant for the ‘Best University Teacher’ (Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2009), and holder of the honorary badge ‘Honored Worker of Education’ (2008);

• Vice President of the Committee on International Relations of the International Sociological Association ‘Sociology of Global Relations’ (since 2010);
• Editor of the electronic almanac ‘Global Dialogue’ by the International Sociological Association (ISA);
• Internship at leading universities in Western Europe and the USA, author of two monographs, 4 textbooks, and 50 articles, including publications in top international journals.

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Higher education

• Karaganda State University named after E.A. Buketov, Faculty of Psychology (1991-1996)
• Sorbonne Institute of Psychology named after R. Descartes, France (1996-1997)
• Postgraduate study at the Karaganda State University named after E.A. Buketov, Faculty of Psychology (1999-2001)

Academic degree

Candidate of Psychological Sciences (2001).

Work activities

• 1997 -1998 – Psychologist of the Bureau of Personnel Stabilization of the Social and Psychological Service at the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant (Temirtau).
• 1998-1999 – Expert of the Center for Analysis and Strategic Studies of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, expert of the Analytical Center of the Security Council.
• 2000-2001 – Lecturer at the Department of Psychology of Karaganda State University named after E.A. Buketov.
• 1999 – 2004 – Head of the field department of the Institute for Comparative Social Research “CESSI-Kazakhstan” (Astana).
• 2002 – 2017 – Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University.
• 2005 – 2006 – Deputy Director of the research company “Ksilon Astana CG”.
• 2006 – 2020 – Director of the research company “Ksilon Astana CG”.
• Since September 1, 2020 – Leading Researcher of the Department of Sociological Research of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Born in Temirtau on 06/04/1993

In 2014 graduated from the Karaganda State Industrial University with a bachelor’s degree. Specialty: Technology of processing materials by pressure.

2014-2015, served in the military in the Border Service of the NSC, private.

From 2016 to 2018 studied at the Karaganda Economic University of Kazpotrebsoyuz, bachelor. Specialty: Jurisprudence.

In 2020, graduated from the magistracy at the Eurasian National University, majoring in political science.

From 2020 to the present, doctoral studies at L.Gumilyov ENU. Specialty: Jurisprudence.

Master of Social Sciences in political science, doctoral student of the Department of Political Science of ENU L.N. Gumilyov

Member of the club of young experts under the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Awarded with a letter of thanks on behalf of the Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Passing certificate holder:

– Research internship at Marmara University (Istanbul, Turkey, September-November 2022)

– programs of the School of Analytics under the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana, March 2022)

– Training for Young Advisors on Strategic Planning of the OSCE Program Office in Bishkek and the OSCE Program Office in Dushanbe (Cholpan-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, 26-30 November 2018)

– Scholarship program of the visiting researcher of the Azerbaijan International Development Agency (AIDA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Baku, Azerbaijan, September 22 – November 22, 2018)

– Training seminar on the topics “The role of parliaments in involving Afghanistan in the framework of cooperation in Central Asia through preventive diplomacy”, “Preventive methods of mediation and conflict resolution”, the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 11- September 14, 2018)

– Advanced training at the Graduate School of Public Policy of Nazarbayev University: “Fundamentals of Policy Development” (Astana, Kazakhstan, October 26-28, 2017)

Author of more than a dozen scientific publications in academic publications and collections of materials of republican and international conferences. Including: “Prospects for inter-parliamentary cooperation of women deputies: Central Asia and Afghanistan”// Collection of materials on the results of a regional seminar, UN Regional Center UNRCCA – p. 105-111

I have experience in lecturing on topics of electoral politics, as well as on the activities of Kazakhstan’s “think tanks”

Master of Social Sciences, Political Science, PhD candidate of the Doctoral School of International Relations and Political Science, Corvinus University of Budapest

Certificate holder:

• Project management practice based on PMI® PMBOK® Guide 5th edition standard, Kazakhstan Project Management Association (2015)
• The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey D. Sachs, SDG Academy (2015)
• Central Asia Master Class, Strengthening Central Asian Studies in Europe, Erasmus plus project, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland (2019)
• Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Erasmus University of Rotterdam (2021)

Author of more than 20 scientific, analytical publications in domestic and international journals. Member of research teams of projects of “Public Opinion” Research Institute, F. Ebert Foundation in Kazakhstan, UNDP / GEF, NGO “Counter-Terrorism Committee”.

