In New Uzbekistan: The Third Resistance, edited by Bakhrom Mirkasimov and Richard Pomfret, examines the post-2016 economic transformation against the backdrop of a range of significant external changes, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. The editors have employed…
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TBEC 2024: Fostering Connectivity and Transforming Business Education Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT), in partnership with the University of Westminster, London, and the Center for Economic Research and Reforms, is pleased to announce the upcoming 3rd Tashkent Business and…
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Join our next virtual seminar – Forum for Uzbek and Silk Road Studies Virtual Seminars. The speaker is Dr Balihar Sanghera from the University of Kent, with a presentation titled “The digital economy in Kazakhstan: neofeudalism, rentierism, and precarity”. Abstract: The paper examines how…
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Join our next virtual seminar – Forum for Uzbek and Silk Road Studies Virtual Seminars. The speaker is Dr Alma Kudebayeva from KIMEP University, with a presentation titled “Changes in Social Assistance Policies and Subjective Well-being: Lessons from Kazakhstan”. Abstract: This paper investigates the…
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October 2024 – June 2025 | 9 Sessions This is an open online academic seminar series for any scholar / student worldwide interested in the issues of development policy. The webinars will be run in English via Zoom and include…
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Dr. Bakhrom Mirkasimov and Dr. Zakirov Bekzod, Center for Policy Research & Outreach (CPRO) at Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The trade policy of Uzbekistan Over the past few years, Uzbekistan has embarked on a major transition in its…
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Bakhrom Mirkasimov, Center for Policy Research & Outreach (CPRO) at Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Thus far, there has been limited research into the issues and perceptions of gender-based discrimination harassment in the private sector workplace in Uzbekistan. To…
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By Anastasiya Bezborodova (Doctoral Researcher, University of Westminster) Based on an annual survey of non-native English speakers in 111 countries, Uzbekistan was ranked 89th and labelled a country with very low English proficiency (EF English Proficiency Index, 2022)[1]. Although a…
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By Dr. Komiljon Karimov (Westminster International University in Tashkent) Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s most populous country with 36 million population, is facing a future driven by an ambitious reform agenda that is continuing to steer transformation. In order to realise its…
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By Dr. Ikrom Rikhsiboev (Westminster International University in Tashkent) and Prof. Roland Dannreuther (University of Westminster) The Forum for Uzbek and Silk Road Studies (FUSRS) is a joint initiative of the University of Westminster (UoW) and Westminster International University in…
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