Abisheva Marian Asarovna

Professor National School of Public Policy,
PhD in Political Science

m.abisheva@apa.kz

Marian Abisheva

E-mail: m.abisheva@apa.kz

Education:

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
PhD in Political Sciences, 2014

Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University,
Department of Philosophy and Political Sciences, 1994

Research & Expertise:

· International security, national security, foreign policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
· political processes in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Projects:

·Supervisor: “Public Administration During a Pandemic” (Astana Civil Service Hub, 2020).
· Coordinator: “Promoting implementation of the principle “best interests of the child” in the official development assistance (ODA) system of Kazakhstan” (UNICEF-Kazakhstan, 2019).
·National Expert for Kazakhstan: “Migrant Vulnerabilities and Integration Needs in Central Asia – Assessing migrants’ and community needs and managing risks, 2016-2017”; “Risk Analysis on Return Migration and Challenges in Central Asia, 2017-2018” (International Organization for Migration, IOM).
· Supervisor of scientific research projects: “Country Branding: World Practices and Prospects of its Developing”, “Current State and Problems of Functioning of Political System in Kazakhstan”, “Agenda for Kazakhstan for 2008-2009 in the Sphere of Domestic and Foreign Policy in Context of the Western Foreign Policy Strategy toward Kazakhstan” (2007), “Agenda for Kazakhstan for 2008-2009 in the Sphere of Domestic and Foreign Policy in Context of the Kazakhstan’s Chairmanship in the OSCE in 2010”; “Kazakhstan Facing Modern Challenges” – on demand of the President’s Administration.

Advanced Training:

· International Visitors Leadership Program “US Foreign Policy” (U.S. State Department, Washington DC, 2009);
· Executive Course, College of Security Studies (Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, USA, Honolulu, 2008);
· International Course “Asia – Middle East”, Institut des Hautes Etudes de Defense Nationale (Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defense, France, Paris, 2008).

Certificates:

Newest:

· “Capacity Building Webinar on Digital Government and Transformation: Exploring South-South and triangular cooperation innovations” (United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) jointly with the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT/ESCAP), 2-5.11.2021).
· IV Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education “Internal Quality Assurance System of Higher Education Institutions in the Changing World” (Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education, 28-29.10.2021).
· “Social System Modelling” (Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2-4.04.2021).
· Basics of Practical use of Microsoft Power BI” (Corporate Business Systems Academy, 25-26.02.2020).
· PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate in Project Management (PeopleCert, AXELOS, 17.09.2019).
· Professional Coach ICU (International Coaches Union, 26.04.2019).
· Management Coaching (International Coaches Union, 12.04.2019).

Experience

· Beginning from September 2022 – Professor of the National School of Public Policy, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
· 2018-2022 – Director of the Institute of Diplomacy, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
· 2014-2018 – Head of analytical service at the Library of the First President of Kazakhstan – Elbasy;
· 2011-2014 – Chief Manager for Information & Analytical Work at the JSC “Samruk-Kazyna”;
· 2010-2011 – Head of analytical division at the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
· 2005-2010 – Deputy Director for Research of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
· 1997-2005 – Career at the al-Farabi Kazakh National University (beginning from the Senior Specialist at the Office of International Relations up to the Head of the Office of International Scientific & Cultural Relations);
· 1995-1996 – Teaching experience in the Alma-Ata Institute for Railway Transport Engineers and Alma-Ata State Medical Institute.

Publications:

More than 100 research papers in foreign and home editions (including collective monographs theses collections).
Among them:
· Evolution of Public Administration in the Post-Soviet Countries. 1991-2021. Republic of Kazakhstan (collective work) / Editor-in-Chies. I.N. Bartsits. – Moscow: “DELO” Publishing House, 2021;
· Public Administration During a Pandemic / Under academic supervision of Marian Abisheva and Raushan Dulambayeva. – Nur-Sultan, 2020;
· Central Asia 2027: The Changing Strategic Landscape. The Likely Scenarios for Ten Years Ahead (co-author). – Astana: The Library of the First President of Kazakhstan – Elbassy, 2017;
· Molotov Cocktail. Anatomy of the Kazakh Youth (co-author). – Almaty: Alliance of Analytical Organizations, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2014.

Additional Information:

· Member of the Expert Council at the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
· Member of Public Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
· Honorable Fellow of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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