Awarded «Құрмет грамотасы» of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2016)

Master of Arts, Political Science and International Relations, Nazarbayev University

Thesis «Explaining the relationship between FDI and regulation of air pollution: the role of domestic industry and state commitment to international agreements»

Education

Studied International Relations at L.N. Gumilyov ENU, bachelor’s degree (2007 – 2011), Master’s degree (2012 – 2014), Doctoral studies (2016 – 2019). PhD in International Relations. Defended the thesis on the topic “Transformation of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy Behavior” in 2020 at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Holder of British Council CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)

Work experience

05/2022 – present: Head of the International Studies Department of the KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

02/2020 – 05/2022: Chief Analyst of the Analytics and Research Department of the Media Damytý Qory Corporate Fund

08/2019 – 01/2020: Acting Director of the Department of Information and Image Work, Analysis and Monitoring of the N. Nazarbayev Center for the Development of Interfaith and Intercivilizational Dialogue

03/2019 – 08/2019: Chief Specialist of the Planning and Control Department of KazContent JSC

04/2017 – 01/2018: Coordinator-administrator of the coordination department of the production center of the RTRC “Kazakhstan”

09/2014 – 08/2016: Lecturer at the Eurasian National University, Faculty of International Relations, Specialty – International Relations

07/2011 – 05/2012: Teacher at Hello Language School

Education

• 1979-1984 – Alma-Ata Art School named after N.V. Gogol. Artistic processing of metal.
• 1991-1996 – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Political science

Professional career

• 1985-1987 – turner-milling operator of the Talgar Experimental Plant “Zerger”
• 1989-1991 – a teacher of drawing and drawing at a secondary school in the village of «December 12», Ili district, Almaty region
• 1996-1998 – lecturer at Zhezkazgan agro-construction college
• 1998-1999 – lecturer at Karaganda state university named After E.A. Buketov
• 1999-2006 – scientific secretary of the Institute of oriental studies named after R. B. Suleimenov of the Ministry of education and science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2006-2016 – research fellow, senior research fellow, head of the Department of foreign policy studies of the KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Since October 2019 – chief expert of the KazISS under the President of the RK Representative office in Almaty

Awards:

• Anniversary medal «10 years of Shanghai cooperation organization» (2011)
• Honorary certificate of the KazISS under the President of RK (2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
• Honorary certificate of the Assembly of people of Kazakhstan (2015)
• Certificate of Honor from the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2020, 2022)
• Anniversary medal “30 years of CICA”

Departmental awards

• Letter of thanks from the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2021)

Main scientific publications

Author of more than 60 scientific articles, sections in Kazakhstan and foreign scientific and analytical publications on foreign policy, international relations, regional cooperation and security in

Central Area of interest: Architecture and construction, applied arts, classical literature Asia.

Head of Center for Chinese studies（中国研究中心）, LLM of Chinese Economical Law.  Kazakh researcher, political scientist, expert on international relations.

He is the co-author of 3 collective monographs on the problems of China’s foreign, domestic policy and socio-economic development. Author of many articles and publications on problems of international relations and public topics in scientific publications and the media.

He defended his master’s degree in Chinese law from Peking University (北京大学). He graduated from Shandong Normal University, (Jinan City, Chandong Avenue, PRC), majoring in “Modern Chinese Language”. I was trained at Fudan University, Shanghai, at the Faculty of International Relations, at the Center for Research in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

He worked in the leading scientific and analytical centers of Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstan Institute of Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Institute of World Economy and Politics under the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Foundation, Agency for Investigation of Return on Investment, “Nazarbayev Center”.

Over the years, Mr. Kaukenov has published more than 250 materials in the scientific and public media. The experience of his scientific work is more than 10 years, Mr. Kaukenov has participated in many scientific conferences in Kazakhstan and abroad.

Worked in the media, headed the information portals “Today.kz” and “Quorum.kz”. He was the permanent author of the magazine Vox Populi, the newspaper Svoboda Slova, the magazine Central Asia and the Caucasus, the site Vremya Vostoka, Terra Amerika, and the journal Kazakhstan in Global Processes. Wrote a column in the newspaper “Megapolis” and “Today.kz”. It was published on the websites “Regnum”, “Lenta”, “Voice of America”, etc.

