Mentors 2023-2025
Dr Karolina Kluczewska, Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES)
Dr Irna Hofman, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
Dr Helen Faller, Independent Scholar, Berlin, Germany
Professor Rico Isaacs, University of Lincoln, UK
Professor Erica Marat, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University, USA
Dr Mokhira Suyarkulova, American University in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
Dr Rano Turaeva, Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich, Germany
Dr Kara Fleming, College of Humanities and Education at KIMEP University, Kazakhstan
Professor Till Mostowtansky, The Graduate Institute Geneva, Switzerland
Associate Professor Shoshana Keller, Hamilton College
Dr Madina Djuraeva, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Dr Filippo Costa Buranelli, University of St Andrews
Dr Rahat Zholdoshalieva, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany
Professor Cynthia Buckley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Associate Professor Temirlan T. Moldogaziev, Social Policy, Indiana University Bloomington, USA
Mentors 2022-2023
Dr Aksana Ismailbekova, Research Fellow, Social Anthropology, Leibniz-Zentrum-Moderner Orient (ZMO), Germany
Associate Professor Erica Marat, International Relations, National Defense University, USA
Associate Professor Gul Berna Ozcan, Business Management, University of Royal Holloway, UK
Dr Gulzat Botoeva, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Swansea University, UK
Dr Rakhat Zholdashalieva, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany
Associate Professor Temirlan T. Moldogaziev, Social Policy, Penn State University, USA
Professor Lawrence Markowitz, International Relations, Rowan University, USA
Professor Madeleine Reeves, Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK
Professor Nick Megoran, Political Geography, Newcastle UNiversity, UK
Professor Rico Isaacs, Professor of International Politics, University of Lincoln, UK
Professor Sergey Sayapin, Law, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan
Mentors 2021-2022
Aida Aaly, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Dr Adele Del Sordi, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Dr Aksana Ismailbekova, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Germany
Dr Anna Cieslewska, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Dr Botakoz Kassymbekova, University of Basel, Switzerland
Dr Elena Borisova, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Elizabeth Millitz, University of Bern, Switzerland
Associate Professor Erica Marat, National Defense University, USA
Dr Gulzat Botoeva, University of Roehampton, UK
Dr Kanykei Jailobaeva, Queen Margaret University, UK
Dr Madeleine Reeves, University of Manchester, UK
Associate Professor Regine Spector, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Dr Roxane de la Sablonnière, University of Montreal, Canada
Dr Sabina Insebaeva, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Associate Professor Temirlan Moldogaziev, Penn State University, USA
Dr Till Mostawlansky, The Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland
Gulzat Baialieva, University of Tübingen, Germany
Professor Cynthia Buckley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Professor John Heathershaw, University of Exeter, UK
Professor Lawrence Markowitz, Rowan University, USA
Professor Mariya Omelicheva, National War College, USA