Structure

Education:

• Master of Arts in Religious Studies (2014-2016),
• PhD student of the Department of Religious and Cultural Studies of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (2019-2022).

An expert of the republican information and explanatory group on the prevention of religious extremism and terrorism.

Member of the Council on Youth Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Professional experience:

• April 2023 – October 2024 – Head of the Information and Analytical Department of “Monitoring and Analysis Center” of the Almaty City Public Development Department;
• September 2020 – February 2021 – Deputy Head of the MSI “Center for the Study of Problems of Religions” of the Department of Religious Affairs of Almaty;
• September 2018 – September 2024 – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Publications:

The author (developer) of educational programs, methodological manuals, scientific publications in academic journals and collections of materials of national and international conferences, including:

• «Realization of the right to freedom of religion by military personnel in the Republic of Kazakhstan: problems, prospects and solutions» – KazNU Journal. Religious Studies series. №4 (24) 2020;
• Improvement of measures for the prevention of religious extremism and terrorism in Kazakhstan – Collection of materials of the international scientific and practical conference “Actual problems of improving legislation on countering extremism” ISBN 978-601-360-000-0 – Almaty, 2021
• Modern methods of identifying persons exposed to the ideology of terrorism and the organization of individual preventive work with them. Collection of lectures / Red.: К.М. Bishmanov, А.D. Kurmanaliyeva, S.S. Rysbekova – Almaty: “Kil’ АS” IE, 2020. -166 ISBN 978-601-332-766-2

Awards:

«Shapagat» medal.

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

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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Education:

• 2002–2006: Bachelor of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
• 2007–2009: Master of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
• 2014–2020: PhD in Sociology, Faculty of Letters, Department of Sociology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Academic Degree:

2014–2020 – PhD in Sociology (nostrification process in Kazakhstan is pending)

Work Experience:

• March 2025 – Present: Chief Expert of the Public Opinion Monitoring Department, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• December 2024 – February 2025: Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Research, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Since 2022: Senior Lecturer at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
• 2022–2024: Postdoctoral Researcher and Senior Lecturer, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
• 2020–2022: Director, Department of Sociological Research, Institute of Applied Ethnopolitical Studies
• 2012–2014: Senior Lecturer, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
• 2009–2012: Lecturer, Department of Sociology, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
• 2006–2007: Lead Expert, Attestation Department, RSE “National Accreditation Center” of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2006–2007: Marketing Manager, LLP “Pronto Akmola”

Scientific Grants:

1. AP14972677 – “Interculturalism and Tolerance in Multi-Ethnic Kazakhstan in the Context of Globalization and New Migration Challenges”.
   Grant for research projects by young scientists under the “Zhas Galym” program for 2022–2024, funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
   Role: Scientific Adviser
2. AP14870213 – “Women of Ethnic Communities as Channels for the Reproduction and Formation of Civil and Ethnic Identity (Case Study of Turkestan Region and Shymkent City)”.
   Grant for scientific and/or scientific-technical projects for 2022–2024, funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
   Role: Researcher (Executor)

Certificates:

• February – May 2019: Specialized program “International Relations” as part of the International Academy. Organized by the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) and the SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research, Ankara, Turkey
• February – June 2019: Specialized program on Asian Studies within the framework of the International Academy. Organized by Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB), Ankara, Turkey
• February – April 2019: Course: Türk Diasporasında Dil, Kültür ve Kimlik (Language, Culture, and Identity in the Turkish Diaspora)
• February – April 2019: Course: Türk Dış Göç Tarihi ve Türk Diasporasının Oluşumu (History of Turkish International Migration and the Formation of the Turkish Diaspora)
• March – May 2018: Course on Data Processing and Analysis Using SPSS (96 hours)

Monographs:

• Zh. A. Nakipbayeva, A. K. Sadvokasova, A. Aikynbaikyzy. Interculturalism and Tolerance in Multiethnic Kazakhstan under Globalization and New Migration Conditions (in Kaz). Monograph. Astana: L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, 2024. – 159 p.
• E. S. Otar, G. N. Kim, A. K. Sadvokasova, Zh. A. Nakipbayeva, A. E. Komirtay. Women from Ethnic Communities as Channels of Reproduction and Formation of Civic and Ethnic Identity (Case Study of Turkestan Region and Shymkent City) (in Russian). Monograph. Astana: Institute of Applied Ethnopolitical Research, Committee for Development of Interethnic Relations under the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2024. – 291 p.