Education (qualification)

Almaty State University named after Abay (1996-2001), specialty political scientist-manager.

Master’s degree at Almaty State University named after Abay (2022), dissertation on the topic: “The specifics of psychological research in the study of leadership perspectives”, Master of Science.

Job Experience

• Researcher at the Center for Political Studies, analyst-observer of the magazine “Sayasat” (2001-2002)
• Specialist of the Department for Analysis of the Socio-Political Situation, Department of Financial Control of the Akimat of Almaty (06.2002-12.2002)
• Leading Researcher at the Department of Socio-Political Studies of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2002-2007)
• General Director of Berkut-Consulting LLP (2007-2008)
• Project manager, organizer of round tables of the Institute for Political Solutions (2009-2013)
• Head of the Information and Analytical Department of the Media Analytics Department of the Republican State Enterprise “Center for Analysis and Information” (2013-2016)
• Deputy Head of the Center for Sociological and Political Research of the Astana International Scientific Complex (2016-2017)
• Head of the Media Analytics Department of the Republican State Enterprise “Center for Analysis and Information” (2017-2020)
• Head of the Forecasting and Research Department of the Media Development Fund (2020-2022)
• Since June 2022, Chief Expert of the Political Studies Department, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Research Area

Party-building in Kazakhstan, electoral processes, information and ideological development, administrative reforms, information policy, energy sector, social system, etc.

Author of 4 collective monographs, co-author of the “Anthology of World Political Thought”. Cultural heritage”, more than 500 articles.

Education

Eurasian National University n.a. Lev Gumilev, specialist in the field of International Relations

MGIMO University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations), Master Degree in International Relations

Work experience

Aliya worked at national TV channels as an international news editor and journalist for 7 years. Also she has experience in the field of PR and communications in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan and national sovereign wealth fund Samruk Kazyna.

Working in the KazISS, Aliya Mussabekova

✔focuses on the Central Asian region

✔is involved in researches of Russia, Turkey, European Union

✔is engaged with the issues of energy and informational security, country PR, soft power and electoral technologies

✔maintains cooperation with the diplomatic corps accredited in Kazakhstan and foreign experts and researchers

✔participates in the organization of international conferences, forums, meetings with foreign politicians and experts

Languages: Kazakh, Russian, English, Spanish

Education Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilyov

Faculty:                 International relationships

Speciality:             Regional studies

Years of education

2015-2019 undergraduate

2019-2023 magistracy

Work experience:

Assistant of Consular section / Assistant of H.E. Ambassador – Royal Thai Embassy (05.07.2021-24.02.2023)

• Publications

• Place of China in the global digital economy / Collection of materials of the XIV International Scientific Conference of Students and Young Scientists “GYLYM JANE BILIM – 2019”;

• Ecology of modern Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan / Collection of materials of the XVI International Scientific Conference of Students and Young Scientists “GYLYM JANE BILIM – 2021”;

• Problems of the environment of Tajikistan / Collection of materials of the XVI International Scientific Conference of Students and Young Scientists “GYLYM JANE BILIM – 2021”;

Languages:

• Kazakh / native language

• Russian / fluent

• English / C1

• Korean / A1

Education

• 2004-2007 – R.S. Baiseitova Semipalatinsk financial and economic college; Specialty: Economics and Accounting;
• 2007-2011 – Kazakh-British Technical University, Bachelor of economics and business, Major: “Management”;
• 2013-2015 – Bournemouth University, Great Britain, Master of Economics, Major: International Business Finance;
• Еуразия ұлттық университетінің докторанты. Л.Н. Гумилев.

Professional Experience

• 2010-2012 – Various positions in commercial and government structures;
• 2015-2016 – Specialist of risk management and internal audit in AREK JSC;
• 2016-2017 – Executive positions in commercial structures;
• From February 2018 – Research fellow of the Department of Social and Economic Research, KazISS under the President of the RK.
• 2019 – Senior research fellow of the Department of Social and Economic Research, KazISS under the President of the RK.
• 2021 – Senior Research Fellow, Department of International Studies, KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

• 2022 – Leading Research Fellow, Department of International Studies, KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since October 2022 – Leading Research Fellow of the Economic Research Department of the KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since 2023 – Head of the Department of Global Economy and Sustainable Development

Scientific interests: International economics and macroeconomics.

