STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER
The Center for Strategic Development examines issues of public policy and public administration within the framework of domestic political processes for effective implementation, identifies potential risks and challenges, generates recommendations and draft decisions to correct and improve them.
The department in its activities relies on the methodology of strategic analysis, the results of sociological research, as well as the analysis of open data.
ALUA ZHOLDYBALINA
Deputy Director, Curator of the Center for Strategic Research
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EDUCATION:
- Karaganda College of Humanities (1996 – 1998)
- Bachelor’s Degree: Buketov Karaganda State University, Department of Philosophy and Psychology (1998 – 2002)
- Master’s Degree: Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Department of Political Science (2002 – 2004)
- PhD: Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Department of Political Science (2007 – 2010)
- Scientific internship INTO University of East Anglia (UK), Central European University (Hungary). International scholarship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Bolashak” (2013)
ACADEMIC DEGREE: Doctor Ph.D in the specialty 23.00.00. – political science.
RESEARCH AND TRAININGS:
- Representative power and political institutions: comparative analysis, 25-29 November, 2005;
- Current Policy in Central Asia, October-November, 2008;
- PR Memleket sayasatyn tүsіndіrude tehnologiyalardyқ oldanu, 2010;
- Sociology in policy as a method of influence and manipulation, May.2011;
- Research Methodology: Theory and Practice, April .2011;
- Training and Project Management, April, 2011;
- Conflict Management”, April, 2011;
- Statistical methods of social research, January-February, 2012;
- Regional security and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (APR, March, 2012;
- Publication in peer-reviewed journals, March, 2012;
- Thomson Reuters Scientific and Scholarly Research», April, 2012;
- Political Forecasting and Modeling, April, 2014;
- Research Paradigms of Political Science by Angers Wierzbicki, University of Warsaw, March, 2014;
- Introduction to SPSS (Central European University), November 2013;
- How to write policy briefs (Central European University), November, 2013;
- College Writing 2.1x: Principle of Written English (University of California, Berkeley through edX), November, 2013 – May, 2014
- English Composition I: Achieving Expertise» (Duke University, Coursera), April-August, 2014;
- Writing for Academic Journal Publication by Professor R. Bantel (Gumilev University), October-December, 2014;
- New informational communicative methods for high school teaching – October 2014;
- Internet and politics – October, 2014;
- How to use R (stats) package in political study – November, 2014;
- Seminar: How to write a research article – November 27 2014.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- 2003 – 2004 – Lecturer: S.Seifullin’s Kazakh University
- 2004 – 2006 – Lecturer: Gumilyov National Eurasian University, International Relations Department
- 2006 – 2007 – Senior Lecturer: Gumilyov National Eurasian University, International Relations Department
- 2008 – 2009 – Senior Research Fellow: Center for Military and Strategic Studies, Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan
- September 2010 – January 2015 – Assistant Professor: Gumilyov National Eurasian University, Department of Journalism and Political Science
- Since January until July 2015 – Senior Research Fellow: KazISS, Department of Social and Political Analysis.
- Since Jule 2015 – Department Head, KazISS, Department of Social and Political Analysis
- Since Februrary 2021 – Deputy Director of KazISS under the President of RK
AWARDS:
- Jubilee Medal “20th Anniversary of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan”, (2015)
- Anniversary medal “25th anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan”, (2016)
- The anniversary medal “20 years of Astana”, (2018)
- Medal “25 years of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan” (Nur-Sultan, 2020)
- «Қазақстан Республикасының Тәуелсіздігіне 30 жыл» (2021)
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS:
- Certificate of honor of the KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2015)
- Breastplate “For merits in the development of science of the Republic of Kazakhstan” (2016)
- Diploma of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2016)
- Anniversary medal “25th anniversary of the KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan” (2018)
- Letter of thanks from the rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Nur-Sultan, June 2020);
- Letter of thanks from the Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2021)
- Letter of thanks from the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2021)
PUBLICATIONS: more than thirty articles on the development of analytical centers, political technologies, domestic policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The author of the monograph «Саясаттағы сараптамалық талдау орталықтары: әлемдік тәжірибе және Қазақстан». She participated as a researcher, analyst in 17 different scientific projects of the MES of the Republic of Kazakhstan, government bodies and analytical centers.
Department of strategic analysis
The Strategic Analysis Department examines the issues of public policy and public administration within the framework of domestic political processes for effective implementation, identifies potential risks and challenges, generates recommendations and draft decisions to correct and improve them.
The department in its activities relies on the methodology of strategic analysis, the results of sociological research, as well as the analysis of open data.
Department structure
Yermek Toktarov
Head of Strategic Analysis Department
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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).
Department of public opinion monitoring
Department of electoral processes research
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER
Department of Asian research
Department of European and American research
Department of European and American research
Department of European and American research is a functional unit of «Kazakhstan institute for strategic studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan» RSI.
The main directions of Department’s functions are:
1) Analysis of trends in the development of the states of the European space and the United States, as well as the current international situation.
2) Analysis of Kazakhstan’s bilateral relations with the EU countries, the eastern part of the European Space and the USA.
3) Interaction with foreign think tanks, higher educational institutions and research organizations.
Department of international security
ECONOMIC RESEARCH CENTER
Department of economic policy analysis
Department of economic policy analysis is a functional unit of «Kazakhstan institute for strategic studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan» RSI.
The main directions of Department’s functions are:
1) research of trends, problems, factors and patterns of the national economy’s development of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) development of forecasts and scenarios of socio-economic processes in the country;
3) study of world experience and best practices in the field of economic policy.
Department of global economy and stable development
Department of global economy and stable development is a functional unit of «Kazakhstan institute for strategic studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan» RSI.
The main directions of Department’s functions are:
1) research of trends, problems, phenomena and processes in the world economy and their potential impact on the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) forecasting of risks and opportunities for the Republic of Kazakhstan as a result of changes in the dynamics of the external economic environment;
3) study of world experience and best practices to make the economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan sustainable.