Education

2022–2025 – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU), PhD in Political Science (expected)

2016–2017 – Brunel University London, United Kingdom – Master’s in Finance and Investments

2001–2006 – Narxoz University – Bachelor’s in Economic Theory


Research Experience

2014-2017 – Recipient of the “Bolashak” JSC Center for International Programs

2022 – present. Researcher at the Center for Comparative Political Studies, IFPR

2024–2025 – University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)

Participant in the Horizon Europe MSCA-SE CARSI research program (Caucasus and Central Asia Research Social Innovation), funded by the European Commission under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) grant.


Publications

Aitymbetov, N. & Kyzyrbek, D. (2024). Political participation of modern youth in Kazakhstan: The role of ICT and social media. Adam Älemi, Vol. 101, No. 3, pp. 125–131. https://doi.org/10.48010/aa.v101i3.627

Kyzyrbek, D., & Amrebayev, A. (2025). The Impact of the Modernization (Transformation) of Kazakhstan’s Political System on the Investment Climate. Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change, 10(2), 2421–2435. https://doi.org/10.64753/jcasc.v10i2.1960


Profiles in Scientometric Databases

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8435-7789

Scopus AuthorID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=60226873700

SciProfiles: 3478845