International Conference on Law and Social Sciences (ICLSS - 2025)

Central Asia in a Changing World: Agency, Legal Challenges, and Media Landscape
April 17-18, 2025

Overview

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The Central Asian Research Center (CARC) at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, SDU University (Kazakhstan), in collaboration with the Central Asia Program (CAP) at George Washington University (USA), is organizing a bi-annual International Conference on Law and Social Sciences (ICLSS-2025) titled Central Asia in a Changing World: Agency, Legal Challenges, and Media Landscape. The conference aims to provide a shared platform for scholars, researchers, practitioners, Ph.D. candidates, and graduate students in the fields of law and social sciences from across the world.

The conference highlights the role and agency of Central Asian countries as they navigate diverse challenges within the complex geopolitical landscape that has emerged in the Eurasian region. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it focuses on political developments, foreign policy, regional cooperation, legal dimensions, gender perspectives, and the media landscape in Central Asia in order to facilitate an in-depth scholarly dialogue. 

The Central Asian Research Center (CARC) at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, SDU University (Kazakhstan) is glad to welcome scholars from international and Kazakhstani universities, research institutes, and any other relevant institutions to participate in this conference. This event will bring together distinguished speakers and scholars to deliver keynote speeches and conduct panel discussions.

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SUBTHEMES

Law: public law, private law, international law
Society & Identity: decolonization, regional cohesion and identity, human rights, inclusivity 
Economy & Security: energy security, connectivity, economic corridors, trade
Geopolitics: regional security, international conflicts
Politics: regionalism, foreign policy and domestic politics nexus, public perception of other nations
Social Issues: gender perspectives, youth empowerment, social and demographic issues 
Environment: environmental challenges, sustainable development, renewable energy 
Migration: border dynamics and migration trends 
Media & Disinformation: disinformation, propaganda, media literacy, data protection, data journalism, information warfare, Central Asian media climate

ADVISORY & PEER-REVIEW BOARD OF THE CONFERENCE

  1. Dr. Madiyar Saudbayev, Assistant Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Sciences
  2. Dr. Aizhan Kopbayeva, Assistant Professor, Head of the Law Department
  3. Dr. Galym Zhussipbek, Associate Professor
  4. Dr. Shatlyk Amanov, Assistant Professor
  5. Dr. Maigul Abilova, Associate Professor
  6. Dr. Yessengul Kapkyzy, Assistant Professor
  7. Dr. Aigul Kassenova, Assistant Professor
  8. Dr. Marat Yestemirov, Assistant Professor
  9. Dr. Mukhtar Senggirbay, Assistant Professor
  10. Dr. Zulfiya Imyarova, Associate Professor
  11. Dr. Sergei Golunov, Professor
  12. Dr. Yerkebulan Sairambay, Assistant Professor, Research Fellow
  13. Dr. Gaini Serim, Assistant Professor
  14. Dr. Zhassulan Akhmetov, Assistant Professor
  15. Mr. Berdak Baiymbetov, Senior Lecturer
  16. Mr. Ergali Isakulov, Senior Lecturer
  17. Mr. Abay Magauiya, Senior Lecturer
  18. Mr. Darkhan Orynbassarov, Senior Lecturer, Research Fellow
  19. Dr. Assylzat Karabayeva, Adjunct research fellow, Assistant Professor, KIMEP University
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Coordinators

