On March 27, 2026, an expert meeting dedicated to current issues of identity in the modern world was held at the Institute for Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies.
The speaker of the event was Botagoz Rakisheva, Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Director of the Public Opinion Research Institute, Acting Associate Professor at the National School of Public Policy of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of ESOMAR, national representative of WAPOR in Kazakhstan (2021–2025), and head of the World Values Survey-7 project in Kazakhstan.
Botagoz Islyamovna Rakisheva delivered a presentation titled «Multiple Identity: The Case of the Kazakh Diaspora». The presentation examined the features of the formation and transformation of identity among representatives of the Kazakh/Kazakhstani diaspora living in different countries. Special attention was paid to the interaction of national, cultural, linguistic, and zhuz/tribal identities.
Among the invited guests were Klara Khafizova, Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences, and orientalist scholar, as well as Kalamkas Yessimova, Chief Researcher at the Public Opinion Research Institute.
More details: https://iph.kz/ru/events/ekspertnaya-vstrecha-botagoz-rakisheva/
On March 26, 2026, an expert meeting was held at the Institute for Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies with the participation of Kalamkas Yessimova, Master of Anthropology and Ethnology, Chief Researcher at the Public Opinion Research Institute, and Senior Lecturer at Astana IT University.
Kalamkas Saurbayevna delivered a presentation titled «Sociological Studies of Youth in China», which focused on contemporary approaches to studying youth in China and the specifics of implementing state youth policy.
Among the invited discussants were Kazakhstani experts: German Kim, Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Director of the Institute of Asian Studies at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University; Marat Shibutov, Deputy Director of the International Institute of Sociology and Politics; Natalya Malyarchuk, Director of a consulting company and member of the Public Chamber under the Mazhilis; and Botagoz Rakisheva, Director of the Public Opinion Research Institute.
More details: https://iph.kz/ru/events/ekspertnaya-vstrecha/
On January 27, 2026, the Public Opinion Research Institute (Astana, Kazakhstan) and the Institute of Central Asian Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul, Republic of Korea) held a joint scientific seminar titled “Contemporary Youth: Characteristics, Values, and Interests.”
During the seminar, researchers from Kazakhstan, the Republic of Korea, and Turkey discussed contemporary youth in their countries, as well as the life values and priorities, interests, and goals of different generations. What values and orientations shape young people today? What matters most to youth? What are their interests? How do generations differ from one another? What are their visions of the future? Who are they—the people of the future?
The seminar featured the following presentations: Sancheol Kim, PhD, Professor and Research Fellow at the Institute of Central Asian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul, Republic of Korea), with a presentation titled “Characteristics of the Millennial Generation in the Republic of Korea and Central Asian Countries (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan)”,
Shaimerdenova Sabina Anuarbekkyzy, MA in Sociology, Head of the Department of Sociological Research and Forecasting at the Research Center “Youth” (Astana, Kazakhstan), with a presentation “Youth of Kazakhstan: Profile, Values, Future”,
Anar Somuncuoglu, PhD, Associate Professor, Hacettepe University (Ankara, Turkey), with a presentation “Contemporary Youth in Turkey”,
Kalamkas Yesimova, MA in Anthropology and Ethnology, Public Opinion Research Institute, Astana IT University (Astana, Kazakhstan), with a presentation “Sociological Research on Youth in China.”
Representatives of various organizations took part in the seminar, including the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Institute of Applied Ethnopolitical Studies, the Otandastar Foundation (NAO), Astana IT University, the Astana Hub of Civil Service, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Association of China Studies Researchers.
Moderator of the scientific seminar: Botagoz Islyamovna Rakisheva, Director of the Public Opinion Research Institute, Candidate of Sociological Sciences, and Acting Associate Professor at the National School of Public Policy, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
For more information: https://opinions.kz/ru/merop/nauchnye-seminary