Xeniya Kryakvina joined Suleyman Demirel University in 2019. She has recently received an MA degree in Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University, where she specialized in Nationalism and Migration Studies. She conducted research on the process of naturalization of migrants in the Russian Federation. During her time at Nazarbayev University, she has been working as a Research Assistant in the “Migration in The Eurasian Economic Union. A Chance for Real International Market” project, where she has been exploring the process of protection of rights of migrants in Russia.

MA in Political Science and International Relations, 2019, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
BA in International Relations, 2016, Suleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan.
AA in Accounting and Audit, 2013, Zhambyl Kazakh-Turkish College of Economics, Kazakhstan.

II level Diploma for presenting the best scientific report of the conference, MGIMO Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 11 December 2018.

IRN 320 Foreign Policy of Kazakhstan
LAW 382 International Conflict and Peace
IRN 328 Research Methods
IRN 201 Modern History of International Relations
IRN 331 Russian Politics and Society

Journals:
Kryakvina, Xeniya. (2019). Explaining Gaps in Russia's Migration Policy: The Case of Compatriots Resettlement Program. Nazarbayev University.

Books:
Kryakvina, Xeniya. (2019). "If the Official Nationalism is Getting Ethnicized in Russia, why is it not becoming easier for ethnic Russians to get citizenship? The Case of Russian Diaspora and the Compatriots Resettlement Program." In, "Demography. Sociology. Economy" series, eds. Ryazantsev S., Khramova M, and Maksimova A.. MGIMO MFA of Russia, Moscow. Volume 5: 3, pp. 330-336.
Kryakvina, Xeniya. “The Phenomenon of Ethnic Migration Policies: Analysis of the Kazakhstani Oralman Resettlement Program.” In A. Nuriddenova and G. Baltabayeva (Eds.) Post-Soviet Dynamics in the Central Asian Region, ISBN: 978-601-7647-00-1. Forthcoming 2021.

"If the Official Nationalism is Getting Ethnicized in Russia, why is it not becoming easier for ethnic Russians to get citizenship? The Case of Russian Diaspora and the Compatriots Resettlement Program." X International scientific forum ‘Migration bridges in Eurasia: Migration and Passport-Visa Diplomacy in Eurasia. Moscow, Russia, 10-11 December 2018.

Nationalism and Migration Studies

Certificate for Achievements in Online Teaching. Issued by Association of Universities of Kazakhstan. May 2020.