Education

1990-1995 – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, major: Philosophy, teacher

1999, June 25 – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, defended dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Political Sciences

2003 – Awarded the academic title of Associate Professor by the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan.


Research Internships

2003 – University of St. Andrews (St. Andrews, Scotland, UK)

2004 –Edinburgh University of (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)


Work Experience

Leading Researcher, Institute of Philosophy, Political Science, and Religious Studies, Science Department, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan – since July 2018

Columnist for the national newspaper "Central Asia Monitor" (July 2014 – March 2017).

Columnist for the online newspaper zonakz.net (January 2012 – August 2012).

Freelancer for dialog.kz and spik.kz (October 2007 – June 2015).

Editor of Respect LLC (January 2010 – October 2010, Vox populi magazine, until its closure).

Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Kazakh National Technical University named after K. Satpaeva (September 2001 - September 2007)

Deputy Director for Research, Director of the Institute of Russia and China - November 2000 to November 2002

Associate Professor of the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities at Arna University

(Almaty, September 2000 - September 2001)

Acting Head of the Domestic Policy Department at the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KISS) under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (July - November 2000)

Leading Researcher at KISS (June 1998 - July 2000)

Researcher at the Center for Social Research at the Kazakhstan Development Institute (November 1996 - May 1998)

Senior specialist at the Center for Analysis and Strategic Research of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (March – November 1996, transferred to the Kazakhstan Development Institute


Public Activities

2024, 2025 – Chairman of the State exam Commission at KIMEP.


Awards

Badge of Honor of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan “For Contribution to the Development of Science”, (October 2024)


Profiles in Scientometric Databases

(https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56318242100),

Scopus Author ID 56318242100

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9177-0208,

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=85EUWfoAAAAJ&hl=ru