Nurseit Niyazbekov
Democratization, Protests, Social Movements, Political Culture, Authoritarianism, State Building, China and Central Asia, Civil Society.
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Anastassiya Perevezentseva
Anastassiya Perevezentseva is a doctoral candidate whose dissertation focuses on contentious politics, populism, and democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern…
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Anna Jordanova
Regionalism, transnational econonomic and social life, glocalization, elites.
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Shakhrbanu Bagheri
My primary research interests lie within politics of development in Central Asia, specifically knowledge production, expertise on development, and contemporary…
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Yan Matusevich
I am currently a PhD student in anthropology at The Graduate Center, CUNY conducting research on how Central Asian migrants…
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Arzuu Sheranova
Nation-building, Nationalism, Legitimacy, State-society relations, formal and informal institutions, peace-building.
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Jenniver Sehring
I am studying the politics of water in Central Asia at local, national and regional levels. My current focus is…
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Cholpon Orozobekova
Interstate relations, security threats, terrorism, religious extremism, foreign fighters.
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Zulfiya Tursunova
My research interests include food sovereignty, sustainable development, women’s economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, health, and community-based peacebuilding.
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William O’Roark
Current civil society, educational, and economic reforms in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. I have a personal research interest in Russian…
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