General Coordinator:
Dr. Aizada Nuriddenova, Research Coordinator

Assistant Coordinator:
Diana Abdussattar, research assistant

Email: iclss@sdu.edu.kz

INVITED SPEAKERS

SEBASTIEN PEYROUSE

Sebastien Peyrouse, PhD, is the director of the Central Asia Program and a research professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (George Washington University), and a researcher at EUCAM (Europe-Central Asia Monitoring), Brussels.
He worked five years in Central Asia, at the French Institute for Central Asian Studies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (1998-2000, 2002-2005), and was Research Fellow at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C. (October 2006-June 2007), and at the Central Asia and Caucasus Institute (SAIS, Johns Hopkins University (2007-2010).
His main areas of expertise are political systems in Central Asia, economic and social issues, Islam and religious minorities, and Central Asia’s geopolitical positioning toward China, India and South Asia. He has edited with Kirill Nourzhanov Soft Power in Central Asia: Politics of Influence and Seduction?, (Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Lexington Books, 2021), China and India in Central Asia. A new “Great Game”? (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), and has published a monograph, Turkmenistan. Strategies of Power, Dilemmas of Development (Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, November 2011), and, with Marlène Laruelle, The ‘Chinese Question’ in Central Asia. Domestic Order, Social Changes, and the Chinese Factor (London, New York: Hurst, Columbia University Press, December 2011) and Globalizing Central Asia: Geopolitics and the Challenges of Economic Development (Armonk: ME Sharpe, 2012). His articles have appeared in Europe Asia Studies, Nationalities Papers, China Perspectives, Religion, State & Society, Journal of Church and State.

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ANN-MARI SATRE

Ann-Mari Sätre is Professor in Eurasian Studies at IRES Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University. She is specialized in the structure and performance of the Soviet/Russian economy. Her current research is focused on post-Soviet transformation, women’s agency, poverty and social policy in Russia. She is the author or co-author of several books (including Environmental Problems in the Shortage Economy: The Legacy of Soviet Environmental Policy, Edward Elgar 1994, and together with Leo Granberg The Other Russia: Local experience and societal change, Routledge 2017), articles and book chapters on the Soviet/Russian political economy and women’s work. Among her publications is also a co-edited volume Attitudes, Poverty and Agency in Russia and Ukraine (Routledge 2016, with Ildiko Asztalos Morell). Her most recent book is The Politics of Poverty in Contemporary Russia (Routledge 2019). Her most recent publication is a co-edited book Post-Soviet Women: New Challenges and Ways to Empowerment (Palgrave 2023, with Yulia Gradskova and Vladislava Vladimirova).

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ROVSHAN IBRAHIMOV

Rovshan Ibrahimov is a Professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (South Korea), College of Oriental Studies. He has been working at this University since March 2015. Between 1999-2014 Dr. Ibrahimov has worked at Qafqaz University (Azerbaijan) where had positions of Head of Department of International Relations (2003-2013), Head of Department of European Studies (2008-2010), Vice-rector on External Affairs (2011).  In the period between 2011-2014, Head of Foreign Policy Analysis Department the Center for Strategic Researches under the President of Azerbaijan Republic. Dr. Ibrahimov received his PhD from Ankara University (Turkey). 
He is author of a book; EU External Policy Towards the South Caucasus: How Far is it From Realizations? (Baku: SAM, 2013); Small State Foreign Policy in Contemporary World: The South Caucasus States (Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia) and Beyond (Lit Verlag, 2024) editor and author of book: Azerbaijan`s Energy History and Policy: From Past Till Our Days, Energy and Azerbaijan: History, Strategy and Cooperation, ed. Rovshan Ibrahimov, (Baku: SAM, 2013), co-author of Dictionary of Energy Terms, (Bakı: Qafqaz Universiteti Yayınları, 2014) and author of more than two hundred articles and comments in various academic journals and books. Scope of research interests: Energy policy, Energy Security, European Union, Foreign and Energy Policies of the former Soviet Union states, Turkish Foreign Policy.

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PAUL WANG

Paul Wang is a Professor of public law at Shiliang School of Law, Changzhou University (China) and Associate Research fellow at the Center for Global Security & Governance, University of Aberdeen (UK). His research areas include international society, global governance, competition between major powers, and the theory of geopolitics.