His research interests include, but are not limited to post-soviet politics, Russian foreign/domestic policy and regional security in Central Asia. Alisher is also studying the role of soft power and the phenomenon of imperialism.

Prior to joining the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies, Mr. Alisher Abdreshev worked in diplomatic service at Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As an expert in the Commonwealth of Independent States department (CIS), Alisher dealt with issues of bilateral cooperation between Kazakhstan and Belarus. He also worked in the office of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Alisher holds a BA in International Relations from the Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and received his MA from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

He also completed internships in the UN Research Institute (UNITAR) on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, Hiroshima, Japan and was a participant of the Winter School on Nuclear Disarmament and non-proliferation (organized by Friedrich Ebert Foundation).

Publications

Abdreshev, A. (2020) Crisis in the EU: vectors of development, Central Asia Affairs, pp.43-52, ISSN: 2414-570X

Abdreshev, A. (2021) Potential opportunities for increasing security connectivity between CICA member states, Central Asia Affairs, pp. 18-28, DOI:10.52536/2788-5909.2021-4.02

Abdreshev, A., Tukumov, Y. (2022) Intensification of migration processes in Afghanistan under the new Taliban

Education

MPA, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (2022).

MA, International Relations, University of Tsukuba (Japan, 2014).

BA, International Relations, Istanbul University (Turkey, 2011).

Work Experience

2014-2017 – Senior Research Fellow of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS) under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2017-2018 – Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Diplomacy of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2017-2019 – Analyst of the Directorate of Information and Analytical Programs of Television and Radio Corporation “Kazakhstan” JCS

2017-2020 – Executive Director of the Kazakhstan Council on International Relations (KCIR)

2020-2021 – Head of the GR Department at the “Korkem Telecom – Sergek” Company.

Since July 2022 – Chief Research Fellow of the  Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Fellowships and qualifications

Member of the International Program at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University (USA)

Member of the Working Group of the Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA) at Harvard University, MGIMO, the Frankfurt Peace Research Institute and the Höfði Reykjavik Peace Centre.

Expert of the international discussion club “Valdai” (Russia)

Member of the Asia 21 program of the Asia Society (USA)

Scholarships

2011-2013  Recipient of the MEXT Scholarship, Ministry of Education of Japan (Japan)

2021-2022 Recipient of the Li Ka-Shing Scholarship (Singapore)

Internships

2010-2011 – Consulate General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Istanbul (Turkey)

2014 – The Japan News by the Yomiuri Shimbun  (Japan)

2014 – Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)

Education

2019-2021 – Master (with honors) in foreign regional studies (specialty: foreign regional studies and international cooperation), Institute of Public Administration and Management of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA), GPA 4.97 / 5.00

2015-2019 – Bachelor (with honors), specialty: “Socio-cultural service (consulting)”, Karaganda State Technical University, GPA 3.99 / 4.00

Additional education and internships

2016-2017 – Certificate Program in International Management, Jade University of Applied Sciences (Jade Hochschule, Wilhelmshaven, Germany), academic mobility program of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2017 (October – November) – internship, University of Sorbonne, France

2019 (Jan.) – Winter School of European Studies, Faculty of International Relations of the Eurasian National University named after. L.N. Gumilyov, Kazakhstan

Work experience

Aug. 2022 – Nov. 2022 – Research Fellow, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Jan. 2020 – July 2022 – Junior Research Fellow, Intern Researcher at the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Oct. 2019 – Jan. 2020 – Visiting Researcher at the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Jan. 2018 – July 2019 – Assistant Vice-Rector for Internationalization, Karaganda State Technical University

Membership in professional associations

since 2018 – member of Young Researchers Alliance , Astana , Kazakhstan

since 2014 – member FCI Youth

Achievements and awards

Commendation from the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies – 2021

Elsevier KZ Scopus Awards “Best Scopus journey” – 2018, 2019

YRA Award in “Best Author of YRA Brainstorm”, Young Researchers Alliance – 2019

Nominal scholarship of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy – 2018-2019

State Presidential Scholarship – 2017-2019

Selected publications

Zhiyenbayev M. Singaporean Model of Power Transition in Kazakhstan – Persistent Autocracy or Emerging Democracy? // Democratization (forthcoming, 2023)

Zhiyenbayev M. Pandemic Diplomacy: China’s Role in Central Asia in the Era of COVID-19 // The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. 2022

Zhanbulatova R., Andirzhanova G., Zhiyenbayev M. Kazakhstan’s “Energy Pluralism”: Longstanding and New Risks // Central Asia and the Caucasus. 2021. Vol. 22. No. 1. P. 38-46.

