Experts

Independent researcher, participant of the School of Analytics CABAR.asia (Bishkek), studied at the OSCE Academy.

Human rights activist, member of the international parliamentary monitoring network. Human rights activist for 20 years in the civil rights organization "Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society", which conducts independent monitoring of elections at both levels in Kyrgyzstan and abroad. From 2006-2014 – a member of the Council of Human Rights Defenders. Since 2010, Coordinator of the Civil Control Committee Head of the Civil Initiatives Public Foundation In 2018, she was elected a member of the Media Complaints Commission. He is a country expert at the V-Dem Institute (Diversity of Democracy). Member of the international parliamentary monitoring network.

Head of the Studio of Practical Journalism, director of the media consulting agency State Marketing, freelance journalist of Radio Azattyk. He worked as a correspondent for the policy department, deputy of the Chief Editor for the newspaper Vecherny Bishkek, Bely steamboat, 24.kg, political observer for the Strana.kg, Komsomolskaya Pravda-Kyrgyzstan, Chief Editor of the newspaper The Word of Kyrgyzstan Plus, the Chief Editor of the news agency Chalkan.kg and the web editor at Radio Azattyk.

Analyst at the Labor Development Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, participant in the School of Analytics CABAR.asia (Nur-Sultan) Researcher, participant in the School of Analytics Cabar.asia (Nur-Sultan) In 2014 she graduated from ENU named after L.N. Gumilyova, majoring in International Relations, in 2015, under a scholarship from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, she studied at the University of Perugia to improve knowledge of the Italian language and study the history of Italian culture. Zholdasykyzy Zamira is studying the domestic policy of Kazakhstan in the labor market, as well as international experience and trends in the development of the labor market.

Researcher at Australian National University. In 2015, he did his Master at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, "Politics and Security" program (Central Asia). Graduate of the Central Asia Program (J. Washington University) and Public Policy Initiatives (Soros Foundation Kazakhstan). He worked as an assistant to the CTJ USAID project, a researcher at the KISI under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, an expert at the Center for Humanitarian and Political Conjuncture.

Young analyst. He graduated from the bachelor's program of the Eurasian National University (ENU) with a degree in International Relations (2018). Currently, Master student at ENU. Member of Cabar.Asia analytics school (2019) as well as a member of many Central Asian youth networking communities, such as the Central Asian Youth Network, Network by Consensus, Central Asian Youth Festival Alumni Network. The sphere of interests includes integration in Central Asia, youth policy of Kazakhstan.

Co-founder of PaperLab (Public Policy Research Laboratory), a research team specializing in political and managerial research. She has a master's degree in global political economy from the City University of London, Bolashak program. The research topic is “Development of SMEs in Kazakhstan: the experience of Atyrau”.  

Executive Director of the Media Technology Center. Head of the Center for Sociological Research at the International Scientific Complex "Astana". Candidate for a Phd degree in sociology at the L. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. Co-founder of PaperLab, a research team specializing in political and managerial research. The research topic is “The phenomenon of Kazakh nationalism in the context of today's politics: from denial to understanding”.

Senior Researcher, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies, Doctor of History Doctor of Historical Sciences. Born March 16, 1971 in Kazakhstan. In 1988 -1994. studied at the Kazakh State University. Al-Farabi with a degree in History. In 1996-1999 Postgraduate study at KazNU. Al-Farabi with a degree in International Relations Further education: She studied at a number of international summer schools.

Leading Sinologist of Kazakhstan. In 1981 he graduated from the Higher School of the KGB of the USSR. F.E. Dzerzhinsky. In 1987 he defended his thesis on the topic "The political role of the working class in the PRC (1949-1957)." In 1995 he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "Regulation of Interethnic Relations in the PRC: Theory and Practice (50s - 80s)." Academician of the Academy of Political Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kazakhstan Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Emeritus, Xinjiang University.