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KARLYGA MYSSAYEVA

Karlyga Myssayeva is the former vice dean and associate professor in the Faculty of Journalism at al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Her research interests are international media, social media, global journalism, data journalism, and journalism education in Kazakhstan and the world. She has published two monographs, two textbooks and more than 30 scientific articles. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Ohio University, a Visiting Scholar at George Washington University, Research Scholar at Oklahoma State University, and a post-doctorate program (IFEAC) scholar at Strasbourg University in France. Karlyga Myssayeva recently presented her research paper about How state information policy in an Asian context de-professionalizes journalism and threatens independent media and is studying business models of media in Kazakhstan. She is an editorial board member of Bulletin of Kazakh National University, Journalism Series and reviewer for several journals, including Journal of Europe-Asia Studies. She teaches digital media and society, and Mass Communication theory.

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HANS-JOACHIM SCHRAMM

Hans-Joachim Schramm is a Professor of Business Law and the head of the Business Law Program at Wismar University of Applied Sciences in Germany.

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SERGEY SAYAPIN

Sergey Sayapin currently serves as Professor and Research Director at KIMEP University’s School of Law (Almaty, Kazakhstan). He studied law in Uzbekistan, the United Kingdom, and Germany. In 2000-2014, he worked as a Legal Adviser at the ICRC Regional Delegation (Tashkent, Uzbekistan). He is a member of the Executive Council of the Asian Association of International Law (2021-2025), and sub-editor for Central Asia of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia (Brill).

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MAIGUL NUGMANOVA

Maigul Nugmanova is the head of the Center for Gender Economics Research at Narxoz University. She is engaged in research on gender economics, food security and the quality of higher education. Maygul is a Fulbright Scholar, she was a visiting researcher at the Center for Gender Analysis in Economics (American University, Washington, DC). She is a member of the Central Eurasian Research Community. Maygul Nugmanova was the head of the international offices of the Kazakh Abylai Khan University, National Agrarian University and Academy of Public Administration; Country Coordinator of EU Erasmus+projects; Director of the Soros Foundation Educational Center in Astana; Coordinator of the FAO Extension in Agriculture project in Kazakhstan. Maygul Nugmanova was a UNDP national expert on the gender mainstreaming project; a national consultant/researcher for Kazakhstan on human trafficking in Central Asia with the IOM TCC in Austria and a FIBAA expert of the European Accreditation Agency.

She is a graduate of the GEM-IWG program. She is an academic editor at IntechOpen of the books “Human Rights – the Embodiment of Human Equality” and “Central Asia: Towards Sustainable Development”.

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RUSTAM ATADJANOV

Rustam Atadjanov, LLB, LLM, Dr. iur., PhD, is Associate Professor and Associate Dean at KIMEP University School of Law, Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is one of the leading international law scholars in the Central Asian region. His teaching and research interests include a wide variety of public law and international law-related topics such as international criminal law, crimes against humanity, common theory of law, international humanitarian law, diplomatic law and international human rights law. Professor Atadjanov serves as a member of the Editorial Boards in a number of academic journals in Europe and Asia including the Journal of International Peacekeeping and Journal of Humanity, Peace and Justice. He is a member of several academic and professional entities at both international and national levels such as the Asian, European and American Societies of International Law, and the Uzbek Association of International Law. Since 2021, he has been a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law (within the IUCN system). Professor Atadjanov has been an actively publishing author in some prestigious law and law-related scholarly journals such as the Asian Journal of International Law, Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Asian Yearbook of International Law, Journal of International Criminal Justice, Journal of International Peacekeeping, and the Criminal Law Forum. Further, he is a co-editor of a major two-volume book titled “International Conflict and Security Law. A Research Handbook” published by T.M.C. Asser Press and Springer in 2022. Professor Atadjanov’s new textbook on common theory of law for the post-Soviet states is expected to be published in 2025, while the second edition of his major monograph of 2019 called “Humanness as a Protected Legal Interest of Crimes against Humanity. Conceptual and Normative Aspects” will be published in 2026 (both by T.M.C. Asser Press and Springer).

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TRACKS


– Law
– International Law
– International Relations
– Media Studies
– Gender Studies

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The conference welcomes proposals for individual papers, full panels, roundtables, and book discussions offering novel insights into significant transformations in the Central Asian region. To participate in the conference, please complete the form below. For panel and roundtable proposals, upload a Word file that includes a brief description of the theme, objectives, and proposed speakers. For individual paper proposals, upload a Word file containing an abstract (250–300 words) that outlines the research objectives, methodology, and key findings.