Research Interests:

Migration processes, ethnicity and identity, marriage migration, institution of marriage and family, marital quality and satisfaction, standard and quality of life, sociology of culture, empirical sociology.

Education:

2018-2022 – Eurasian National University. L.N. Gumilyova ( PhD candidate in the specialty “Sociology”)

 Work experience:

Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Senior Research Fellow)

November 2016 – present

Research internships:

Research internship at the University of Claude Bernard Lyon-1. Lyon, France, November 20-December 1, 2014

Research internship at the University of the United Arab Emirates. UAE, Abu Dhabi, January 25 – April 24, 2021

Participant of the School of Sociologists “Kazakhstan Sociology Lab” 2023

Membership in scientific-expert and public councils:

Member of the working group for the development of the Concept of Youth Policy October 2022

Some publications:

“Volunteering as a new form of civic engagement in Kazakhstan” / Kazakhstan Spektr, Scientific journal. 2020/1 (93)

View “Vol. 93 No. 1 (2020): Kazakhstan Spectrum” | Kazakhstan-Spectrum (kisi.kz)

Some aspects of the study of online petition as a new form of civic activism / Kazakhstan Spektr, Scientific journal. 2020/4 (96)     

View “Kazakhstan-spectrum” | Kazakhstan-Spectrum (kisi.kz)

Online petitions beruge arnalgan memlekettik web-alandardy salystyrmala taldau / “Khalyk unine kulak asatyn memleketten” – “Adiletti memleketke”. Halykaralyk online conference materialdary (Nur-Sultan, Kazan 14, 2020) / Zhalpy ed. Z.K.Shaukenova. – Nur-Sultan: Kazakhstan Republics Presidential zhanyndagy Kazakhstan strategy sertteuler institutes, 2020. – 248 b.

sb_memleket.pdf (kisi.kz)

“Public councils in Kazakhstan: main development trends”// Ed. KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, brochure / ed. Shaukenova Z.K., 2017. – 156 p. (co-authorship)

http://www.kisi.kz/images/uploads/33/files/4IKv9NEx.pdf

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”

Education:

• L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, PhD student of the Department of Political Science
• National Research University Higher School of Economics, specialty Jurisprudence, Master’s degree (2018-2020)
• Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, specialty Political Science, Bachelor’s degree, (2011-2015)

Work experience:

• Chief Expert at the Institute of Applied Ethnopolitical Studies, Department of Analysis of Interethnic Relations, Astana.
• Analyst and project manager at the Public Relations Development Company (KROS), Moscow.
• Project Manager at the NGO “Zhastar Uni”

Professional development:

• Seminar “The image of a politician: from an artificial image to a new sincerity” at the Communication Holding “Minchenko Consulting”, Moscow.
• Additional professional program “Practical Internet Marketing 3.0” at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow.
• Courses at the Higher School of Economics: Business and Intercultural Communication, Moscow.
• Course at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University: Civil Service and Press Service, Almaty.

Internships:

• Europe-Institute for Social Work, Alice-Salomon-Hochschule Berlin, 21st European Summerschool, Berlin, Germany.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana.

Achievements and participation:

• Participant of the School of Analytics at the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Coordinator of the working group “Effective Maslikhats” of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Accelerator, initiated by the Public Project Office of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan in cooperation with Maqsut Narikbayev University and Akimat of Akmola region.

Awards:

• Letter of thanks from Chairman of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ashimbayev M.S.
• Letter of thanks from the Director of the Republican state institution “Central Communications Service” under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Umarov A.K.

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)

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.

Education:

• 1996: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, Department of Political Science.
• 1999: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, postgraduate studies (PhD), Department of Political Science.
• 2007: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, postdoctoral studies, Department of Political Science.

