Institute of Constitutional and Political Studies

Areas of research: constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, constitutional oversight, civil rights and liberties, civil service, public administration, local self-government, anti-corruption expertise of draft laws. Author/co-author of academic articles on constitutional and administrative law, public administration, and civil service. Speaks Kazakh and Russian. Awarded the title “Associate Professor of the Year” (2016). Former Director of the Distance Learning Center at KazGUU, Chief Research Fellow at the Institute of State and Law, KazGUU Academy of Fundamental and Applied Sciences (2013); Scientific Secretary of the Dissertation Council at KazGUU University (2019–2022). Lecturer in professional development courses for public servants of “B” corps at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2017–2020). Expert at the Academy for assessing situational tasks for the selection process of the Presidential Youth Personnel Reserve (since 2019). Member of the State Certification Commission for the master’s program “Master of Public Policy and Law” at the Academy of Public Administration (2020–2022). Editorial board member of “Law and State” and the Bulletin of the Academy of Justice under the Supreme Judicial Council. Participant in the MIND Accelerator Program for UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions”. Mentor of the Student Ombudsman Club. Member of the Working Group on the Draft Constitutional Law “On the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan” (2022), the Interagency Working Group on the Draft Law “On Combating Human Trafficking in Kazakhstan” (2022), and an expert on anti-corruption legal expertise (since 2022). Member of the Working Group on the new edition of the Code of Administrative Offences of Kazakhstan (2025).

Graduate of the Bolashak International Program, under which she defended her doctoral dissertation at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Speaks Kazakh, Russian, and English. Honoured Lawyer of Kazakhstan, member of the Working Group on Constitutional Amendments (2022), member of the Presidential Pardon Commission, Visiting Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Author of over 200 publications. Completed internships at Harvard, Cornell University, and Shaanxi Normal University. Winner of “Best University Teacher” award (2008). Director of the Institute of Legislation and Legal Information under the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan (since November 2024).

Research interests: theory of state and law, history of foreign legal systems, constitutional oversight, protection of human rights and freedoms, linguistic expertise of legislation. Author of over 100 academic publications and textbooks. Speaks Kazakh, Russian, and English. Awarded “Best Associate Professor of the Year” (2010), recipient of “Eren Eңbegі Үшін” medal, medals for “20 Years of the Constitution” and “25 Years of Independence of Kazakhstan”, and honorary certificates from various ministries and city administrations. Member of the Mazhilis (VIII convocation) since March 2023, member of the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan (2016–2022), and Substitute Member of the Venice Commission (2016–2024).

Research interests: financial law, legal regulation of the financial system, budgetary and tax relations. Speaks Kazakh and Russian. Member of the Research Center for Public Finance and Tax Law of Central and Eastern Europe, Expert Council under the Human Rights Commissioner, member of the Dissertation Council at L.N. Gumilyov ENU, member of the Kazakhstan Union of Lawyers. Author of the monograph “Organisational and Legal Aspects of the Financial System Functioning in Kazakhstan” and over 100 academic publications and textbooks on financial, banking, budgetary, and tax law.

Research interests: human rights, business and human rights, parliamentary law, lawmaking process and norm creation, judiciary, local government, international and transnational crimes, compliance. Speaks Kazakh, Russian, and English. Mentor of the “Lawmaker” Research Club at MNU’s Higher School of Law. Head of the Certification Bureau for Lawyers at the S. Zimanov Academy for Legal and Economic Research. Associate Professor certified by the Higher Attestation Commission of Kazakhstan. Expert for the Academy of Public Administration in evaluating situational tasks for the selection stage of the Presidential Youth Personnel Reserve. Member of the Kazakhstan Bar Association, national administrator of the Jessup International Moot Court Competition (2006–2012), former member of the Supreme Judicial Council of Kazakhstan, member of the Compliance Committee of the Kazakhstan Bar Association. Recipient of state and departmental awards: “Honoured Educator of Kazakhstan” (2004, 2009), “Yeren Enbegі Ushin” (2014), Jubilee Medal “20 Years of the Constitution of Kazakhstan” (2020), Medal “For Distinguished Labour” (Presidential, 2020), Badge “For Merits in Science Development” (2022).

Research interests: constitutional and tax legislation. Author of around 40 publications. Vice Dean of the MNU Law School for undergraduate programmes. Speaks Kazakh and Russian.

Research interests: axiological foundations of constitutional law, functions of state institutions, human rights, principles of constitutional-legal relations, and administrative law in the national legal system. Also conducts research in legal philosophy. Participated in expert working groups. Speaks Kazakh and Russian.

Research interests: constitutional law of Kazakhstan, theory of law and the state. Mentor of the “Lawmaker” student research club. Author of over 15 publications. Completed a Bolashak academic internship in education (2014).

PhD student at the Institute for Constitutional and Political Research, MNU. Visiting researcher at the Louis Favoreu Institute (Aix-Marseille Université, France). Research interests: constitutional law, human rights, legal regulation of AI and digital technologies. Speaks Kazakh, Russian, English, and French.

Research interests: labour law, theory of state and law, constitutional law, intellectual property law, human rights. Author of a textbook on the interpretation of rights and obligations under the Labour Code of Kazakhstan and the Kazakh translation of a labour law textbook. Author/co-author of several scholarly and practical articles on labour law in the digital era and judicial protection under the Belt and Road Initiative. Active member of working groups amending the Labour Code and the Law “On Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan”, and drafting the General Agreement between the Government, employers’ associations, and trade unions. Member of the Coordination Council for the Modernisation of Social Partnership and Wage Systems “YNTYMAQ”; member of the Republican Expert Commission of the National Testing Centre under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Head of the “Trade Union School” training centre, which offers distance learning via the “TUSchool” platform. Participant in an ILO-commissioned expert study and co-author of the “Consumer Basket and Actual Consumption Level in Kazakhstan” analytical report.

Research interests: gender studies, women’s rights, human rights, feminist legal theory, legal sociology, public policy inclusivity. Speaks Kazakh, Russian, English, and French. Author of 3 Scopus-indexed papers and over 20 opinion pieces. UN-certified trainer in women’s rights and anti-discrimination, expert on gender sensitivity in media and education. Consultant and trainer for state and non-state institutions. Winner of the “Best University Instructor” award (2016). Participant in international fellowships and platforms on women’s rights.

Research interests: constitutional law, criminal law, criminology, human rights, and compliance. Türkiye Bursları PhD scholar in Public Law at Anadolu University. Author of one article in a government-recognised journal and 12 others in various countries. Speaks Kazakh, Russian, English, Turkish; studying Italian and Ukrainian. Media expert, interned at the Supreme Court Project Office, participant in the UN SDG #3 working group under the Senate.