Education
Higher education: Kazakh national University named after Al-Farabi, Department of political science (1993-1998), diploma with honors
Specialty
Political scientist, lecturer of political science
Scientific degree
Candidate of political sciences. Dissertation "Opposition as an institution of the political system (on the example of the Republic of Kazakhstan)" (2007)
Professional activities
• September 1991 – August 1993 – Kazakh scientific research Institute of legal expertise of Ministry of justice of RK, laboratory assistant of Department of transport-technical expertise;
• May 1994 - March 1995 Supreme Council of RK of the 13th convocation, assistant for a deputy;
• February-October 1997 - non-government institution "Centre for democracy promotion", head of Department of information and consulting services;
• November 1997 - July 1998 - non- government Scientific-research Association "Institute for democracy", Director of programs;
• July 1998 - March 1999, Almaty city Department of information and public consent, leading specialist of department on work with public associations and youth policy, chief expert of department of analysis and coordination of social and political work;
• October 1998 – December 1999 - Independent information Agency "Politon", analyst;
• April 2000 – March 2001 - Central Asian Agency of political research, head of the political analysis service;
• March 2001 – March 2004 – public Fund "Transparency Kazakhstan", political science consultant, chief editor of information-analytical magazine "To society without corruption";
• March 2004 – August 2006 National Research Institute, project coordinator;
• from August 2006 – Director of Center for topical research "Alternative" (basic position);
• January 2009 – December 2011 – member of the Scientific expert Council of the Assembly of people of Kazakhstan;
• June 2009 – March 2014 – Deputy General Director of Information-analytical center on study of political processes on the post-Soviet space /IAC of Moscow state University (Russian Federation) (volunteer);
• June 2010 – Feb 2013 – expert of Institute of world Economics and politics (IWEP) under Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (part-time);
• September 2010 – September 2013 member of the Board of Trustees of Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan;
• October 2012 - December 2014 – Chairman of the Board of experts of the Agency "Rating.kz";
• from February 2015 - scientific employee of Service for geopolitics and regional studies of Library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Leader of the nation (part-time);
• September 2016 – associate professor of "State and public policy and law" chair of Graduate school of public policy and law at "Almaty Management University" (part-time).
Directions of research and applied interests
• goverment construction in Kazakhstan;
• party-building;
• political elites, inter-elite and intra-elite relations;
• formation and development of Institute of political opposition;
• development of local self-government;
• election processes and technologies;
• fight against corruption;
• ethnonational policy and interethnic relations;
• foreign policy of Kazakhstan;
• interstate relations and integration processes in post-Soviet space;
• geopolitics of Central Asia and Caspian region.
Academic-practical training
• Lecture "Peculiarities of analytical work within research of public policy" for students of Almaty school of social and political studies (Almaty, 25.08.2012);
• Methodological seminar-training "Political management and party building" for the Central and regional active members of Communist people's party of Kazakhstan (Astana, 26.04.2013);
• Lecture "Political risks: issues of theory and real threats for Kazakhstan" for students of the IV Summer school of political science (Almaty, 23.08.2013);
