Kairat Moldashev is an associate professor and Vice Rector for Research at Suleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan. His research is concentrated in two areas: (1) political economy of regionalisms and identity politics, (2) and studies in higher education. In the field of political economy of regionalisms Kairat has published articles and books chapters on regional integration in Journal of International Relations and Development, Palgrave and Routledge edited volumes. He is an expert in Cabar.Asia analytical platform and provides commentaries on political and economic issues to various local and regional media. In the field of higher education Kairat has published in Studies in Higher Education and other international and local peer reviewed journals. He is an author of the research methods book in Russian that is widely used as a coursebook in PhD programs in Kazakhstan. Kairat also conducts research methods seminars and workshops for PhD students, early career researchers and analysts in think tanks.

PhD in Political Economy, University of Malaya (Bolashak scholar)
MA in Management, SDU, Kazakhstan
BSc in Business Administration, KIMEP University

Research Methods
International Political Economy

De Lombaerde, P., Moldashev, K., Qoraboyev, I., & Taghon, S. (2022). Strategic responses of regional economic organizations to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative: the cases of ASEAN, EAEU, and EU. Asia Pacific Business Review, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2022.2093526
Moldashev, K., & Tleuov, A. (2022). Response of local academia to the internationalization of research policies in a non-Anglophone country. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 30, 56-56. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.30.6788
Sanat Kozhakhmet, Kairat Moldashev, Aisulu Yenikeyeva & Assylbek Nurgabdeshov (2022) How training and development practices contribute to research productivity: a moderated mediation model, Studies in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2020.1754782
Qoraboyev, I., & Moldashev, K. (2021). EU–China relations in Central Asia in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative: A regional (ist) perspective. In The European Union, China and Central Asia (pp. 257-273). Routledge.
Kozhakhmet, S., Moldashev, K., Nurgabdeshov, A., & Gassanova, A. (2020). Does Professional Research Network Enhance Career Commitment? A Moderated Mediation model. In Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management 2020 (p. 309).
Ikboljon Qoraboyev and Kairat Moldashev (2018) The Belt and Road Initiative and Comprehensive Regionalism in Central Asia. In Maximilian Mayer (ed.): Rethinking the Silk-Road: China's Belt and Road Initiative and Emerging Eurasian Relations. London: Palgrave https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9789811059148
Galym Zhussipbek and Kairat Moldashev (2018) Rawlsian Liberalism and Rationalistic Maturidi Islam in Central Asia. In Rico Isaacs and Alessandro Frigerio (ed.): Theorizing Central Asian Politics: The State, Ideology and Power. London: Palgrave
Молдашев Кайрат (2017) От идеи к публикации: Методология исследований в социальных науках. Монография. Gerona: Алматы, www.metod.expert
Bulut, S., Deth, U., Moldashev. K. (2016) The Contemporary Geopolitics of Cambodia: Alignments in Regional and Global Contexts, (edited by Katherine Brickell and Simon Springer) in Handbook of Contemporary Cambodia, Routledge, New York.
Moldashev K. and Aslam M. (2015) Eurasian Union: Actor in the Making? Journal of International Relations and Development. doi: 10.1057/jird.2015.6
Moldashev K. (2015) National and regional development strategies in the Eurasian Economic Union: the swan-crab-pike principle at work. Paper presented at «The Eurasian Economic Union: political, economic and social aspects» Conference organized by American University of Central Asia, October 31 - November 1, 2015. Bishkek
Moldashev K. and Aslam M. (2015) Russia in the Pursuit of Eurasian Integration: Developmental Regionalism or an Identity Enterprise? Paper presented in International Studies Association (ISA) Global South Caucus Conference 2015 ‘Voices from Outside: Re-shaping International Relations Theory and Practice in an Era of Global Transformation’. January 8th-10th, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Political Economy, International Economics, Eurasian Regionalism, Comparative Regionalism, Nation-Building, Research Culture, Higher Education Research