Education

L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, major in History

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, major in Sociology



Academic Degree and Titles

Doctor of Sociological Sciences

Dissertation topic: “Sociological Analysis of the Development of Public Service in the Republic of Kazakhstan”



Research Internships

2022–2023 – International Bolashak Scholarship (USA, Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs)



Work Experience

1995–1997 – Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Seifullin Agrarian University

2001–2002 – Chief Specialist, Department of Mass Media, Ministry of Culture, Information and Public Accord of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2002 – Head of the Department of Media Monitoring and Accounting, Ministry of Culture, Information and Public Accord of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2002–2003 – Deputy Director, Research Institute of Theory and Practice of Public Administration and Civil Service, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2005–2006 – Head of the Sociological Center, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2006–2007 – Associate Professor, Department of Political Technologies, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2006–2007 – Expert Analyst, KazEnergy Association

2007–2010 – Head of the Department of Sociological Research, Institute of Parliamentarism, Nur Otan Party

2011–2020 – Head of the Center for the Study of Interethnic and Interfaith Relations in Central Asia, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2020–April 2025 – Deputy Director, Institute of Applied Ethnopolitical Research, Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Since April 2025 – General Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies of the Committee of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.



Public Activity

Chairperson, Scientific and Expert Council of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan



Scientific and Academic Work

Author of more than 100 academic and publicistic articles published in Kazakhstani and international journals


Contributor to the development of state programs and concepts in the field of ethnopolitics and methodologies for sociological monitoring of interethnic relations