Central Asian Law

"Users of languages and domains of Central Asian countries created less online content indexed in Wikipedia and Google compared to other post-socialist countries", finds Berdymyrat Ovezmyradov in his blog post, where he analysed the digital presence of Central Asian countries online. You can find this exciting read in our blog post series by Central Asian Law project members. https://shorturl.at/GB4X9

How did the interest in Central Asia change over the years, as measured by Google Trends and Google Books? And what sparked the interest in the searches of Central Asia in specific periods of time? The answers are provided in this blog post by our researcher Berdymyrat Ovezmyradov from Turkmenistan. You can access this interesting read here:

Measuring interest in Central Asia by means of Google Trends and Books By Berdymyrat Ovezmyradov and Yolbars Kepbanov, Researchers at Tebigy Kuwwat Is it possible to quantify the global interest in Central Asian countries? Modern resources online allow such possibility. We would like to present some of our findings on based on books and online search. This post is base...

Central Asian Law project member - Meral Balci from Marmara University published her paper on the "Women’s Representation and Participation in Politics in Uzbekistan from 1991 to 2023". You can access the article here:

Women’s Representation and Participation in Politics in Uzbekistan from 1991 to 2023 Bilig | Issue: 113

Central Asian Law project's Principal Investigator Rustamjon Urinboyev presented his new book published together with Måns Svensson, professor of sociology of law at Jönköping University. The presentation of the book - "Law, Society and Corruption: Lessons from the Central Asian Context" took place at the Sociology of Law department of Lund University. Building on socio-legal frameworks of legal compliance, living law and legal pluralism, the book's central argument is that corruption's roles, meanings, and logics are fluid, and depend on many structural variables, and contextual and situational factors. The book is available for open-access here https://shorturl.at/LDzXA

During their secondments with the Central Asian Law project, Berdymyrat Ovezmyradov, a researcher from Turkmenistan, had the opportunity to explore interdisciplinary studies on foreign investments. One of the directions his research focused on was the global value chains related to foreign investments. In this blog post series, Berdy shares a summary of the analysis of foreign direct investments by questioning their benefits in Central Asia.

Questioning the Benefits of Foreign Direct Investments in Central Asia By Berdymyrat Ovezmyradov During my secondments within Central Asian Law project, I had chance to conduct interdisciplinary studies in the field of foreign investments. Being a researcher in supply chain management, I already had a prior knowledge about global value chains related to foreign investm...

A long anticipated edited volume with articles by the project researchers is finally published! "The Political Economy of Central Asian Law: A Law and Society Analysis" is an open-access book, providing a deep insight into the law, society and governance in Central Asia. By taking the interdisciplinary perspective of law and society, the book explores the social life of law and legal institutions in Central Asia in broader terms, encompassing not only the state legal system and institutions but also various informal (non-legal) forms of normative ordering. We congratulate all the authors who contributed to this volume, and invite our readers to access the book by following this link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-55341-7

Rustamjon Urinboyev and Måns Svensson have recently published a book "Law, Society and Corruption: Lessons from the Central Asian Context."

This book presents new socio-legal perspectives and insights on the social life of corruption and anticorruption in authoritarian regimes.

Essential reading for researchers and students in the sociology of law, legal anthropology, and Central Asian studies. The book is available in open access.

Law, Society and Corruption | Lessons from the Central Asian Context | This book presents new socio-legal perspectives and insights on the social life of corruption and anticorruption in authoritarian regimes. This book takes up

Continuing our blog post series, this time a researcher from Kurultai Research and Consulting - Mr Vokhid Rakhimov shares his secondment experience at Marmara University. Vokhid's secondment blog post provides a sneak peek into an important research he is conducting on the environmental effects of the cement production in Uzbekistan.

Exploring the Intersection of Industry, Development, and the Environment: A Secondment Journey to Marmara University, Istanbul By Vokhid Rakhimov, Kurultai R&C I would like to share my recent secondment experience at Marmara University in Istanbul. As someone with a substantial background in working with industrial facilities (in particular cement production) in Uzbekistan, I embarked on this journey with a curious mind, ai...

Central Asian Law project member Nilufar Khudayarova from Kurultai Research and Consulting shares her experience of secondment in Turkey, and her research on the reforms of higher education in Uzbekistan. You can read the full blog and her ongoing research ideas here:

Navigating Transformative Dynamics: Business, Legal Governance, and Higher Education in Uzbekistan by Nilufar Khudayarova, Researcher - Kurultai Research and Consulting In August 2023, I started a six-month-long mobility trip to the Faculty of Political Science of Marmara University in Istanbul as part of a research and training project, “Central Asian Law: Legal Cultures and Business Environme...

We continue sharing the secondments of our researchers. This time, Nazgul Baigabatova and Aliya Kashaganova shared their guest research stay experience coming from the Zhetysu University in Kazakhstan to Zurich University in Switzerland. During their two months stay, the two researchers could work on their papers together with colleagues at Zurich University and participate at research activities of the host department.

Secondment from Kazakhstan to Switzerland: new projects and new horizons  by Nazgul Baigabatova and Aliya Kashaganova, Zhetysu University For over a decade, Zhetysu University, named after I. Zhansugurov in Kazakhstan, has maintained a collaborative relationship with the world-leading University of Zurich in Switzerland. Throughout this period, they have engaged in join...

Central Asian Law project participants presented their research at the CESS Annual Conference at the University of Pittsburgh

The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) successfully hosted its highly anticipated annual conference held from October 19 to 22, 2023, at the University of Pittsburgh, United States. The event brought together esteemed scholars, researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts from across the globe to delve into the multifaceted dynamics of Central Eurasia’s ongoing transformation.

Hosted in the vibrant city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the conference provided an unparalleled platform for comprehensive and interdisciplinary dialogue, fostering a deeper understanding of the region's evolving landscapes. CESS 2023 gathered practitioners and scholars relating to all aspects of humanities and social science scholarship across the region, including Central Eurasia, which encompasses Central Asia, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, Mongolia, Siberia, Inner Asia, the Black Sea region, the Volga region, and East and Central Europe.

One of the conference's highlights was the presentation of research by the Central Asian Law project participants, shedding light on the legal cultures, business environments, and corruption dynamics in the region. More information can be found in the following link: https://www.centralasianlaw.lu.se/article/central-asian-law-project-participants-presented-their-research-cess-annual-conference-university

Our project researchers try to engage with their host institutions even after the end of their secondment. They share the progress of their research and have discussions with the staff and students. Zhetysu University held one of those post-secondment seminars with Joseph Bristley, a post-doc researcher at Zurich University.