 

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IMPORTANT DATES

March 17, 2025

Deadline for registration and submission of proposals

March 17, 2025
March 27, 2025

Acceptance notification

March 27, 2025
March 31, 2025

Preliminary conference program

March 31, 2025
April 7, 2025

Final conference program

April 7, 2025
April 17-18, 2025

Conference sessions

April 17-18, 2025

partners

Venue

 SDU University

LANGUAGES

English, Kazakh, Russian

REGISTRATION FORM

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This program is for outstanding students regardless of their welfare. Eligible students have to demonstrate outstanding academic and social achievements. This program is designed to foster professional and personal development of students by giving full or partial grants or providing dormitory. In order to keep the grant during the whole period of its validity the recipient has to meet certain minimum GPA each semester.

Support the faculty (professors)

1. Support Research Internship Program. Faculty members develop academic curriculum and research at the University. Within the framework of this program SDU provides faculty members with the opportunities to do research abroad. Your donations will cover flight expenses, accommodation and monthly salary from 6 months up to 1 year. SDU also invites professors from abroad to share their knowledge and experience with local faculty and students.
2. Support “Zhas maman” Program. “Zhas maman” program is aimed at developing university human capital by selecting the best SDU graduates and helping them start their academic career as teaching assistants. Young specialists are encouraged to do PhD abroad and get rich research experience from prestigious universities. Teaching assistants are provided with scholarships and professional advise from the faculty.

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SDU campus is a central place for students educational and recreational activities. University aims to renew its basic infrastructure by building new facilities and substantially renovating existing ones. This includes buildings, roads, utilities, grounds and landscaping, student housing, and information technology resources needed to fully support the University mission. Maintaining up-to-date library resources and research facilities, equipment, and technological tools are also important.

FAQ

Question? Contact us! infomatrix@sdu.edu.kz

Since Infomatrix Asia is an international project competition and current lingua franca is English language, we decided that everything(documentation, presentation, submission) will be in English.

Starting from this year, participation doesn’t give opportunity get max at ENT.

All participants who study at secondary school must participate with their supervisors. Due to the security concerns of the participants.

Mail to infomatrx@sdu.edu.kz (Only technical questions)

Look carefully at category requirements, but common thing is: great presentation, clear documentation, completed project, short video demonstrating your knowledge of English Participants from Kazakhstan should have participated on regional, city, republic project competitions before.

Infomatrix Asia is an independent competition. Therefore, you are free to submit your project to any other competitions.

The participation fee is a required fixed cost that covers: transportation, medals, t-shirts, certificates, food, lodging and so on…

Accomodation

We are inviting participants to stay in our comfortable and modern “Student House” located on the territory of SDU.

The student house of Suleyman Demirel University offers students not only accommodation and meals on the territory of the Smart Campus during their studies, but also the opportunity to improve their social skills and strengthen international relationships.

Do you need help? Contact us!  infomatrix@sdu.edu.kz

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Реквизиты

ISPT Registration

SDU

«Болашақ» халықаралық стипендиясының екі дүркін иегері. 2011 жылы Англияның Newcastle университетінің магистратурасын Халықаралық мультимедиалық журналистика мамандығы бойынша бітірген. Ал 2021 жылдың наурыз айында Шотландияның Glasgow университетінде үш жылдан астам уақыт бойы жазған докторлық диссертациясын мерзімінен бұрын сәтті қорғап шықты. 1 айдан кейін оған Медиа және мәдени саясат мамандығы бойынша ресми түрде Философия докторы ғылыми атағы берілді. Dr Әсел негізі 1451 жылы қаланған университеттің Мәдени саясатты зерттеу орталығында (Centre for Cultural Policy Research) қызмет еткен. Аты әлемге әйгілі, nationalism ұғымының Ұлыбританияда негізін қалаушылардың бірі Эрнест Геллнерден тәлім алған Филип Слесинджердің шәкірті. Сондай-ақ, ол  магистратура студенттеріне Зерттеу әдістері (Research Methods) пәнінен дәріс оқып, Қазақстаннан тұңғыш рет PhD дәрежесін иеленген маман атанады. 