Academic Degrees:

• 2007: Doctor of Political Sciences
• 1999: Candidate of Political Sciences (PhD equivalent)

Academic Title:

• 2004: Associate Professor of Political Science

Professional Experience:

• 09.1996–06.1997: Lecturer, D.A. Kunaev Humanitarian Institute.
• 09.1997–12.1998: Research Fellow, Institute for Development of Kazakhstan.
• 01.1999–12.2005: Deputy Director, Head of the Department of Comprehensive Problems of International Relations, R.B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 01.2006–03.2009: First Deputy Director, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS) under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 04.2009–09.2009: Deputy Chairman, Foreign Policy Analysis and Forecasting Committee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 10.2009–08.2014: Chief Research Fellow, KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 08.2014–08.2023: Deputy Director, KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 09.2024–Present: Chief Research Fellow, KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Professional Development and Fellowships:

• 1998: Fellowship at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Germany).
• 2001–2002: Diderot Scholar, fellowship at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) (France).
• 2003: Fellowship at the Eurasian Center for Strategic Studies (ASAM) (Turkey).
• 2005: Overseas Researcher at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (South Korea).
• 2006: Visiting Researcher at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (France).
• 2014: Visiting Researcher at the Center for Analysis, Forecasting and Strategy (CAPS) of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs’ “Personalities of the Future” Invitation Program (France).
• 2023–2024: “500 Scientists” Program Fellow, research fellowship at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University (USA).

Awards:

• 2021: Order of “Kurmet” (Order of Honor).
• 2015: Medal “Eren enbegi ushin” (For Distinguished Labor).
• 2015, 2022: Letter of Appreciation and Certificate of Honor from the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Publications:

• Author of 6 books and over 200 articles in Kazakhstani and international publications on foreign policy, international relations, regional cooperation, and security in Central Asia.

Education:

Tselinograd State Pedagogical Institute named after S. Seifullin (now – L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, 1987–1992), degree in Russian Language and Literature Teaching.

«Turan-Astana» University (1998–2005), degree in International Economics («International Monetary Relations»).

Completed professional courses and seminars at the Graduate School of Public Policy of Nazarbayev University, the Academy of Management, Security and Special Programs of KazGUU, the Academy of Information Systems, the School of Analytics of the Analytical Center of the Library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and at the Institute of Economic Research under the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Work Experience:

Foreign Economic Relations Manager, «Tsesna» Corporation JSC (1992–1994).

Head of the Language Department and Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Youth, Tourism and Sports of the Akmola City Administration (1994–1998).

At various times, he served as an employee and head of both private and state-owned analytical and information institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Engaged in academic and teaching activities at the National Defense University of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Leading Expert, Department of European and American Research, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (since February 2024).

Chief Expert, Department of European and American Research, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (since June 2024).

Awards:

Anniversary Medal «25 Years of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan.»

Anniversary Medal «30 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan.»

Research Interests:

The United States, the European Union, Turkey, and Russia in international relations; countries of the South Caucasus, the Middle East, and Central Asia; Kazakhstan’s geopolitics in the Caspian region.

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

• Nazarbayev University, Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations (2021)
• N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Religious Studies (2019)

Work Experience:

• Since September of 2024, Lead Expert in the Department of European and American Studies at the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Chief Expert in the Media Analytics Department at the «Center for Analysis and Information» (2024)
• Expert at LLP «Kazakhstan Institute for Humanities Research» (2022-2024)
• Research Assistant at Nazarbayev University (2020)
• Intern at the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2019)

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.

Education

PhD student (2020-2023) ENU them. L. N. Gumilyova

Specialty: Economics

Master (2013-2015)

Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov

Specialty: National Economics

Bachelor (2009-2013)

Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau State University

Specialty: Economics

Work experience

From January 2017, Anna has been working at the KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Previously, she worked as the chief specialist of the Department of employment and social partnership in the Office for the Coordination of Employment and Social Programs of the Akmola region.

Publications

Anna is the author of a number of publications in local and foreign scientific publications and participant in international research projects. In 2020, under the publishing house of KazISS, the author’s brochure “Problems of youth employment in the labor market in Kazakhstan” was published.