Zhanbulatova, R., Zhiyenbayev, M., Dyusembekova, M., & Nurtazina, R. (2020). The Energy Vector of Kazakhstan-Russia Relations in the Context of Global Changes on the International Energy Market. Central Asia and the Caucasus, 21(2), 121-130.

Amirov, A., Kozhukhova, M., Koshebaeva, G., Biryukov, V., & Zhiyenbayev, M. (2018). Economic and Energy Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 8(6), 16.

Tashtemkhanova R., Zhanbulatova R., Zhiyenbayev M. Kazakhstan in the World Integration Processes, Editions du JIPTO, 2019.

Kozhukhova, M., Zhiyenbayev, M., & Amanzholova, B. (2019). The legal regulation of energy efficiency and energy saving policies in the republic of Kazakhstan. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 9(4), 54-62.

Amirov, A., Kozhukhova, M., Koshebaeva, G., Biryukov, V., & Zhiyenbayev, M. (2018). Economic and Energy Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 8(6), 16.

Pradhan R., Zhiyenbayev, M., & Sa, S.N. (2019). Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Factors in India’s Policy in Central Asia. Bulletin of KazNU . International Relations and International Law Series, 85 (1), 103-114. doi :10.26577/ IRILJ.2019 . v 85. i 1.010

In 1985 he graduated from the special department of the historical faculty of KazGU, in 2014 – the law faculty of the Eurasian Humanities Institute. He worked as a lecturer in the departments of world history, international relations in a number of Kazakh universities in Uralsk and Almaty. In 1993 he defended his Ph.D. thesis “Theoretical and political positions of the West German liberals in the 80s”, in 2009 he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic “The experience of transforming the political system of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of world development”. Doctor of Political Sciences, Bachelor of Laws. In his professional background, he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Oil and Gas Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republican State Enterprise “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy”, KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, was an employee of analytical centers and the magazine “Continent”. In 2018-2021, he worked as an adviser to the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Germany. Author of more than 60 scientific articles and monographs. He was repeatedly awarded with certificates of honor and thanks from the leadership of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, he has the gratitude of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (in 2022). For labor merits he was awarded 4 state medals, including “Eren enbegi ushin”.

Graduate of the faculty of international relations of Kazakh Ablay Khan State University of International Relations and World Languages. He holds a scientific degree of candidate of political science obtained from post-graduate study at Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University.

Participated in «Mevlana» international exchange program (Sparta, Turkey), «International Visitors Leadership Program» (Washington, USA), had fellowship at the Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis (New Delhi, India).

At various time he worked at KAZISS, Center for Social and Humanitarian Research «Aspect-M», Kazakhstan Center for Humanitarian and Political Trends, Institute for the Development of Kazakhstan.

He was engaged in scientific and lecturing activities at the University of Suleyman Demirel (Assistant Professor, Head of the Department of International Relations), Kazakh Ablay Khan State University of International Relations and World Languages (Assistant-Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies), Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Professor-Researcher), KIMEP University (Adjunct-Professor at the Department of International Relations and Regional Studies).

He also worked at the «Center for Analysis and Information», the Civil Alliance of Kazakhstan, United Trans Kazakhstan, ABE Corporation JSC, IRI-Kazakhstan.

Research Area: the U.S. in world politics; PRC in world politics, SСO and Central Asia; EEU and Russia-led integration processes in Eurasia; post-Communist Russia in world politics; History of Kazakh pilgrimage; religious situation in Kazakhstan; ethnic conflicts and risk factors in Kazakhstan; geopolitics of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in the Caspian region; Kazakhstan’s energy policy and oil field production in the Caspian region; rural-urban migration in Kazakhstan; international migration and urbanization studies; ethnic Russians’ migration from Kazakhstan.

The author of 5 monographs, 1 tutorial and co-author of 3 books and has some publications in Kazakhstan and abroad, including journal articles in peer-reviewed journals (Scopus, Web of Science, Hein Online).

Participated in international conferences and seminars hosted in Pakistan, China, Azerbaijan, Turkey, USA.