Докторлық диссертациясы, «Қазақ киносы және ұлт: сыни талдау» тақырыбы, ұлт құрылысы (nation building)  тәсілімдемесі арқылы зерттелген (Kazakh cinema and the nation: a critical analysis – Enlighten: Theses (gla.ac.uk)). Ғылыми еңбекте ол қазақ киносына британ әлеуметтанушы Энтони Смиттің энтосимволизм концепциясы бойынша талдау жасап, қазақ халқының ұлт болып қалыптасуына атажұрттық фильмдердің әсері қаншалықты деген сұраққа жан-жақты жауап беруге ұмтылады. 

Диссертацияның жаңалығы – бұл отандық Еуразия Халықаралық  кинофестивалін академиялық тұрғыдан алғаш рет зерттеп, ғылымның фильм фестивальдері (film festival studies) атты жаңа саласына EurIFF ұғымын тұңғыш рет енгізді (бұл турасында ағылшын тілді ғылымда бір де бір диссертацияны айтағанның өзінде,  ғылыми орта назар аударарлық мақала да жоқтың қасы). Сонымен қатар, осы саланы зерттеп жүрген әлем зерттеушілеріне қазақ киносын, Қазақстанның халықаралық фестивалін ғылыми еңбегі арқылы танымалдандырды. 

Бұған дейін Әсел Қамза «Хабар» арнасында 2006-2010 жж. аралығында  «Азамат» жастар бағдарламасының редакторы, кейіннен продюсері, «Біз айтсақ…» ток-шоуының шеф-редакторы, қазақ және орыс тілінде хабар таратқан «Бизнес мекен» таңғы бағдарламасының сценарисі қызметін атқарып, ондаған тікелей эфирлерде жұмыс жасап, практик-журналист ретінде тәжірибесін толықтырды. Оның ішінде 2008-2009 жылдары «Қазақстанда жасалған» атты отандық өндірушілерді қолдау мақсатында ашылған тележобаның сценарист-редакторы әрі жүргізушісі болып жұмыс істеген. 2011-2014 жылдары «Қазақстан темір жолы» ҰК» АҚ Ішкі протокол және бұқарамен байланыс департаментінде маман деңгейінен бастап, жарнама бөлімінің бастығы позициясына дейін көтеріліп, 160 000-нан астам қызметкері бар  ұлттық компанияның  PR стратегиясын дамытып, үйлестіруге үлес қосқан. 

Сулейман Демирель Университетінде бакалавриат және магистратура шәкірттеріне қазақ және ағылшын тілдерінде Масс коммуникация теориясы, Зерттеу әдістері, Масс коммуникациядағы зерттеу әдістері, Медиа Социология және Бейне композиция пәндерінен сабақ береді. Ұлыбританияда 5 жылға жуық уақыт ішінде жинаған бүкіл өнегесі мен бар тәжірибесін күнделікті дәрісінде пайдалануға тырысады. Студенттеріне сыни ойлауға, сындарлы пікір білдіруге жөн сілтейді. Ғылыми жұмыс жазған кезде, кеңестік кезден келе жатқан дәстүрлі жүйе бойынша, тек ғылыми жетекшінің жөн-жобасын ғана басшылыққа алуды ғана үйретпей, шын мәнінде бүкіл жауапкершілікті өз мойнына алуға, өз бетінше, еркін және тәуелсіз жұмыс істеуге дағдыландырады. 

Мақалалары отандық ғылыми журналдарда жарық көрген. Қазіргі таңда толерантты журналистика, автобиографиялық фильмдерге қатысты зерттеу жұмыстарымен айналысады. 

Өмірлік ұстанымы – талап, сапа, нәтиже!

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