Internships and advanced training

1) Advanced Program in Law and Economics, Riga Graduate School of Law (Riga, Latvia)

2) Program for young researchers “Public Policy” of the Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan

3) Training course for young advisers in strategic planning, OSCE Program Office in Bishkek

4) CABAR.asia School of Analytics (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)

5) Educational program ” Dialogue in the Name of the Future ” of the Gorchakov Foundation (Moscow, Russia)

Research interests: labor market and socio-economic inequality

Education

• 1986–1990 – Karaganda Higher School of Internal Affairs of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, Karaganda
• 1993–1996 – Moscow Higher School of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Postgraduate studies: PhD in Law, Moscow
• PhD in Law in the field of 12.00.02 “Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Municipal Law, Financial Law.” Nostrifcation: RKA No. 0005244 dated November 22, 2000.
• Doctoral Studies (2010): D. Kunaev University, Almaty. Specialty: 12.00.02. FD No. 0001580 dated February 24, 2012.
• Doctor of Law, Honored Lawyer of Kazakhstan (2019).
• Proficient in Kazakh, Russian, and German (with a dictionary).

Work Experience:

• 1984 – 2012 – Service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2004 – 2006 – Chairman of the Board of JSC “Institute of Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan” Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2012 – 2013 – Head of the Department for Ensuring the Activities of Courts at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Supreme Court Apparatus)
• 2013 – 2017 – Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2017 – 2021 – Deputy Director of the State Institution “Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan” Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2021 – 2024 – Member of the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2024 – Present – Lead Researcher, Strategic Analysis Department, Chief expert of the Department of Economic Policy Analysis, State Institution “Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.”

Publications

Has over 110 scientific publications. Author of the monograph “Legal Foundations of Administrative Coercion” (2019), two manuals (1997, 2007), co-author of the training case “For Government Officials Entering the ‘A’ Corps for the First Time” (2015), and the scientific manual “Pre-Trial Settlement of Disputes Arising from Public Legal Relations: Problems and Prospects for Improvement” (2018). Scopus – 2 publications.

Memberships: Kazakhstan Union of Lawyers; Disciplinary Commission of the Republican Bar Association; Editorial Board of the journal “Law and State” of KazGUU University; Editorial Board of the journal “Vestnik of the Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilyov,” Law Series

Licenses: Advocacy and Notarial Activity

Awards: Order of Qyrmet (2021); Medals, badges, and certificates from government agencies

Education:

• 1994-1999 – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University; Bachelor of Economics, Specialist in Management and Business, Honors Degree
• 1999-2000 – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University; Degree – Master of Economics, diploma with honors
• 2006-2009 – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University; Ph.D diploma, direction “Economics, management theory”
• 2008 internship at the Mercator School of Management at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)

Academic degree: PhD Degree in 08.00.00 – Economic Sciences

Professional development:

1. Conducting trainings for teachers in rural areas of Kazakhstan on the promotion of ESD within the framework of a joint project of UNESCO and the IQanat Foundation, 2022
2. Conducting trainings for teachers of the Central Asian countries on ESD, 2020-2021 within the framework of the UNESCO project

 Work experience:

• 2001-2004 Assistant of the Department of Economic Theory of KazNU named after al-Farabi
• 2004-2005 Lecturer at the Department of Economic Theory of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
• 2005-2006 Senior Lecturer of Economic Theory at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
• 2006-2009 Doctoral studies at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
• 2009-2011 Senior Lecturer, Department of Marketing and Commerce, KazNU
• 2011-2012 Associate Professor, Department of Management and Marketing, KazNU
• 2012-2013 Senior researcher at the KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• 2013-2014 Head of Economic Research Department
• 2014-2016 Head of the Department of Foreign Policy and International Security, Chief Expert of KazISS
• 2018 Head of the Representative Office of KazISS in Almaty

Publications:

1. Zeinolla S.Zh., Aben A.S. Experience in promoting the concept of education for sustainable development among teachers of universities in Central Asia//Information magazine “CLOUD” – 2022
2. Zeinolla S.Zh., Aben A.S., Omarova A.B. Zhalpy kyzmet ortalyktary tsifrlandyru kezende memlekettik organdardyn kyzmetin ontailandyru tasili retinde/ “Public administration and the digital world: in search of synergy”/ Edited by Sh.A. Smagulova, K.K.Primzharova, Sh.Nurgazy – Almaty: Narkhoz University, Fortune Polygraph Publishing House LLP, 2020. – 250c./ In access mode https://kpfu.ru//staff_files/F_893625854/Sbornik_Mezhd_konf__apr_2020___Narkhoz.pdf
3. Reforming the public administration system: challenges, trends, prospects / Collective monograph / Sh.A.Smagulova, A.S.Aben, S.Zeinolla, G.Zh.Doskeeva, Sh.M.Kantarbayeva, Ya.A.Eralieva, K.K.Primzharova, A.N.Zhanbyrbaeva, A.Ermukhanbetova: edited by Sh.A.Smagulova – Almaty, Publishing House “Fortuna Polygraph” LLP.2022. – 390 pages/ In access mode https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RlhBq630r6VGc_KW-enWkyQ-cFXQNiJO/vie
4. Aben A.S. Environmental aspects of the implementation of the “One Belt and One Road” initiative. // Collection of materials of the international scientific conference “One Belt and One Road Initiative and prospects for socio-economic and Socio-political development of Central Asian countries” – Almaty: Research Institute of International and Regional Cooperation of the Kazakh-German University, 2019. – 238 p.

Education:

• N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Ph.D. in Analytical Economics
• Lancaster University, United Kingdom (Bolashak Program), Master of Arts in Political Science (2022–2023)
• Kazakh University of Technology and Business, Bachelor of Economics and Business in Economics (2020–2022)
• Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Bachelor and Master of Economics and Business in Management (2011–2016)

Experience:

• Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chief Expert, November 2023 – present
• KPMG in Central Asia, Macroeconomics Consultant, Strategy and Operations Consulting Group, 2021–2023
• National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Atameken”, Economic Analyst, 2019–2021
• Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Department for Assessment of the Efficiency of State Asset Management, Chief Expert, September 2019
• Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Committee on Statistics, Expert, 2017 – September 2019
• Indira & K LLP, Financial Manager, 2016–2017

Professional Development Courses:

Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. Internship on Ph.D. thesis, March 2021 – June 2021 (The impact of entrepreneurship on the socio-economic development of the regions: a case study of Aqmola region and the city of Astana)

Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2019
Personal effectiveness strategy: business negotiations, persuasion skills, emotional intelligence

Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan, June – July 2018

Professional retraining for civil servants. Moscow Financial and Legal University, Moscow, Russia. Strategic management in times of change, September 2015 – June 2016.

Education:

• 2004–2008 – L. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Faculty of International Relations, Bachelor’s Degree
• 2013–2014 – Kazakh University of Technology and Business, Master’s Degree in Economics

Languages:
Kazakh, Russian, English

Experience:

• 2009–2013 – Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Department of Strategic Development and International Cooperation
  Head of the Division for Bilateral Cooperation and Transparency Initiative
• 2013–2017 – KAZENERGY Association, Chief Manager, Department of International Cooperation
• 2017–2018 – KAZENERGY Association, Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation
• 2018–2022 – KAZENERGY Association, Director, Department of International Cooperation
• May 2, 2022 – August 2023 – KAZENERGY Association, Executive Director

Training:

November 12–28, 2009 – Seminar on “CIS Countries’ Cooperation with the Republic of Korea”, Seoul, Republic of Korea

May 17–20, 2010 – Seminar on “Development of Communication Technologies of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative for member countries”, Berlin, Germany

February 14 – March 14, 2011 – Seminar on “Contemporary Economic Aspects of Economic Development in Developing Countries,” Delhi, India

February 12–27, 2013 – Professional development course for civil servants on “Development of the Energy Sector in the Republic of Kazakhstan”, Agency for Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

March 18–25, 2014 – Professional Mediator Training Course

July 11–15, 2015 – Seminar on “Aspects of EITI Reporting,” Istanbul, Turkey

October 12–16, 2015 – EITI Validation Preparation Course, Istanbul, Turkey

Additional Information:

25th Anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Diplomatic Service Medal (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan), 2017

Badge of Honor from the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2022

Medal of the KAZENERGY Association, 2015

Award for Contribution to the Development of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in the Republic of Kazakhstan (Ministry of National Economy), 2016

Letter of Appreciation from the Republic of Kazakhstan Minister of Oil and Gas, Sauat Mynbayev, 2012

Letter of Appreciation from the Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kanat Safinov, 2010

Certificate of Professional Mediator (2015)