Education

1983–1988 – Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Philosophy

Candidate of Philosophical Sciences / PhD



Academic Degrees and Titles

Honorary Professor, East China Normal University, Shanghai, PRC

Visiting Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Project Coordinator, Visiting Professor, Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI), University of Tampere, Finland

Adjunct Professor, Center for the Study of Afghanistan, Shanxi Normal University, Xi’an, PRC

Honorary Professor, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, PRC



Work Experience

1988–1990 – Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Almaty Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering

1991–1996 – Junior Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy and Law, Academy of Sciences

1996–1998 – Head of Policy Group, Carana Corporation (USAID contractor)

1998–2008 – Kazakh Ablai khan University of International Relations and World Languages: First Vice-Rector; Vice-Rector for International Cooperation; Head of the Department of International Relations; Senior Research Fellow–Doctoral Candidate

2008–2015 – Institute of World Economy and Politics under the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Head of the Center of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Deputy Director of IWEP

2015–2017 – Head of the Center for Applied Political Science and International Studies

2018 – Chief Research Fellow, Coordinator of International Research Projects, Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies, CS MOHES RK

Since 2021 – Head of the Center for Comparative Political Studies, RSE “Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies,” CS MOHES RK



Public Activities

Former National Coordinator of Kazakhstan in the SCO Analytical Forum

Member of the Council on International Relations of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Board Member of the “One Belt, One Road” Expert Club at the Consulate General of the PRC in Almaty

Member of the Kazakhstan–Russia Expert Council

Member of the Kazakhstan–China Expert Council

Member of the Expert Council “Kazakhstan – Central Asia”

Regular political analyst and contributor to media outlets: Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, Liter, Khabar, Azattyk Rukhy, Jibek Joly, Inbusiness.kz, Exclusive.kz, Cabarasia, CAA-Network.org, Vlast.kz, Rezonans.kz, Platon.Asia, Politicon (Azerbaijan), Xinhua News Agency (PRC), and others

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the international investment business guide “Aina” (in Russian and English), 1996–1998

Vice-President, Academy of Political Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Board Member, Association for Political Studies of Kazakhstan



Scientific and Academic Work

Author of over 300 academic and popular science publications in Kazakh, Russian, English, Turkish, and Chinese. Participant in applied research projects of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (with restricted circulation), as well as fundamental, program-targeted, and grant-based research projects of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.



Awards

Letter of Appreciation from the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Leader of the Nation N.A. Nazarbayev (December 16, 2001)

Certificate of Honor from the Director of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Leader of the Nation D.N. Nazarbayeva (December 16, 2011)

Badge “For Contribution to the Development of Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan,” Certificate No. 0004 (December 14, 2020)

Letter of Appreciation from the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Leader of the Nation (January 10, 2021)

Medal “30 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan,” No. 18868 (December 2, 2021)

Certificate of Honor from the First Deputy of the “Nur Otan” Party (December 2021)

Certificate of Honor from the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan (December 2023)

Letter of Gratitude from the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan S. Nurbek, No. 00667 (2024)

Letter of Gratitude from the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.-J.K. Tokayev (2024)