On September 21-24, 2023, the Regional Conference of the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) “Power, people and cultural change in an ever-evolving Central Asia” was held in Almaty (Kazakhstan). Co-organizers: KIMEP, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakh-German University.

On September 21, 2023, Pre-conference workshops were held at KIMEP.

On September 22-23, 2023, the conference was held at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

On September 24, 2023, the conference was held at the Kazakh-German University.

Website of the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) - http://www.escas.org/

Conference program

September 22, 2023 - Public Opinion Research Institute held the Panel “Central Asian Migration in the Countries of the World: Identity, Adaptation, Integration” as part of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Institute.

Chairman: Dr. Botagoz Rakisheva, Public Opinion Research Institute (Astana, Kazakhstan)

Discussants: Dr. prof. German Kim, Institute for Asian Studies, Al-Farabi KazNU (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Dr. Leila Delovarova, Al-Farabi KazNU (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Participants:

1. Dr. Sangcheol Kim, Institute for Central Asian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul, South Korea),

Topic: The Comparative Analysis on Labor Migrations and its Correlations to the Domestic Economic Development: Focused on Uzbekistani and Mongolian Cases

2. Laura Mustafina, MSc in Economics, Public Opinion Research Institute (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

Topic: Migration from Central Asia to South Korea: an adaptation strategy

3. Gulden Ashkenova, MSS in Sociology, Assel Aizhanova, MA in International Relations, Public Opinion Research Institute (Astana, Kazakhstan).

Topic: Central Asian diasporas in the USA

4. Kalamkas Yessimova, Master of Anthropology and Ethnology, Public Opinion Research Institute (Astana, Kazakhstan).

Topic: Educational migration from Central Asian countries

5. Ainur Mazhitova, MSS in Sociology, Public Opinion Research Institute (Astana, Kazakhstan).

Topic: Kazakh diaspora in Turkey: a new wave of 2020-2023

September 24, 2023 - Public Opinion Research Institute held the Round table “WVS / WAPOR: Transformation of the values of Central Asian societies in the 21st century” as part of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Institute.

National representatives and members of international WVS teams, National representatives and members of WAPOR, researchers in the field of studying values, identity, and social processes took part in the round table.

The round table was organized with the support of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) and the Secretariat of the World Values Survey Association.

Chairman: Dr. Botagoz Rakisheva, Public Opinion Research Institute, National Representative of the World Association of Public Opinion Researchers (WAPOR) in Kazakhstan (2021-2023), Project Manager of World Values Survey-7 in Kazakhstan (Astana, Kazakhstan). 

Participants of the Round Table:

1. Dr. Kseniya Kizilova, Executive Director, World Association for Public Opinion Research, Head of Secretariat, World Values Survey Association

Topic: Value Change: Central Asia on the World Values Survey Cultural Map

2. Dr. Komiljon Kalanov, Professor of the Department of Sociology, Mirzo Ulugbek National University of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

Topic: Value orientations of youth in the modern cultural realities of the information society

3. Dr.Tsetsenbileg Tseveen, Principal Researcher in the Department of Sociology at the Institute of Philosophy, Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS), President of  “Operative” Research Center. National Representative of the World Association of Public Opinion Researchers (WAPOR) in Mongolia (2021-2023), Project Manager of World Values Survey-7 in Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia).

Topic: Traditional and modern values of the Mongols

4. Dr. Kairatbek Jamangulov, Senior Researcher at the Center for Social Research of the Institute of Philosophy, Law and Socio-Political Research of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan).

Topic: Changes and vector of religious values of the population of the Kyrgyz Republic (sociological aspect)

5. Dr. Aigul Sadvokassova, Doctor of Sociology, Institute of Applied Ethnopolitical Research (Astana, Kazakhstan)

Ainur Mazhitova, MSS in Sociology, Public Opinion Research Institute (Astana, Kazakhstan)

Topic: Values of a multi-ethnic society: the experience of Kazakhstan